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Tempers flare as Braves lose big
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Upset after being ejected from the game, Colorado Rockies manager Walt Weiss takes a bat and smashes it into the wall by the batting rack in his team's dugout on his way to the showers against the Atlanta Braves in the eighth inning of the Rockies' 10-3 victory in Denver on Thursday. Weiss was upset over the Rockies' Corey Dickerson being hit by a pitch thrown by Braves relif pitcher David Carpenter. - photo by Associated Press
DENVER — Corey Dickerson is still wondering why he was at the center of a near scrum. Dickerson hit Atlanta catcher Gerald Laird with his backswing and tempers quickly flared, setting off a tense sequence and leading to several ejections Thursday as the Colorado Rockies beat the Braves 10-3. The Rockies led 8-3 in the eighth when Dickerson fouled away a pitch and knocked off Laird's facemask.