The Oakland A’s Elvis Andrus strokes a two run bottom of the seventh double against Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander at the Oakland Coliseum on Wed Jun 1, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 The Houston Astros (33-18) starter Justin Verlander had all his pitches working for him as he threw no hit ball against the Oakland A’s for six innings at the Oakland Coliseum talk about his mix of pitches and what kept him in command.

#2 Jerry the A’s did wake up in the bottom of the seventh with three runs scored and took a abbreviated two run lead 3-1 after Verlander left the game.

#3 Yordan Alvarez whose been a thorn in the A’s side during the series didn’t make the third game of the set an exception as Alvarez hit a three run double in the top of the ninth contributed to the Astros four run rally to come back and edge Oakland 5-4.

#4 Jerry, the Coliseum has not been nowhere near like they used to be in years past and the A’s have been having crowds well below 8,000 per game. The team has now slipped to 20-33 and are 14 games behind the Astros. That said they do lose but they are in most of their games.

#5 The A’s have Thursday off but return to host the Boston Red Sox on Friday night at the Coliseum. Starting pitchers for the Red Sox Nathan Eovaldi (2-2 ERA 3.77) going for the A’s James Kaprielan (0-2 ERA 5.93) first pitch 6:45 pm PDT.

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