Oakland Athletics pitcher Sean Manaea (55) throws against Mike Yastrzemski (5) in the fourth inning during Sat Aug 15th’s contest at Oracle Park in San Francisco (Photo from sfgate.com)
On the A’s podcast with Jerry:
#1 How surprising was it for you to see the A’s go into San Francisco sweep the Giants in three games and then turn around and drop two games in Arizona in games that weren’t even close?
#2 Could it be possible that A’s starters are running out of gas or the Diamondback hitters like David Peralta and Nick Amhed were just having great games against the A’s.
#3 Jerry, talk about A’s pitcher Sean Manaea is there any concern about his outings he’s struggled he has allowed 17 runs, 15 of those for earned runs, opposing teams are hitting .364 against him for three homers and six doubles in 71 hitters he has faced. How much longer will the A’s stick with him?
#4 Frankie Montas got rocked on Tuesday night in Arizona allowing nine runs and six hits, Montas gave up the first run of the game on a wild pitch and after giving up his fourth walk was pulled out of the game. Montas had not pitched since Aug 8th and was scratched with sore arm problems on Fri Aug 14th against the Giants.
#5 A’s and Diamondbacks play the second of this two game series at the Coliseum tonight at 6:45pm the Diamondbacks will start left hander Alex Young (1-0 ERA 3.86) and the A’s will go with left hander Sean Manaea (0-2 ERA 7.65)
Jerry does the A’s podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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