Oakland A’s starter Adrian Martinez is frustrated after giving up a home run in the top of the fifth inning to the Houston Astros Yordan Alvarez at Minute Maid Field in Houston on Fri Sep 16, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 Jeremiah, the Oakland A’s (52-93) in their second game in Houston (95-50) lost in a shutout pitched by Astros starter none other than Justin Verlander who pitched five innings and didn’t give up a hit.

#2 The last time the A’s faced Verlander he beat them as well and pretty much dominated the A’s just like he did Friday night in the 5-0 win with a great mix of pitches the A’s line up simply just couldn’t figure him out.

#3 Verlander got bullpen support from Phil Maton, Ryne Stanek, and Bryan Abreu who upheld the shutout that Verlander started.

#4 A’s starter Adrian Martinez pitched five innings and gave up four hits and four earned runs and didn’t get any run support in his start.

#5 The A’s and Astros battle again on Saturday night at Minute Maid Field in Houston for game 3 of this four game series. A’s starter Cole Irvin (8-11, 3.73) will go up against the Astros Jose Urquidy (13-6, 3.75) a 4:10 pm PDT first pitch.

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