The Rockies would have a great first game, but the pitching would again become a letdown, along with a plethora of errors, as the Rockies would drop another series.

The first game of the series would see the Rockies roar to life from the start. Colorado would come out swinging with a D.J. LeMahieu double, a RBI double by Troy Tulowitzki, a one run home run by Carlos Gonzalez and solo shots by Corey Dickerson and Michael McKenry to leap out to 5-0 first inning lead. The Rockies would add two more runs in the second inning with a RBI single by LeMahieu and a RBI fielder’s choice by Dickerson for two more runs, answered by the Athletics with a solo home run by Matt Olson to leave a 7-1 score. The third inning would see more blasts as Charlie Blackmon went yard with a solo shot, replied to by Craig Gentry in the bottom of the inning for an 8-2 mark. Colorado would get another run in the fifth inning when Blackmon smacked a triple to center, coming home to score on the same play thanks to a wild throw in from the outfield go wide of the third baseman and into the dugout out of play. A seventh inning solo home run by McKenry would be followed by a sacrifice fly by Josh Reddick in the bottom of the seventh for a 10-3 score. Both teams would then add two runs in the eighth inning, Tulowitzki launching a two run shot to left, while the Athletics would score on a pair of RBI ground outs for a 12-5 final.

Player of the game was Troy Tulowitzki, going 3-5 with two doubles and a two run home run, scoring two runs and driving in three RBI. Another top hitter was Michael McKenry, going 2-5 with two home runs, both solo shots, scoring two runs and two RBI. Top hitter for the Athletics was Craig Gentry, going 1-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI driven in. Winning pitcher was Kyle Kendrick to improve to 8-2, going 9.0 innings pitched for just Colorado’s second complete game of the season, giving up 5 hits, 5 runs, 5 earned runs, no walks and 10 strikeouts for a 3.32 ERA. Losing pitcher was Drew Pomeranz to drop to 7-5, going just 1.1 innings pitched, giving up 9 hits, 7 runs, 7 earned runs, no walks and 1 strikeout for a 3.43 ERA. The key stat of the game, both teams combined for eight home runs in the game.



The second game would see a lower scoring affair. The Rockies would jump out first, scoring one run on a Troy Tulowitzki sacrifice fly in the first inning. Oakland would answer back in the fourth inning with a two RBI single by Carson Blair to score Matt Olson and Coco Crisp for a 2-1 lead thanks to two straight throwing errors by the Rockies infield. The Rockies would tie the game up in the fifth on a RBI single by Wilin Rosario. The Athletics would retake the lead in the seventh inning with a RBI single by Ben Zobrist, Colorado responded in the eighth with a solo home run by Rosario to tie the game back up, and the Athletics would swipe the win in the bottom of the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly by Craig Gentry for a 4-3 win.

Player of the game was Tyler Ladendorf, going 2-4 with a single and a double and one run scored. Top hitter for the Rockies was Wilin Rosario, going 3-3 with a single, a double and a solo home run, scoring one run and driving in two RBI. Winning pitcher was Fernando Abad to improve to 4-1, going 1.0 innings pitched, giving up 1 hit, no runs or walks and 1 strikeout for a 2.37 ERA. Edward Mujica was tagged with his second blown save while Tyler Clippard got his thirteenth save. Starting pitcher Scott Kazmir went 7.0 innings pitched, giving up 7 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned runs, no walks and 4 strikeouts for a 3.76 ERA. Losing pitcher was Tommy Kahnle to drop to 2-1, going 0.2 innings pitched, giving up 1 hit, 1 run, 1 earned run, no walks and 1 strikeout for a 3.77 ERA. Starting pitcher Jordan Lyles went 6.2 innings pitched, giving up 10 hits, 3 runs, 1 earned run, no walks and a 5 strikeouts for a 2.70 ERA.



The third game of the series would see low scoring affair turn into an A’s walk off. Colorado jumped out early with a second inning sacrifice fly by Corey Dickerson to take a 1-0 lead. That lead would last until the sixth inning, when back to back fielding errors on right fielder Dickerson would give the Athletics runners on third base, followed by a sacrifice fly by Ben Zobrist to give Oakland a 2-1 lead. The Rockies would tie it back up in the eighth inning on a RBI single by Matt McBride, but the Athletics would pull out the win in the bottom of the ninth on a one out walk off single by Matt Olson to score Zobrist from second base for a 3-2 win.

Player of the game was Ben Zobrist, going 1-3 with a single, a run scored and one RBI. Top hitter for the Rockies was Carlos Gonzalez going 2-4 with a single and a triple and one run scored. Winning pitcher was Evan Scribner to improve to 2-0, going 2.0 innings pitched, giving up 1 hit and no runs, walks or strikeouts for a 1.04 ERA. Starting pitcher Sonny Gray went 7.0 innings pitched, giving up 8 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned runs, no walks and 3 strikeouts for a 2.83 ERA. Losing pitcher was John Axford to drop to 2-5, going 0.1 innings pitched, giving up 2 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run and no walks or strikeouts for a 4.64 ERA. Starting pitcher David Hale went 6.0 innings pitched, giving up 1 hit, 2 runs, 0 earned runs, no walks and 3 strikeouts for a 4.36 ERA.


Colorado – 12-17-2
Oakland – 5-5-1

Colorado – 3-10-3
Oakland – 4-12-0

Colorado – 2-9-2
Oakland – 3-4-0


And so another series loss would bring the Rockies back to within one game of a .500 record, which pared with a Los Angeles Dodgers win on Wednesday would drop Colorado one and a half games back of the Dodgers, and leave the Rockies just one game breathing room from the San Francisco Giants, currently riding a three game winning streak.