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Freeland, Arenado help Rockies cool down A's 3-1

Colorado Rockies' Nolan Arenado follows the flight of his solo home run off Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea in the fifth inning of a ba...
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland works against Oakland Athletics' Marcus Semien in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, July 27,...
Oakland Athletics' Khris Davis singles off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, July 27, 201...
Colorado Rockies' Charlie Blackmon follows the fight of his double off Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea in the first inning of a basebal...
Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado, left, tags out Oakland Athletics' Mark Canha, who tried to advance from second to third on a a ground ba...
Oakland Athletics' Matt Chapman looks at the umpire after he was called out on strikes with the bases loaded, ending the top of eighth inning of the t...

Colorado Rockies' Nolan Arenado follows the flight of his solo home run off Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea in the fifth inning of a ba...

Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland works against Oakland Athletics' Marcus Semien in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, July 27,...

Oakland Athletics' Khris Davis singles off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, July 27, 201...

Colorado Rockies' Charlie Blackmon follows the fight of his double off Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea in the first inning of a basebal...

Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado, left, tags out Oakland Athletics' Mark Canha, who tried to advance from second to third on a a ground ba...

Oakland Athletics' Matt Chapman looks at the umpire after he was called out on strikes with the bases loaded, ending the top of eighth inning of the t...

DENVER (AP) — Kyle Freeland threw six shutout innings, Nolan Arenado homered and the Colorado Rockies cooled off the Oakland Athletics with a 3-1 victory on Friday night.

Freeland (9-6) allowed five hits while striking out five, walking three and hitting a batter. Colorado's starting pitching is 6-0 with a 1.65 ERA at Coors Field in July.

Ian Desmond and Garrett Hampson also drove in runs for the Rockies, who have won 14 of 19 this month. Adam Ottavino threw a spotless ninth for his fourth save of the year. Usual-closer Wade Davis had pitched in Colorado's last two games.

Sean Manaea (9-7) allowed three runs on nine hits for the A's, who had their season high-tying, six-game winning streak snapped. It was Manaea's first loss since May 30.

The Rockies used small ball to take the lead against Manaea in the second. Noel Cuevas bunted aboard to start the inning and was later brought home on a squeeze bunt from Hampson.

Desmond made it 2-0 with an RBI single in the fifth but was thrown out trying to reach second. Arenado followed with his 26th home run of the season and 100th career homer at Coors Field.

Freeland managed to keep Oakland scoreless through six innings despite heavy traffic on the bases. The Denver native forced Matt Olson to line out to second to end a bases-loaded threat in the first, then induced a double play to get out of another bases-loaded jam in the fifth.

The A's finally got on the board as Jed Lowrie hit an RBI double off reliever Bryan Shaw in the seventh. They loaded the bases for the third time in the game in the eighth before Scott Oberg struck out Matt Chapman to end the inning.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rockies: OF David Dahl (broken foot) was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list and optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. . LHP Mike Dunn (left shoulder joint inflammation) was transferred from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day DL.

OH, NO SHOW

RHP Seunghwan Oh, acquired by the Rockies in a trade with the Blue Jays on Thursday, was not available Friday because of travel issues.

HE'S BACK, BABY

The Rockies activated RHP German Marquez from the paternity list and optioned OF Raimel Tapia to Triple-A Albuquerque. Marquez, who was in Venezuela for the birth of his son earlier in the week, will pitch in Sunday's series finale.

WE MEET AGAIN

Arenado and Chapman played together at El Toro High School in Southern California in 2009. Arenado was a highly touted shortstop in his senior year and Chapman was his backup.

UP NEXT

Athletics: LHP Brett Anderson (2-2, 5.46 ERA) allowed two runs in six innings in a win at Texas on Monday, only the second time in his last seven outings that he went six.

Rockies: Antonio Senzatela (3-3, 5.55) struggled in his first start since coming off the disabled list, allowing four runs over 5 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss in Arizona.