Zack Gelof homered and singled to extend his hitting streak to 17 games and the surging Athletics beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Alika Williams had three hits, Henry Bolte had two hits and Jose Suarez (1-2) tossed 1 2/3 innings of relief for the A’s, who have won four straight in their first homestand at their future home city.
Elvis Alvarado got the final three outs for his second save.
Brett Sullivan homered and TJ Rumfield and Troy Johnston had two hits each for Colorado, which has lost three in a row and seven of nine.
The A’s went ahead in the first against Colorado starter Kyle Freeland. Nick Kurtz reached on a one-out single and went to third on Shea Langeliers’ double to left. One out later, Jacob Wilson drove in both with a single.
Sullivan cut the deficit in half when he led off the third with his fourth home run, and the Rockies tied it in the fourth.
Rumfield led off with a double and scored on Johnston’s single to right. The A’s answered in the bottom of the inning when Bolte hit a leadoff single and Gelof homered to left-center field, his ninth of the season, to make it 4-2.
Colorado rallied once more in the fifth inning. Kyle Karros led off with a triple and scored on Sullivan’s sacrifice fly. Sterlin Thompson followed with a double to chase Athletics starter Joey Estes, who gave up four runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings
Edouard Julien greeted Suarez with a single to put runners on the corners, Thompson scored the tying run on a wild pitch before Willi Castro walked and Rumfield’s double made it 5-4.
Freeland couldn’t hold the lead in the sixth. With two outs and Gelof on second, Williams blooped an RBI single to center to end Freeland’s night. Jaden Hill gave up a go-ahead pinch-hit RBI double to Tyler Soderstrom, Kurtz was intentionally walked and Langeliers walked to load the bases.
Hill hit Carlos Cortes to bring home another run for the A’s, making it 7-5.
Freeland (1-7) allowed six runs on 10 hits over 5 2/3 innings.
–Field Level Media
