Atlanta Braves vs. Colorado Rockies: Weather updates from Coors Field

DENVER – The Colorado Rockies are starting the first game of a seven-game homestand against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night at Coors Field and it has been spitting and sputtering rain for much of the afternoon in LoDo.

Currently, local weather reports indicate that the chance of rain around game time will be around 50 percent.

Here is the latest on the weather that may affect the start of the game between the Atlanta Braves and the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

The Colorado Rockies ground crew is currently working on the field after the Atlanta Braves took batting practice. Currently, it is not raining but it was sprinkling while both the Braves and Rockies took batting practice.

For the Braves, Touki Toussaint (3-2, 3.60 ERA) will face Colorado Rockies spot starter Chi Chi Gonzalez (3-6, 6.08 ERA).

Gonzalez will start in place of Rockies starter Jon Gray, who was placed on the 10-day IL on Wednesday with right forearm tightness.

Before Thursday’s game in manager Bud Black’s pregame Zoom call with the media, including Rox Pile, he indicated that Gonzalez, who has been in the Rockies bullpen recently, will be stretched out enough to 70-90 pitches. They are hoping to get five or six innings out of him before turning to the bullpen.

The Rockies are hoping to get as much as they can from him as, on Wednesday, the Rockies had to use their bullpen for eight innings after starter Kyle Freeland pitched one inning (plus one batter) before he was pulled for what was later described as a “left hip impingement.”

The Rockies had to use six relievers in their eventual 9-5 win against the Texas Rangers after they lost the first two games of the series to end their three-city, nine-game road trip.

The Braves are in the middle of a seven-game west coast road trip. After the four-game series with the Rockies, the Braves will have an off-day on Monday before heading home to face the Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins.

We are in the press box at Coors Field and will keep this page updated with the latest information below. All times listed below will be in Central time. Please hit refresh often to ensure you are getting the most relevant updates below.

6:40 PM M.T.: The Rockies are taking the field. The game will start as scheduled. The radar currently indicates that most of the storms went south towards Colorado Springs. However, there is still a chance for some lingering showers during the game, particularly early.