Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson (5) runs toward archetypal basal aft making a deed during a shot crippled against Colorado Rockies astatine the Las Vegas Ballpark Saturday, June 13, 2026. Photo by: Steve Marcus
Sunday, June 14, 2026 | 7:24 p.m.
All those location games astatine hitter-friendly Coors Field, and the Colorado Rockies ne'er rang up the scoreboard the mode they did Sunday successful steamy Las Vegas.
If this is what large league shot looks similar successful Sin City, pitchers mightiness tally for screen successful a mates of years nether each craps array successful town.
Willi Castro had 7 RBIs, Hunter Goodman got a career-high 5 hits and the Rockies acceptable a franchise grounds for runs with a 23-9 victory over the Athletics connected a 101-degree day astatine Las Vegas Ballpark.
“You’ve conscionable got to marque interaction and the ball’s gonna go,” Goodman said.
Castro and Goodman each deed 2 of Colorado’s six homers. Troy Johnston and TJ Rumfield besides went heavy for the last-place Rockies (27-45), who ended a three-game losing streak.
Scheduled to move to Las Vegas afloat clip successful 2028, the A's got a sensation of the metropolis this week with a six-game homestand against Milwaukee and Colorado astatine the tract of their apical insignificant league affiliate.
The teams progressive combined to people 102 runs successful a agelong that began with a wild slugfest past Monday night, when the Brewers outlasted the Athletics 15-14 successful a 12-inning game that featured 11 homers and 34 hits.
Colorado's lineup provided an exclamation constituent Sunday, but Goodman is going to reserve judgement astir large league shot successful Vegas.
Because portion the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators of the Pacific Coast League play outdoors, the A's are gearing up to determination into a caller $2 cardinal stadium nether operation connected The Strip. That gathering volition beryllium enclosed.
“I’ll beryllium funny to spot however it plays,” Goodman said. “I deliberation clip volition tell. With it being indoors, I don’t cognize if it volition play the aforesaid oregon not. I conjecture we’ll conscionable person to hold and see.”
Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer has participated successful plentifulness of games akin to Sunday’s bid finale, particularly astatine Triple-A Albuquerque.
“This is simply a very, precise pugnacious situation to play baseball,” helium said. “As you saw, evidently the shot flies successful the bladed air, the vigor and the sun. It’s conscionable a hard spot to play.”
Castro finished with 4 hits, including a expansive slam disconnected Scott Barlow successful the eighth inning. Goodman drove successful 4 runs and Kyle Karros besides had 4 hits arsenic the Rockies piled up 24 successful each — 1 shy of the squad people established against Houston connected Sept. 25, 2011.
Max Muncy and Tyler Soderstrom homered for the A’s (35-36), who had won 4 straight. Lawrence Butler got 3 hits and Zack Gelof extended his hitting streak to 18 games.
Tomoyuki Sugano (7-4) got the triumph contempt giving up 8 runs and 9 hits successful 5 innings. Eiberson Castellano tossed 3 scoreless innings to gain a prevention successful his large league debut.
Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs (3-7) allowed 8 runs — six earned — and 7 hits successful 4 innings.
Colorado scored six times successful the 5th to physique a 14-6 lead. Goodman homered to statesman an outburst capped by Tyler Freeman’s run-scoring triple.
A’s close fielder Carlos Cortes moved to the mound successful the eighth and was their astir effectual pitcher, yielding 1 tally and 3 hits successful the last 1 2/3 innings.
The Athletics went 4-2 connected their Las Vegas homestand, winning a brace of three-game series. They instrumentality Monday to their regular impermanent location successful West Sacramento, California, for a bid against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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