DENVER — The Atlanta Braves continued their downward slide on the first night of a weekend visit to the Mile High City.
Brenton Doyle homered and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning Friday to help the Colorado Rockies beat the slumping Braves 6-5.
Atlanta has lost six games in a row, its second such skid since the midseason break for Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game last month, to drop out of the third and final wild-card spot in the National League standings. The Braves, the six-time reigning champions in the NL East, did so just a week after they had won for the sixth time in seven contests and moved within five games of the first-place Philadelphia Phillies in the division.
Not even facing Colorado, an opponent they were 13-1 against since the start of 2022, helped the Braves get out of their current funk. Now, having just started a 10-game road trip, they’re trying to avoid their first seven-game losing streak since August 2016.
“It’s a performance-based job, and when we can’t come out here and produce and win games, it’s frustrating,” Braves outfielder Jarred Kelenic said.