Colorado finally broke through in the seventh, the team’s first time scoring six or more runs in a single frame on the road since June 2, 2023, at Kansas City. The Rockies chased Holmes, then battered the Braves’ bullpen to take command of the game for good.

The Atlanta Braves manager felt pretty good heading into Sunday, but everything apart from one performance seemed to go wrong

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Bird (2-1) was brought from the bullpen in the bottom of the sixth of Colorado's 10-1 win over the Braves Sunday. Bird entered with a 1-0 lead and immediately gave up a single to Ronald Acuna Jr. Austin Riley singled to left, advanced to second and Acuna Jr. was thrown out at home.

The latest evidence: The Rockies’ 12-4 loss to the Braves on Friday night at Truist Field, in which the Braves scored 11 runs in their last three at-bats. Consider: Colorado got an excellent start from German Marquez and ripped Atlanta pitching for 14 hits, on the road no less.

The Colorado Rockies reinstated left-hander Austin Gomber from the 60-day injured list before his start in Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves but lost another lefty starter, Kyle Freeland, to an injury.

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