The Oakland A’s right fielder Seth Brown snares a line drive on a dive hit by the Texas Rangers Andy Ibanez in the third inning at the RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland on Thu Jul 1, 2021 (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo hit a home run in five straight games and owned the A’s in the three game series just completed at the Coliseum on Thursday. The Rangers winning two out of three.

#2 The Rangers Nate Lowe hit two homers off A’s pitching on Thursday in the five run 8-3 loss.

#3 Gallo said noting can go wrong for him right now and that he was bound to break out of his hot and cold streaks.

#4 The A’s have seen the Rangers twice in the last two weeks once in Arlington and the now completed three game series this week at the Oakland Coliseum. The A’s have now lost eight of their last 12 games and have slipped from first to second behind the Houston Astros.

#5 The Boston Red Sox pay a visit to the Oakland Coliseum for three games starting tonight. The Sox will start Eduardo Rodriguez (6-4 ERA 5.83) and for the A’s Frank Montas will get the start (7-7 ERA 4.72).

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