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Jonny Gomes hits HR, drives in 3 runs as Teheran, Braves snap 7-game skid, beat Rockies 5-3
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Atlanta Braves third baseman Adonis Garcia, right, celebrates after hitting a home run in the fourth inning of Monday's game against the Colorado Rockies in Atlanta. Atlanta won 5-3. - photo by John Bazemore
ATLANTA — Jonny Gomes drove in three runs with two hits, including a two-run homer in the first, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Monday night to end their seven-game losing streak. Adonis Garcia snapped a 2-2 tie with a homer off Jorge De La Rosa (7-6) in the fourth. Gomes’ fifth-inning single drove in Cameron Maybin, who doubled.
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