Oakland Athletics’ Joey Wendle connects for a grand slam off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Edubray Ramos during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

On the podcast with Matt:

1 The end of a great era this week when Cleveland’s long win streak ended in a loss to the Kansas City Royals. The streak at 22 fell four games short of tying the MLB all time record held by the 1916 New York Giants at 26.

2 The are really, really depending on some players of the future for the 2018 season, Matt Chapman, Matt Olson, Franklin Barreto, Marcus Semien, Chad Pinder, Joey Wendle, and Ryon Healy.

3 The A’s starter Daniel Mengden on Friday night in Philadelphia had a great outing in Philadelphia Friday throwing a two hit shutout

4 The Giants are battling to avoid a 100 loss season the last and only Giant team to reach the 100 loss plateau was the 1985 team managed by Jimmy Davenport and Roger Craig.

5  Ever since playing in SF the LA Dodgers looked like a cured team. They took the Giants two out of three at AT&T Park and now have won three straight

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