 allowed five hits while striking out five, walking three and hitting a batter. Colorado's starting pitching is 6-0 with a 1.65 ERA at Coors Field in July.Ian Desmond and Garrett Hampson also drove in runs for the Rockies, who have won 14 of 19 this month. Adam Ottavino threw a spotless ninth for his fourth save of the year. Usual-closer Wade Davis had pitched in Colorado's last two games.Sean Manaea (9-7) allowed three runs on nine hits for the A's, who had their season high-tying, six-game winning streak snapped. It was Manaea's first loss since May 30.The Rockies used small ball to take the lead against Manaea in the second. Noel Cuevas bunted aboard to start the inning and was later brought home on a squeeze bunt from Hampson.Desmond made it 2-0 with an RBI single in the fifth but was thrown out trying to reach second. Arenado followed with his 26th home run of the season and 100th career homer at Coors Field.Freeland managed to keep Oakland scoreless through six innings despite heavy traffic on the bases. The Denver native forced Matt Olson to line out to second to end a bases-loaded threat in the first, then induced a double play to get out of another bases-loaded jam in the fifth.The A's finally got on the board as Jed Lowrie hit an RBI double off reliever Bryan Shaw in the seventh. They loaded the bases for the third time in the game in the eighth before Scott Oberg struck out Matt Chapman to end the inning.TRAINER'S ROOMRockies: OF David Dahl (broken foot) was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list and optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. . LHP Mike Dunn (left shoulder joint inflammation) was transferred from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day DL.OH, NO SHOWRHP Seunghwan Oh, acquired by the Rockies in a trade with the Blue Jays on Thursday, was not available Friday because of travel issues.HE'S BACK, BABYThe Rockies activated RHP German Marquez from the paternity list and optioned OF Raimel Tapia to Triple-A Albuquerque. Marquez, who was in Venezuela for the birth of his son earlier in the week, will pitch in Sunday's series finale.WE MEET AGAINArenado and Chapman played together at El Toro High School in Southern California in 2009. Arenado was a highly touted shortstop in his senior year and Chapman was his backup.UP NEXTAthletics: LHP Brett Anderson (2-2, 5.46 ERA) allowed two runs in six innings in a win at Texas on Monday, only the second time in his last seven outings that he went six.Rockies: Antonio Senzatela (3-3, 5.55) struggled in his first start since coming off the disabled list, allowing four runs over 5 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss in Arizona.)
A's ride six-game win streak into series with Rockies 1h ago• 3 min read DENVER -- A road trip that has been memorably dramatic and a bit unbelieveble for the Oakland Athletics will conclude with a series against the Colorado Rockies that begins Friday.The A's (61-43) have won a season-high-tying six straight games, finishing off a four-game sweep at Texas with a second straight one-run victory Thursday night to move 18 games over .500 for the first time since Sept. 9, 2014.Oakland has won 27 of its past 34 games, coming from behind in 17 of those victories and scoring the winning run in the eighth inning or later in 12 of them. The A's were behind 5-1 after six innings Wednesday and 10-2 after six Tuesday but came back to win 6-5 and 13-10 in 10 innings."It's the last out that you have to get," A's manager Bob Melvin said, "and you're having a tough time getting it on us right now." The A's are one game behind Seattle in the race for the second American League wild-card spot and trail AL West-leading Houston by six games.The A's and Rockies last played in Oakland in 2015 with the A's winning two of three games. The clubs last met at Coors Field in 2012 when the A's swept a three-game series.The Rockies were fortunate two weeks ago when Seattle came to Coors Field for three games, and Mariners designated hitter Nelson Cruz did not play in the expansive Coors Field outfield. Cruz had sustained a calf strain playing the outfield, and the Mariners didn't want to run that risk.But rampaging A's designated hitter Khris Davis, who has hit six homers in his past five games and has 27 homers and 78 RBIs this season, will play left field against the Rockies.Never mind left field is more spacious than right field at Coors, and Davis has a suspect arm. The A's are willing to potentially sacrifice defense to add the slugging prowess of Davis to their lineup. Davis was 4-for-15 with one homer and four RBIs in five games (three starts) at Coors Field while playing for Milwaukee.A's left-hander Sean Manaea (9-6, 3.38 ERA) will face the Rockies for the first time on Friday. The A's are 13-8 in starts by Manaea, who is 4-0 with a 3.09 ERA in his past nine starts -- seven of which the A's have won. During that stretch, Manaea has limited opposing hitters to a .214 average and a .618 OPS.Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland (8-6, 3.28) will be trying to rebound from a slight lull. He's 8-3 2.77 in his past 16 starts and 2-0, 2.55 in his past seven. But Freeland has not made it to the sixth inning in his past three starts, no-decisions for Freeland that all resulted in Rockies wins and outings in which his ERA was a combined 3.52.He has never faced the A's.The A's winning streak has improved their road record to 35-21. The Rockies have won eight of their past 10 games and 16 of their past 21 to move two games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lead the National League West, and one game behind Atlanta in the race for the second NL wild-card spot.The series with the A's will complete a five-game homestand for the Rockies, who are 24-24 at home after winning nine of their past 11 games there and just split a two-game series with the world champion Houston Astros.The teams were tied at 2-2 after nine innings Tuesday when center fielder Charlie Blackmon let a leadoff single get by him for a two-base error to start the 10th when the Astros exploded for six runs to win 8-2. But with one out in the ninth Wednesday, Blackmon hit the first walk-off homer of his career to give the Rockies a 3-2 win."That's the beauty of baseball," Blackmon said. "You can stink, which is OK, as long as you don't stink the next time and the next time. That's what makes baseball great. It's a long season, and we have a chance."
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