, who had won the Champion League final wit, who had won the Champion League final wit | Forum

ATLANTA -- Trevor Story got the sign from the dugout to run on contact. Chuck Bednarik Womens Jersey .Given how poorly the Atlanta Braves were playing, it was bound to work out just fine.I just tried to see the ball down (in the grass) and once I read the down angle, I was off, Story said. I kind of slipped a little bit. I was gassed at that point, but I kind of emptied to tank going home there.Story led off the ninth inning with a single, advanced to third on two wild pitches and scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error to help the Colorado Rockies beat the bumbling Braves 4-3 on Saturday night.The Rockies began the game 0-43 when trailing after seven innings.I think the guys know theres a sense of urgency, and these games are important the first two weeks after the (All-Star) break, manager Walt Weiss said.Braves starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz began the eighth up 3-0, but let the first three batters reach and was chased by Nick Hundleys RBI single.Hunter Cervenkas wild pitch scored Mark Reynolds, and second baseman Gordon Beckhams throwing error scored Hundley for a 3-all tie.In the ninth, closer Jim Johnson (1-5) gave up a leadoff single to Story and threw wild pitches to two batters. Story scored when shortstop Erick Aybar bounced a throw on Reynolds fielders choice to A.J. Pierzynski, and ball bounced off the catchers glove.The Braves have thrown eight wild pitches and had four errors in the last two games, continuing a season-long theme. They rank last in the majors in runs scored and have baseballs worst home and overall records. They let two runs score on a two-base throwing error and a wild pitch in Fridays 11-2 loss.Folty pitched great. He deserved a better fate, Pierzynski said. Last night we got (blown out) and tonight we had a three-run lead in the eighth and we just didnt get it done. There is no other way to put it.Boone Logan (1-0) gave up one hit and one walk in the eighth.Carlos Estevez retired the side in order in the ninth to earn his fifth save in eight chances.Atlanta led 2-0 in the second on Pierzynskis first homer of the season. Foltynewiczs RBI single in the seventh put the Braves ahead 3-0.Foltynewicz allowed four hits, three runs, walked two and struck out five in seven-plus innings. He retired 12 straight before Ryan Raburn singled in the fifth and was commanding his fastball between 97 and 100 mph.But the Rockies, who began the game ranked second in NL runs per game, finally got going in the eighth.Chad Bettis allowed six hits, three runs, three walks and struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings. The Rockies had won five of Bettis last six starts despite his 5.79 ERA during that span.EVERY FIVE GAMESInterim manager Brian Snitker said rookie RHP Tyrell Jenkins will join the rotation Tuesday at Cincinnati.Jenkins, acquired with Shelby Miller in the November 2014 trade that sent Jason Heyward and Jordan Walden to St. Louis, made an emergency start on July 6 for Julio Teheran. He gave up four hits and one run in 4 2/3 innings. In four relief appearances, hes 0-1 with a 5.79 ERA.TRAINERS ROOMRockies: Raburn was in the lineup for the first time in the teams last seven games because of a sore quadriceps. He went 2 for 4. Raburn hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth Friday.Braves: RHP Arodys Vizcaino was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right oblique strain. The struggling closer left Friday nights 11-2 loss to the after throwing three pitches in the ninth. It was his first appearance since he missed four straight games with an infection on his right elbow. ... LHP Eric OFlaherty was reinstated from the DL to take Vizcainos spot on the roster.UP NEXTRockies: RHP Jon Gray (5-4) will make his first career start against Atlanta. He is 2-4 with a 4.63 ERA in eight road starts.Braves: RHP Julio Teheran (3-8) is 4-1 with a 3.41 ERA in five career starts against Colorado. Dallas Goedert Womens Jersey . From filmmaker Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes), The Price of Gold revisits the saga that rocked the figure skating world ahead of the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games: the assault on Nancy Kerrigan, and the plot that led its way back to her rival Tonya Harding. DeSean Jackson Youth Jersey . -- Ryan Getzlaf grabbed the three pucks wrapped in tape and held them up to his chest in the Anaheim Ducks dressing room for a celebration nine seasons in the making. https:///...Cox-Inverted-Jersey/ . The giant slalom world champion slipped during her first run in the morning, landing on her back and then twisting forward before getting her leg caught in the protective material on the side of the slope. SAINT-DENIS, France -- As jubilant Portugal players celebrated around them, Real Madrid and Portugal teammates Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo fell into one anothers arms at the Stade de France, pressed their foreheads together and wept tears of joy.The defender with a fearsome reputation for his tackling could not control his emotions after his teams 1-0 extra-time defeat of France in the European Championship final, which delivered Portugal its first major international football title.A 33-year-old veteran who won his 77th cap in the final, Pepe was one of the standout players for Portugal. Not just on Sunday with his man-of-the-match performance at the Stade de France, but throughout a tournament in which his team conceded only five goals -- three of them in a 3-3 group stage draw with Hungary.Referee Mark Clattenburg booked six Portugal players in the final. Pepe wasnt among them. The tough defender only picked up one yellow card the whole tournamentCoach Fernando Santos insisted Pepes reputation as one of the hard men of world football is misplaced.I dont undderstand what people mean when they talk about a bad guy. Tommy McDonald Womens Jersey. . When you say that about Pepe, it makes no sense, he said. He has a lot passion; he puts it all on the pitch.In the final, that passion meant picking up the slack when Ronaldo was carried off on a stretcher in the first half after a heavy tackle by Dimitri Payet injured his left knee. He convinced the players around him that Portugal could win even without its talismanic leader.When he said he couldnt go on, I tried to tell my teammates that we have to win it for him, that we were going to fight for him, said Pepe, who had won the Champion League final with Ronaldo on May 28.On Sunday, Pepe fully deserved his man of the match award, having closed down the most prolific strike force at the tournament without committing single foul.Yet his reputation still goes before him.He is famous for being a bad guy, Santos said. And I dont think he is going to shake it, ever. ' ' '