Oakland Athletics’ Brent Rooker watches his three run home run against Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Cole Irvin which scored Nick Allen and Esteury Ruiz during the third inning at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Thu Apr 13, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel Dullum:

#1 The Baltimore Orioles’ outstanding young catcher Adley Rutschman sent Trevor May’s second pitch in the bottom of the ninth out of the park to give the O’s a walk-off win 8-7 over the A’s Thursday afternoon.

#2 The A’s pitchers needed help to contain the Orioles’ hitters. A’s starter, Adam Oller, was knocked out of the game in the top of the third. Oller gave up seven runs and eight hits in just two and 1/3rd innings of work.

#3 A’s reliever Adrian Martinez restored order as he went three and 2/3rds innings and did not allow a hit or a run. Martinez allowed the A’s to stay in the game. The Orioles led 7-4 after three innings of play.

#4 The A’s pitchers held Rurtschman hitless in his first four trips to the plate on Thursday. Rutschman became the Orioles hero of the day when he hit a walk-off home run in the ninth to win the game for Baltimore. Terrin Vavra and Ryan O’Hearn each had two hits.

#5 The A’s will hosting the 1973 World Series reunion this Sunday at the Oakland Coliseum bringing back such stars as Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, Bert Campaneris, Vida Blue, Dick Green, Darold Knowles, Ted Kubiak, Bill North, and John Blue Moon Odom, wouldn’t be cool to see former New York Met Willie Mays come out and join them in his 1973 Mets uniform.

#5 The A’s will send James Kaprielian (0-1 ERA 11.17) to the mound to face the Mets’ Kodai Senga (2-0 ERA 1.59) Friday night 6:40pm. 

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