Oakland A’s third baseman Jacob Wilson gets his first big league hit at age 31 on Tue Jul 20, 2021 against the Los Angeles Angels in the sixth inning at the Oakland Coliseum. Wilson and his teammates hope to get more hits on Thu Jul 22, 2021 in Seattle at T Mobile Field (photo from San Francisco Chronicle)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 The Oakland A’s start out this road trip in Seattle tonight at T Mobile Field in Seattle the first of ten road games and the first of a four game series.

#2 This is a crucial series the A’s need to gain ground on first place Houston as their 3.5 games back and are hoping to do a little better than .500 on the trip.

#3 The A’s and Mariners have both won their last two games and have won six of their last ten games

#4 Jerry talk a little bit about A’s pitcher James Kaprielian who had thrown six shutout innings giving up only five hits against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday afternoon. Kaprielian pitched well enough to complete the game if it wasn’t for the pitch count he threw 100 pitches.

#5 The A’s will send lefty Sean Manaea to the hill Thursday night. Manaea is 6-6 with an ERA of 3.28. Righty Chris Flexon, 9-3 ERA 3.35, will go for Seattle.

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