OAKLAND, Calif. — The slugger known as "Country Breakfast" gobbled up a slider like a big plate of bacon. Then he legged, lumbered and lurched his way 270 feet to third base.
Billy Butler, the Athletics' "athletic" 240-pound designated hitter, knocked his first triple of the season — just his fifth in a nine-year career — after he pulled a pitch to left field in the second inning. He jogged in to score three batters later.
The Rockies were cooked. Behind Butler's triple and a fifth-inning RBI, the A's gobbled up a run-starved Rockies offense 4-1 in a series finale Wednesday afternoon with 17,655 in attendance at the O.