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The Red Sox are in another three-game interleague set versus the Atlanta Braves. (AP Images)

Matt Holliday will face the Colorado Rockies for the first time as the Oakland Athletics and Rockies open a three-game series tonight.

Holliday is hitting .197 with no homers, two RBIs and 11 strikeouts over his last 17 games.

The Rockies have overcome Holliday's departure and the firing of manager Clint Hurdle on May 29 to move back over .500. After winning 17 of 18 from June 4-22, however, they've dropped back-to-back contests.

The Rockies will be trying to get back on track against an Athletics team that's been held to three runs or fewer in eight of its last 15 games, batting .220 and going 5-10 in that stretch.

Oakland will try to bounce back behind Dallas Braden, who is all too familiar with his team's problems at the plate. Braden posted a 2.87 ERA in his last seven starts, but Oakland went 3-4.

Jason Hammel will start for the Rockies.

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