Rockies’ bullpen collapses in 5-4 loss to Oakland

Spoiler alert: The Rockies’ bullpen is about as volatile as Colorado’s May weather.

On a night when shortstop Ezequiel Tovar had the first two-homer game of his young career and Cal Quantrill made another terrific start, the Rockies found a way to lose, 5-4, to the Athletics Tuesday night at the Oakland Coliseum.

After a heartening seven-game winning streak, Colorado has now dropped four straight. Oakland snapped its eight-game losing streak.

Abraham Toro’s leadoff homer in the eighth off reliever Tyler Kinley provided the deciding run.

Seth Brown’s two-run homer off Justin Lawrence in the seventh tied the game 4-4. Lawrence got himself in trouble by walking Zack Gelof before serving up the long ball to Brown.

Quantrill, who now has seven quality starts, has become the Rockies’ human Toro, mowing down hitters in every outing.

The right-hander, utilizing his devastating split-finger changeup, gave up two runs in six innings, struck out eight and walked one. And Quantrill’s line should have been even better. With one out in sixth, JJ Bleday lined a shot to left, but rookie Jordan Beck made a risky dive for the ball — and missed. Bleday ended up third with a triple and scored on Quantrill’s wild pitch to cut Colorado’s lead to 3-2.

Quantrill’s one big mistake was hanging a sinker to J.D. Davis in the third inning. Davis’ leadoff homer traveled 407 feet.

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