Oakland A’s reliever Sergio Romo throws in relief in the sixth against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on Sun Jun 6, 2021 (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 The Oakland A’s (35-26) took two out of three games from the Colorado Rockies (24-36) over the weekend series at Coors Field in Denver losing the third game on Sunday 3-1. Elvis Andrus and Tony Kemp have helped offensively and at short and second defensively.

#2 Despite the loss on Sunday the A’s hold a one game lead over the Houston Astros and have been getting some key pitching.

#3 In the two games that the A’s won against the Rockies on Saturday night in the second game, A’s starter Cole Irvin pitched six innings, six hits and one run for the win 6-3.

#4 The A’s got a four run win over the Rockies on Friday night 9-5 and A’s starter Frankie Montas went five innings giving up six hits and three earned runs.

#5 The A’s host the Arizona Diamondbacks (20-41) on Tuesday night Jon Duplantier (0-1 ERA 9.35) will start for Arizona and the A’s will go with starter Chris Bassitt (5-2 ERA 3.53) Barbara talk about this match up.

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