Oakland A’s starter James Kaprielian took the loss but it was his best outing thus far this season throwing against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis on Sat May 7, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Charlie O:

#1 The Oakland A’s (10-17) lost another heartbreaker to the Minnesota Twins (17-11) on Saturday 1-0, they’re not getting any run support scoring only two runs in four of their last five games.

#2 Charlie, A’s manager Mark Kotsay has guys who can swing the bats and they demonstrated that when the were a 10-8 with guys like Sheldon Neuse, Chad Pinder, Sean Murphy, and earlier Cristian Pache. Is it a matter of opposing pitchers have figured out how to pitch to the A’s line up or frankly the A’s line up is just in a funk?

#3 A’s pitching however has kept them in games in the last three games despite losing those three games in scores of 3-0 vs. Tampa Bay Wed 4th, 2-1 vs. Minnesota Fri 6, and yesterday vs. Minnesota 1-0.

#4 A’s starter James Kaprielian who struggled in his first outing had a better handle on things going five innings, three hits, one earned run, two walks and the seven strikeouts really played big in his second start.

#5 The A’s will attempt to snap this eight game skid at Target Field Sunday. The A’s will be starting right hander Daulton Jefferies (1-4 ERA 4.81) against the Twins Chris Paddack (1-2 ERA 3.15) a 2:10 pm PDT first pitch.

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