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.