On the A’s podcast the Houston Astros who came to the Oakland Coliseum shut down the A’s 2-1 behind the pitching of starter Doug Fister on Sunday. The A’s had their chances and they didn’t cash in on any of them they left eight men on base. They were one for seven with runners in scoring position. The A’s have on one to blame but themselves. A’s starter Rich Hill pitched well enough to get a victory but didn’t get the run support.

That’s the magic of baseball the Astros gave up two runs a couple of hits in six innings of work and he took a loss. Conversely the Boston Red Sox starter David Price coughed up six runs and won his game when the Sox played the Yankees 8-7. So you just never know in baseball.

Jerry Feitelberg does the A’s podcasts each week and is the A’s beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com