DENVER (AP) — Zack Gelof and Brent Rooker each homered in a five-run second inning that helped carry the Oakland Athletics to an 11-3 victory over Colorado, handing the Rockies their fourth straight loss and fifth in six games.
Rooker finished with three RBIs, two from his 17th home run of the season and a sacrifice fly. Ramón Laureano's two-run double highlighted Oakland's four-run sixth inning and Seth Brown had three hits and a pair of RBIs as the A's ended the night one run shy of their season high. Randal Grichuk had three hits for the Rockies, including a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth inning off Tayler Scott.
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Paul Blackburn (2-2) allowed two runs and nine hits in a 106-pitch, six-inning outing for Oakland.
