Home run derby? Demolition derby? Take your pick, call it what you will.
The Braves slugged four more homers in a 14-6 rout Sunday afternoon at Truist Field to complete a four-game sweep and send the stumbling Rockies to their fifth consecutive loss.
Rockies pitchers served up 12 homers over the series, the most home runs ever surrendered by Colorado in a four-game road set.
“We just couldn’t stop them,” manager Bud Black told reporters in Atlanta. “That group over there? There are a lot of guys going well. I’d say seven guys in their lineup are really, really hot and that’s tough to overcome.