The Houston Astros Jose Altuve returns to the dugout after scoring against the Oakland A’s in the seventh inning on Thu May 20, 2021 at the Oakland Coliseum (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 The Oakland A’s (26-19) dropped their seventh game to the Houston Astros (26-18) for the season the A’s have defeated the Astros three times.

#2 With the win 8-4 on Thursday afternoon the Astros move a half game up on the A’s in the AL Western Division. The loss also marked the first time in 30 days that the A’s are no longer in first place. The A’s have been playing .500 ball winning five of their last ten games.

#3 The Astros Jose Altuve and Martin Maldonado both provided runs for the Astros Thursday afternoon for Houston there’s a different star everyday but someone is going to out pitch or hit a big fly on this team to beat their opponents.

#4 The A’s open a three game series against Joe Maddon and the Los Angeles Angels (19-24) on Friday night. The A’s will be starting James Kaprielian (1-0 ERA 1.80) and for the Angels Jose Quintana (0-3 ERA 8.53). The Angels have lost six of their last ten games.

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