DENVER _ The A's high-powered road offense at a ballpark notorious for the long ball should be a match made in heaven, right? Baseball can be a funny game.
Coming off a four-game series in which they scored 41 runs, Coors Field of all places was the site where the A's offense was finally cooled off in Friday's 3-1 loss to the Rockies.
It was a frustrating night A's hitters would like to forget. Three times they had the bases loaded, and all three times they were unable to cash in. Even against a poor Colorado bullpen that ranked last in the national league with a 5.26 ERA entering the night, The A's finished the night 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position as they left 13 runners on base.
Sean Manaea did his best to keep the A's in the game. One of his only mistakes came in the fifth, when he surrendered a solo home run to Nolan Arenado to put the Rockies ahead 3-0 at the time.
Ian Desmond and Garrett Hampson each drove in a run for the Rockies.
