--frankie montas...getting the start and could have used a little more energy. --bottom 2nd, no outs, rockies with a man on 2nd... tom murphy...deep and true into the mile high air...2-run homer to centerfield. 2-zip rockies. --herman marquez...on the hill for the rockies. the 23-year old rookie..not afraid to go right after that a's lineup.... 8-punchouts and only allowed 5 hits through 7 and 2/3rds. --top 7, a's down 2 runs..they've scored more than 200 runs in the 7th inning or later this season. khris davis at the dish.. and khrush comes through... 28th home run of the year-- 4th in all of baseball. a's down 3-2. --next inning, tying run at first for the a's, matt chapman...strikes out swinging... and the green and gold, lose 3-2... swept for the first time since mid june. how about a little drag racing... nhra nationals at sonoma raceway... this morning... fans... walking the track before filing into their seats... final of top fuel... that's always the marquee race... and it was blake alexander... winnning easily in 4-point-0004 seconds... that's more than

--frankie montas...getting the start and could have used a little more energy. --bottom 2nd, no outs, rockies with a man on 2nd... tom murphy...deep and true into the mile high air...2-run homer to centerfield. 2-zip rockies. --herman marquez...on the hill for the rockies. the 23-year old rookie..not afraid to go right after that a's lineup.... 8-punchouts and only allowed 5 hits through 7 and 2/3rds. --top 7, a's down 2 runs..they've scored more than 200 runs in the 7th inning or later this season. khris davis at the dish.. and khrush comes through... 28th home run of the year-- 4th in all of baseball. a's down 3-2. --next inning, tying run at first for the a's, matt chapman...strikes out swinging... and the green and gold, lose 3-2... swept for the first time since mid june. finally, grand images from a dazzling celebration in france for the final stage of the tour de france. it's really more cerimony than competition at this point... gerent thomas of wales.... cemented the yellow jersey yesterday... so today he and his team brought out the champaine to celibr

second inning, tom murphy jumps on frankie montas early. then khris davis. it's his shot now. leading off the seventh, opposite field home run. 28th of the season. it's the fourth most in majors. cuts the rockies' lead to one. last chance to complete the comeback, but wade davis strikes out matt olson to complete the sweep of the a's. 3-2 is the final. >>> more bad news for oakland. the a's announcing this morning utility man chad pinder was placed on the ten-day d.l. with a left elbow laceration. he sustained the injury in a car accident saturday afternoon. pinder was not driving the car according to the san francisco chronicle. his fiancee was also in the vehicle and sustained a bruise. >>> on to the 105th tour de france. geraint thomas the leader by a wide margin heading into sunday, sipping some of that champagne early. thomas tucked safely in between his team sky riders with two laps to go. alexander christophe wins the final stage but the man of the hour is thomas. he's applauded by last year's winner chris froome as they cross the line. thomas puts on the final yellow j