sfgate.com photo: Oakland Athletics’ Matt Chapman sits on second base after doubling off Minnesota Twins pitcher Kohl Stewart in the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Minneapolis.
On the Oakland A’s podcast with Joey Friedman:
#1 The Oakland A’s have only lost back-to-back twice this season. The first time was last month when they lost to the Colorado Rockies and the second was when they lost to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday and to the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Thursday night.
#2 The loss didn’t stop A’s slugger Khris Davis, who continues to go deep, hitting his 39th home run and his fourth dinger in five games.
#3 The Twins, who had lost some players, are still coming to play and brought it on Thursday as they knocked around A’s starter Trevor Cahill for five runs and Cahill continues to struggle on the road.
#4 A’s catcher Jonathan Lucroy said following the game that they’ll be back out to try and turn things around and get the Twins in game two of the four-game series on Friday night.
#5 The A’s will need a little of everything some solid starting pitching and some key hitting to get back in the win column in a crucial road trip to try to stay neck-and-neck with the first-place Houston Astros.
Joey Friedman does the Oakland A’s podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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I didn’t get a chance to actually listen (sorry!! *winces*) to the podcast but the subject matter would have been phenomenal – I agree with all of it and would have loved to chat with you about it! AND – I honestly am shocked! I just can’t believe it but I learned something new! That we had only lost back to back TWICE this year?!?! That’s freakin’ incredible! WOW! So cool! Thanks for the post! Go A’s! #RootedInOakland!
Thank you Jen. Hope you’ll listen to our next A’s podcasts. Please feel free to write in the comments section anytime.