Freeland to IL. Prior to Sunday’s game, the Rockies placed southpaw Kyle Freeland on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to June 12) with lower back stiffness. To take his place in the rotation, they recalled southpaw Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. The rookie is 0-4 with a 7.77 ERA in five starts this season.

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

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