LAS VEGAS — \u2014 Lawrence Butler scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning on a throwing error and had an RBI single in the eighth to lead the Athletics to a 6-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz hit back-to-back solo home runs in the fifth for the A’s. Langeliers’ homer, his team-leading 18th, traveled 450 feet to center field. Kurtz, who has 16 homers, hit his 471 feet to right-center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mason Barnett (1-0) worked 1 2\/3 innings for the victory, and Hogan Harris got the final four outs for his sixth save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zach Agnos (0-2) took the loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Butler broke a 4-4 tie with two outs in the seventh when he got caught in a rundown. But Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman threw the ball away, allowing Butler to score. Goodman, who had slugged five home runs in his previous nine games, also went 0 for 4 and struck out three times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zack Gelof\u00a0singled in the sixth inning for the A’s to extend his career-high hitting streak to 16 games.\u00a0Tyler Soderstrom\u00a0extended his on-base streak to 21 games with a seventh-inning walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Colorado’s Cole Carrigg hit a three-run 450-homer to right-center field in the sixth to put the Rockies ahead 4-2. Max Muncy answered with a two-run double in the bottom of the inning to tie it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game began with an unusual pitcher’s duel in this ballpark between rookie starters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gage Jump tossed five shutout innings, allowing three hits while striking out six batters. He then loaded the bases in the sixth with no one outs on two singles and a walk to end his night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Left-hander\u00a0Sean Sullivan\u00a0pitched three shutout innings in his major league debut. He allowed two hits and struck out two. Sullivan was removed after throwing 49 pitches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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