Oakland A’s pitcher Sean Manaea will try for his second quality start as he throws tonight against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington in game two of the series (sfchronicle.com file photo)
On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:
#1 Amaury talk about the two pitches that plate umpire Jim Reynolds missed on Sunday calling for balls that was thrown by A’s pitcher Liam Hendriks on Angels hitter Juan Castro. The first pitch was right down the middle and the second was in the upper strike zone both taken for called balls by Reynolds.
#2 On the A’s scoreboard before the Angels-A’s game on Sunday at the Oakland Coliseum when the starting line ups were normally announced by A’s PA announcer Amelia Schimmel the A’s replaced her with videos of the players family members announcing their number, name and position, for Marcus Semien his two small sons Isaiah and Joshua, for Matt Chapman his parents introduced him, and for pitcher Chris Bassitt his wife Jessica, daughter Landry and dog Ashley.
#3 The A’s before coming into Texas on Monday night have won four of their last five games going 4-1 for taking two games from Arizona and two out of three from the Angels they seem like their they’re getting timely hitting from Matt Chapman, Matt Olson and Stephen Piscotty.
#4 The San Francisco Giants are in the middle of a six game win streak with three in a row from the Angels and three in a row from the Diamondbacks and getting set to open a three game set with the Dodgers starting Tuesday night at Oracle Park.
#5 The starting pitchers for tonight for the Los Angeles Dodgers Julio Urias (2-0 ERA 2.74) and for the San Francisco Giants Johnny Cueto (2-0 ERA 4.35)
Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s Spanish radio lead play by play talent on 1010 KIQI San Francisco and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

