Rockies walked off in 10 to finish winless season series with Braves

Rockies Report, Game 137:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: The series finale in Atlanta brought much the same result as the previous two games — a narrow defeat to the National League East leaders.

This time, the Rockies failed to advance Mickey Moniak in the 10th inning after he started the frame on second base, then fell in the 10th after Ronald Acuña Jr. advanced automatic runner Brewer Hicklen from second to third base, then Matt Olson brought Hicklen home with a 104-MPH shot off Ryan Feltner down the right-field line, dooming the Rockies to a 3-2 loss at Truist Park on Sunday afternoon.

Atlanta pitchers held the Rox to seven hits over the course of the game. No Colorado baserunner reached via a walk against five Atlanta pitchers, led by starter Tyler Mahle, who gave up only a solo home run to Jake McCarthy in the sixth inning.

Mahle, who was traded by the Giants to Atlanta at the trade deadline, has allowed a 2.50 ERA to the Rockies over the course of three starts this season.

Jake and his coat are so back! pic.twitter.com/fxVxMXHezC

— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) August 30, 2026

Connor Norby tied the game with a two-out RBI single in the eighth inning for Colorado’s other run.

Outfielder Cole Carrigg was benched to start the game, with manager Warren Schaeffer saying that the rookie would have a punishment of “a couple days” after giving the middle finger in the direction of fans in the left-center-field stands of Truist Park on Saturday. But Schaeffer opted to use Carrigg as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, then kept him in the game.

Carrigg went 0-for-2 with a strikeout and a seventh-inning pop fly.

Colorado fell to 52-85. The Rockies have lost 11 of their last 13 games and completed a 2-5 road trip through the NL East. They’re also 9-18 in August with one game remaining in the month.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

Mason Adams did a nice job rallying from a rough third inning, facing the minimum in the fourth and fifth innings. And before the fateful third inning, he allowed only a walk.

But Sean Murphy’s solo homer to lead off the third got Adams into a spot of bother. Two pitches later, Atlanta third baseman Austin Riley nearly went yard; his shot went off the top of the low left-field wall and back into play. Riley moved up to third on an Adams wild pitch, and then Acuña singled home Riley for Atlanta’s second run.

Adams was limited to 74 pitches, but completed the fifth inning, going deeper than he did in his first MLB start last Tuesday.

Feltner relieved Adams after missing Saturday’s scheduled start due to illness, and he worked into the 10th inning, allowing the Rockies to save a bullpen that has been taxed recently and pitched the entire game Saturday. Feltner allowed five hits and two walks over four-plus innings, giving up his only run of the day in the 10th. He struck out Olson with bases loaded in the seventh to squeeze the Rockies out of that tough spot.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Olson lashed Feltner’s final pitch down the right-field line.

NUMBERS TO NOTE: 4-21 — Colorado’s final 2026 record against the teams with the three best records in the NL: Milwaukee (1-5), Atlanta (0-6) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (3-10). Of the eight series against that trio, five ended in sweeps.

WHAT’S NEXT: Tanner Gordon looks to follow up his win last week at Washington with a strong start to this week’s homestand. Kyle Radish will get the call for Baltimore in Monday night’s game, which is scheduled for a first-pitch time of 6:40 p.m. MDT.

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