Rockies’ bullpen implodes late in 12-4 loss to Braves as record slides to 13-56

Rockies Law If something can go wrong it will go wrong And in things will go horribly wrong The latest evidence The Rockies - loss to the Braves on Friday night at Truist Field in which the Braves scored runs in their last three at-bats Consider Colorado got an excellent start from German Marquez and ripped Atlanta pitching for hits on the road no less But middle reliever Jake Bird who s been close to untouchable this season gave up a three-run homer to Michael Harris II to tie the tournament - in the sixth In the seventh Marcell Ozuna blasted a three-run homer to left-center off Victor Vodnik to make it - Event set and match with the truly ugly yet to come And so the march to ignominy continues The Rockies - record is tied with the Red Sox for the worst start in the majors modern era since The Washington Senators were - with three ties The competition started well for the Rockies Third baseman Ryan McMahon who s heating up after an ice-cold start to his season powered a -foot two-run homer in the first and added an RBI single in Colorado s two-run fourth But Colorado wasted chances to blow the event open failing to count with the bases loaded and no outs in the second The Rockies - on the road went for with runners in scoring position and left men on base Marquez provided a vintage performance He struck out seven over five innings and surrendered just one run Atlanta rapped six hits against the right-hander but just one per inning except in the opening frame Ronald Acuna Jr led off with a double to left advanced to second on Alex Verdugo s single and scored on Matt Olson s sacrifice fly to left Marquez blanked the Braves for the next five innings Marquez in the last year of his contract is a prime exchange candidate if he shows he still has the right stuff Despite a rough start to his season and a ERA he s been on a solid run Over his last seven outings he has a ERA with four quality starts The Braves turned the challenge into a laugher with a five-run eighth against lefty Ryan Rolison that included four singles and three Colorado errors two by first baseman Keston Hiura and one by shortstop Orlando Arcia Related Articles Renck File Rockies owner Dick Monfort owes fans accountability for this mess Rockies walk off Giants on Orlando Arcia s two-run single to avoid winless homestand Rockies collapse late for second straight night against visiting Giants Rockies Kris Bryant doing light work but is not close to returning Rockies pratfall in series-opening loss to Giants by blowing three-run lead in th Saturday s pitching matchup Rockies RHP Chase Dollander - ERA at Braves RHP Spencer Strider - p m Saturday Truist Park TV Rockies TV streaming Comcast Xfinity channel DirecTV Spectrum or depending on region Radio AM FM Trending The Braves have owned the Rockies Entering Friday night s encounter at Truist Park the Rockies were - against the Braves since Colorado went - against Atlanta at Coors Field on April - getting outhit - Since the Rockies were - at Truist Park having lost eight consecutive games there before winning the series finale on Sept of last season Pitching probables Sunday Rockies LHP Austin Gomber season debut at Braves LHP Chris Sale - a m Monday Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland - at Nationals RHP - p m Patrick Saunders The Denver Post Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis