RUSTON, La. -- Ryan Higgins passed for 191 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 42 yards and another score, and Louisiana Tech beat UTEP 28-7 on Saturday night.Higgins found Jarred Craft for a 17-yard score midway through the first quarter, then took the ball 22 yards to pay dirt later in the period to give Louisiana Tech (2-3, 1-1 Conference USA) a 14-0 lead.After scoreless second and third quarters, UTEP (1-4, 0-1) got on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter with a 10-yard pass from Ryan Metz to Hayden Plinke. Craft went 70 yards two plays later to build Louisiana Techs lead back to 14, 21-7.Trent Taylor caught a 9-yard TD pass from Higgins with 1:29 left to round out the scoring.Louisiana Tech coach Skip Holtz improved to 7-0 all time vs. UTEP -- 4-0 with the Bulldogs, 2-0 at East Carolina and a win in his only game vs. the Miners while at South Florida. 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ATLANTA -- The All-Star break did little to help the Atlanta Braves get their season turned around.We had a guys on base, a hit away from getting back in it, interim manager Brian Snitker said. They always are. A couple of the fielding plays that led to those runs hurt more than anything. The grand slam in the ninth didnt help either, obviously.The Braves gave up four runs in the third inning and pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn capped a big offensive performance for the Colorado Rockies with a ninth-inning grand slam in Atlantas 11-2 loss on Friday night.After averaging 2.7 runs in its last seven road games at San Francisco and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado took advantage of baseballs worst team.Dropping to 13-35 at home and 31-59 overall, the Braves rank last in the majors in runs scored and homers. They put some poor pitching and fielding on display, too.Atlantas sixth pitcher, Dario Alvarez, gave up Raburns fourth career grand slam -- his third pinch-hit homer this season.Colorado went up 1-0 in the first on Carlos Gonzalezs RBI single and took a 5-0 lead in the third thanks to pitcher Lucas Harrells two-base throwing error.After Nolan Arenados RBI single, Harrell threw wildly to shallow right field on Trevor Storys soft infield single, allowing Arenado to score from second and Gonzalez from first. Story scored on Daniel Descalsos sacrifice fly.I just pulled it across my body a little bit and made a bad throw, Harrell said. I probably shouldve held it or maybe looked to the guy going home. I didnt really check to see where he was at. It was just a mistake, and next time that wont happen.Colorado took a 7-0 lead in the fourth when D.J. LeMahieu had an RBI triple and scored on a wild pitch. Harrell was chased when Arenado reached on an infield single.Harrell (1-1) allowed seven hits and seven runs -- five earned -- in 3 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out four in his third start for Atlanta.He didnt have his location tonight, Snitker said. The one thing hes been doing is just pounding the strike zone, and he got behind guys tonight. Just wasnt as sharp. He was just off tonight. It happens.Jorge De La Rosa (6-6) snapped a two-start skid, allowing eight hits, two runs and three walks in six innings.dddddddddddd He struck out two.The Braves made it 7-1 in the fifth on pinch-hitter Brandon Snyders RBI double. Jeff Francoeurs RBI single cut the lead to 7-2 in the sixth.Dating to last season, the Rockies have won three straight at Turner Field for the first time since they had five straight victories from Sept. 12, 1997-April 26, 1998.THE CLOSEST CALLBraves 1B Freddie Freeman was in the lineup after having a cancerous mole surgically removed from his upper back three days ago.Freeman received test results Friday that abnormal cells were present, but he said hes cancer-free following the procedure. The Atlanta fan favorite and two-time All-Star said he regularly gets checkups after his mother, Rosemary Freeman, died of skin cancer in 2000 when her son was 9.NO GUARANTEESSuspended Atlanta OF Hector Olivera started a minor league rehab assignment, but has no guarantees he will return to the Atlanta Braves after his arrest on domestic violence charges.Braves president of baseball operations John Hart said Olivera will play four or five days for the teams Gulf Coast League affiliate before reporting to Triple-A Gwinnett next week.Olivera is eligible to return to the majors on Aug. 2, but the Braves have no timetables in place.TRAINERS ROOMRockies: OF Gerardo Parra, on the disabled list since June 17 with a high ankle sprain, ran the bases, but Weiss had no update regarding a rehab assignment.Braves: RHP Arodys Vizcaino hurt his side after throwing three pitches in the ninth inning and had to leave the game. Snitker said it was too early to give a prognosis. ... C Tyler Flowers was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a broken left hand. Atlanta selected the contract of Anthony Recker from Triple-A Gwinnett to take Flowers place.UP NEXTRockies: RHP Chad Bettis (7-6) is 2-1 with a 6.35 ERA in four games -- three starts -- against Atlanta.Braves: RHP Mike Foltynewicz (3-3) is 0-1 with a 1.29 ERA in one career start and two relief appearances in three games. ' ' '