The Oakland Athletics have struggled to score runs all season, but they found an elixir to those woes -- at least for one night -- with an 8-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night in Denver.
Oakland, which has the worst record in the majors, will try to make it two straight victories when the teams meet again Saturday night. The A's will send Paul Blackburn against Chris Flexen , who will be making his debut for Colorado.
Oakland's 376 runs this season are the fewest in the majors, an average of 3.58 runs per game. The A's pounded out 14 hits and benefited from strong performances from veterans Tony Kemp and Ramon Laureano . "It doesn't really show up in the box scores, but you can tell by how the guys have been preparing each day that they're just becoming pros each and every day," Kemp said this week. "They're putting in the work. I feel like that's the biggest thing you can do, is come to the field with a good attitude and put the work in, and that's what a lot of these younger guys have been doing.
Doyle made his major league debut on April 24, and despite hitting only .202, he has become a fixture in the spacious center field of Coors Field, making routine and highlight-reel plays."The biggest thing, especially at Coors, is you can't coast to balls," Doyle said. "You've got to bust your butt to get there, because they can keep going. It's being hungry for the ball, wanting the ball to be hit to you.
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