The Oakland A’s catcher Sean Murphy gets a greeting from teammates after hitting a solo homer in the top of the seventh inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Wed Jun 23, 2021 (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 For a very brief period in Wednesday night’s game the Oakland A’s (45-31) held a 3-2 lead over the Texas Rangers (27-47) in Arlington. The A’s had scored three times in the top of the seventh inning to overtake a Rangers 2-0 lead.

#2 The 3-2 lead disappeared quickly after the Rangers scored twice in the bottom half of the seventh taking over the lead once again 4-3.

#3 In that bottom of the seventh when the Rangers took over the lead A’s reliever Yusmeiro Petit allowed two earned runs on two hits in one inning of work and that was all the Rangers needed to win it. For Petit it had to be a tough outing to lose the lead like that.

#4 Talk about Rangers slugger Adolis Garcia who was the offensive star for Texas on Wednesday hitting two solo home runs hard to keep a good hitter down.

#5 The A’s conclude this four game series with the Rangers today at Globe Life Field the A’s will send out starter Chris Bassitt (7-2 ERA 3.40) and the Rangers will start Kolby Allard (2-2 ERA 2.93) the A’s have lost two of the last three games with the Rangers and are hoping for a split.

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