AP photo: Oakland A’s Danny Valencia hits one of two home runs in Friday night’s game vs. the Tampa Bay Rays this one in the sixth at Tropicana Field

On the MLB podcast Matt takes a look at the San Francisco Giants Joe Panik who hit a homer in each of the two games Thursday and Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Panik home runs gave the Giants and starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija a nice cushion in the 5-2 victory at Chase Field. Samardzija gave up two runs, eight hits and 112 pitches and had command over most of his pitches.

The Oakland A’s snapped their five game losing streak with a win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field getting offensive production from Danny Valencia who was out with an injury on Tuesday and Wednesday the A’s had a day off on Thursday. Valencia made up for lost time with two home runs on Friday night. Also teammates Khris Davis and Marcus Semien both had a home run a piece.

Matt Harrington does the MLB podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com