Senzatela pitches 1st complete game as Rockies top A's 3-1

DENVER (AP) — Antonio Senzatela pitched the first complete game of his career and Elias Díaz hit a two-run homer to lead the Colorado Rockies over the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Tuesday night.

Senzatela allowed six hits and retired his last eight batters against the AL West leaders for Colorado’s first complete game since German Marquez went the distance in April 2019. The right-hander fanned Mark Canha with a 97 mph fastball and got Jake Lamb on a grounder to end it.

It was the 15th groundball out of the game for Senzatela.

“I throw a fastball and they hit it into the ground. Throw slider, changeup, everything they hit into the ground,” Senzatela said. “I've got a good defense and they played so hard.”

Senzatela (4-2) struck out three and walked one. He threw 74 of his 109 pitches for strikes in a rare pitching gem at Coors Field.

“Old school, well-pitched game pitched on both sides. Our guy was outstanding,” Colorado manager Bud Black said. “Something you don’t see anymore; the complete game by a starting pitcher in this day and age. What a satisfaction for Antonio to have that feeling.

“That’s one of the best feelings in the game for a pitcher.”

Oakland struck first when Tony Kemp’s sacrifice fly scored Lamb in the second inning. It stayed that way until the fifth when Josh Fuentes, who had two hits, singled and went to third on a throwing error by shortstop Marcus Semien. Diaz fell behind 0-2 but lined Sean Manaea’s curveball into the left-field seats to put Colorado ahead 2-1 with his first home run of the season.

Fuentes came up big again in the sixth when he hit a sacrifice fly to score his cousin, Nolan Arenado, and chase Manaea (4-3).

That was more than enough for Senzatela, who earned just his second win in the last five weeks....

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