A pair of last-place teams do battle in an interleague series that continues in the Mile-High City. The Oakland A’s are on the road as they play the middle game of a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies Saturday night. Oakland was swept in a two-game interleague set on the road with the Giants as they fell 8-3 in the finale of that set Wednesday night. Colorado dropped two of three on the road to Washington as they fell 5-4 in the rubber game of that set Wednesday afternoon in their previous contest. This article was published prior to the conclusion of the opening game of the series at Coors Field Friday night.
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Oakland entered Friday losers of three straight and five of their previous six games as they were dropped in the finale of their brief set with the crosstown Giants on the road Wednesday. The A’s entered Friday in the basement of the AL West with a 28-76 record, leaving them 32.5 games behind the Rangers for the top spot. They were 29.5 games behind the Blue Jays for the final wild card spot in the American League. On Wednesday, Oakland finished with eight hits with Tony Kemp picking up three of them. The A’s went two of six with runners in scoring position but ran out of offensive steam after tallying three times in the fourth inning to tie the score. Freddy Tarnok didn’t factor in the decision as he allowed three runs on three hits with one walk and four strikeouts over 2.2 innings. Hogan Harris (2-5) took the loss as he allowed two runs on two hits with one walk and three strikeouts over 3.1 innings of relief.
Paul Blackburn takes the hill for his 11th appearance and 10th start of the season for the A’s in this contest. He comes in 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA, a 1.583 WHIP, 18 walks and 49 strikeouts over 48 innings of work this season. Blackburn didn’t factor in the decision in his last start, which came against the Astros at home last Saturday. He threw 5.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts in a 4-1 A’s victory. In his last three outings (two starts), Blackburn is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA, a 1.92 WHIP, six walks and nine strikeouts over 12 innings of work. Blackburn, in his 62nd career appearance and 58th major league start, pitches against the Rockies for the first time here. As a result, this marks his first career start at Coors Field as well.