Colorado Rockies at Oakland Athletics

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Colorado Rockies

15-32, 6-20 Away

Final
4 - 5

Oakland Athletics

20-30, 11-13 Home

Toro hits solo homer in 8th and A's end 8-game skid with 5-4 win over Rockies

“When the manager trusts you and puts you there every day it just gives you confidence as a player and you play more relaxed,” Toro said. “I was thankful I was able to play good the last couple days so I just want to take this opportunity and keep going for the rest of the year.”

Colorado's Ezequiel Tovar hit a pair of solo home runs for his first career multi-homer game and Ryan McMahon added a two-run drive before the A's rallied against Justin Lawrence and Tyler Kinley (2-1).

Lucas Erceg (2-2) pitched the eighth before flame-throwing closer Mason Miller struck out the side in order in the ninth for his ninth save in as many chances.

J.D. Davis also homered as Oakland avoided matching the longest losing streak in the majors this year. Miami lost nine in a row from March 28-April 6. The A’s, who drew an announced crowd of 4,005, had been swept in consecutive series.

Oakland held a team meeting in Kansas City after Sunday's 8-4 loss. Everybody hopes Tuesday was a start to getting back in a groove.

“It's momentum,” manager Mark Kotsay said. “Saturday, Sunday in K.C., we had 11 hits each day and we didn't come up on the winning side. Tonight, even though we were down you felt the energy still in the dugout that we still had some outs left, we still had some at-bats, and that was a good sign.”

Kris Bryant returned from the injured list to go 0 for 4 with a strikeout for the Rockies as they continued an almost weeklong stay in the Bay Area after playing a three-game series at San Francisco over the weekend. It was the Rockies’ first visit to the Coliseum since July 28-29, 2020, during the pandemic-shortened 60-game season.

Colorado starter Cal Quantrill struck out eight — his second-most in a game this season — and walked one over six innings, allowing two runs on three hits but didn’t end up with a decision.

McMahon connected in the first after A's starter Aaron Brooks hit Charlie Blackmon with a pitch to start the game.

Brooks allowed three runs on six hits over six innings.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rockies: Bryant had been sidelined since April 14 with a strained lower back. The Rockies had hoped OF Nolan Jones also would return but he jammed his right knee sliding into second base trying to stretch a single into a double playing a rehab game with Triple-A Albuquerque. He returned to Denver to be examined by team orthopedist Dr. Thomas Noonan. The injury wasn't considered serious but he will need some rest. ... Colorado optioned OF Sean Bouchard to Triple-A and outrighted INF Julio Carreras to Albuquerque and he had been designated for assignment on Sunday.

Athletics: RHP Luis Medina (sprained right knee) will make another rehab start on Wednesday with Triple-A Las Vegas, while RHP Joe Boyle (low back strain) is set to begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A in the coming days. ... INF/OF Miguel Andujar still needs more at-bats in rehab games as he works back from meniscus surgery in his right knee.

LHP Austin Gomber (1-2, 3.02 ERA) pitches the middle game for Colorado on Wednesday night againat RHP Mitch Spence (3-2, 3.90).

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Matchup Prediction

Athletics: 54.7%

Rockies: 45.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Tovar struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Blackmon struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Beck struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Erceg
	9th Inning	Ruiz in left field.
	9th Inning	Harris at third base.

Statistics

COL		OAK
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	6
6	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	30
3	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	18
38	Plate Appearances	33
486.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
4.9	Runs Created	5.6
.222	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.472	Slugging Percentage	.600
.306	Secondary Average	.567
.263	On Base Percentage	.273
.735	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.873
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.3
34.0	Batter Rating	39.5
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.66	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.61
.250	Isolated Power	.400
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.27
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.367
8.0	Runs Produced	9.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
84.3	MLB Rating	84.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0