The Oakland A’s starter Cole Irvin delivers a first inning pitch against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Field in Houston on Sun Aug 14, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Barbara Mason:

#1 Houston Astros pitcher Cristian Javier threw six innings of shutout ball giving up one hit, three walks and six strikeouts the Oakland A’s simply couldn’t do anything against him.

#2 Alex Bregman hit his 16th home run against A’s starter Cole Irvin (6-10) and it was the second straight game that Bregman hit a two run home run.

#3 The Astros Jose Altuve hit a double for two RBIs in the bottom of the second inning to increase their lead to 4-0 and wound up winning their fourth straight game.

#4 The Astros who got swept by the A’s in July came back this past weekend to get a three game sweep against a struggling A’s team. Astros manager Dusty Baker made sure the A’s would not sweep them in their own ballpark.

#5 The A’s will try and snap out of their current eight game losing streak as they open a four game series against the Texas Rangers starting Monday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington. The A’s will start James Kaprielian (3-6, 4.38) he’ll be opposed by the Astros Glenn Otto (4-8, 5.20) a 5:05 pm PDT first pitch.

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