The Oakland A’s Cristian Bethancourt (23) stands in against the Seattle Mariner pitching at T Mobile Field in Seattle on Sun Jul 3, 2022 (@Athletics photo)

On the A’s podcast with Barbara Mason:

#1 Things got off to a rocky start when the Seattle Mariners (39-42) leadoff hitter Julio Rodriguez slugged a solo shot in the bottom of the first inning to get thing rolling for the Mariners 1-0.

#2 Mariners starting pitcher pitcher Robbie Ray threw 6.2 innings, four hits, one earned run for Ray’s seventh win of the season. Ray kept Oakland A’s (26-55) hitters off balance for most of the game.

#3 Bottom sixth Rodriguez was up to his old hitting tricks again with a double that scored Dylan Moore to give Seattle a 2-0 lead.

#4 The A’s finally got on the board with an Elvis Andrus top of the seventh inning home run to left center field but it wasn’t enough as the A’s couldn’t produce enough offense to win it for a 2-1 loss.

#5 The A’s return to the Oakland Coliseum Monday night for a July 4th contest hosting the Toronto Blue Jays (44-36) the Jays will start right hander Alek Monoah (9-2, 2.09), the A’s will start Cole Irvin (2-6, 3.58) a 6:45pm PDT first pitch.

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