Toro hits solo homer in 8th and A's end 8-game skid with 5-4 win over Rockies
Finally a regular player in the big leagues, Abraham Toro hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth after Seth Brown hit a tying two-run drive the previous inning, and the Oakland Athletics snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. “When the manager trusts you and puts you there every day it just gives you confidence as a player and you play more relaxed,” Toro said. Colorado's Ezequiel Tovar hit a pair of solo home runs for his first career multi-homer game and Ryan McMahon added a two-run drive before the A's rallied aga...