The Rockies are on track to be historically bad and considering the hole that the Braves have fallen back into, they need as many wins as they can get and a sweep would’ve been grand — even if three wins wouldn’t have done much to erase the poor performance that has gotten the Braves to this current point.

Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker will be in the dugout for the MLB All-Star game this year at Truist Park.

The Colorado Rockies have reinstated left-hander Austin Gomber from the 60-day injured list before his start against the Atlanta Braves.

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

The Colorado Rockies have reinstated left-hander Austin Gomber from the 60-day injured list before his start against the Atlanta Braves

Ryan McMahon hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh and the Colorado Rockies overcame Grant Holmes' 15-strikeout performance to beat the Atlanta Braves 10-1 on Sunday and avoid a series sweep. The Rockies have lost 22 of 23 series this season.

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 Atlanta Braves started the weekend series on a high note after Friday night’s 12-4 defeat over the Colorado Rockies. Bryce Elder got the ball to start the game; he threw 3.1 mediocre innings and allowed each of Colorado’s runs. The Atlanta offense, however, finally came to life and put together a few crooked number innings.

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