A's beat Rockies 6-4 as Lawrence Butler scores on a throwing error and adds an RBI single‎

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. 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.