Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha take turns at throwing out the first pitch at the Oakland Coliseum before Wed Jul 27, 2022 game against the Houston Astros (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg:

#1 Jerry, back to back home runs in the bottom of the second inning from catcher Stephen Vogt and leftfielder Stephen Piscotty that got the A’s off to a 2-0 lead.

#2 The A’s have been showing consistency of late in improved offense including a Tony Kemp double for an RBI that scored Jonah Bride for a for a 3-1 bottom of the fifth inning lead.

#3 Sky Bolt struck again with a RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning and it was the A’s win for keeps and a sweep over the Houston Astros the second best team in baseball 4-2.

#4 The A’s starter Cole Irvin kept the Astros off balance who pitched seven innings four hits, two runs and struck out four hitters. Quite and accomplishment against one of baseball’s best teams.

#5 The A’s are headed to Chicago for a three game series which opens up at Guarantee Rate Field in Chicago with the Chicago White Sox. Starting pitcher for the A’s on Friday night right hander James Kaprielian (1-5, 4.74) and for the White Sox Lance Lynn (1-3, 6.43) a 5:10 pm PDT first pitch.

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