AP photo: A’s Coco Crisp gets the low five from A’s third base coach Ron Washington after hitting a first inning home run off the Minnesota Twins Monday at the Oakland Coliseum

On the A’s podcast with Jerry the A’s pitcher Eric Surkamp is a left hand pitcher but he hasn’t been able to go deep into the game. None of the games he’s pitched in has made it past the fifth inning and it would be nice if he could give the A’s a quality start and give them at least six innings. Surkamp hasn’t been able to do it yet hopefully he can do it against the Twins and the Twins are having a terrible season they did sweep the Mariners over the weekend.

The A’s are hopeful that Surkamp can get beyond his game he’s got the call to start on Tuesday night at the Oakland Coliseum and get the A’s some innings and get the relief core some rest. We’ll see what happens it’s not looking too optimistic. The A’s starter Kendall Graveman whose been inconsistent all season got the A’s a quality start with a 3-2 win he pitched six inning on Monday afternoon giving up six hits and two runs.

Jerry gets all the latest on the A’s listen to the podcast right here and each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com