The Texas Rangers made a laugher out of game 4 of the four game series at the Oakland Coliseum on Sun May 14, 2023 (@Rangers photo)

On the A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 Barbara, in a contest that saw the Oakland A’s (9-32) tie the score up against the Texas Rangers (24-15) in the bottom of the seventh inning 3-3 on a Shea Langeliers home run to left center it would be the last time in the game that the A’s had a shot at taking game 4 of this four game set from the Rangers.

#2 The Rangers opened up on the A’s in the top of the eighth inning scoring eight times when Jonah Heim singled to center scoring Adolis Garcia on a error to break the 3-3 deadlock going up 4-3.

#3 Leody Taveras hit into fielder choice that allowed Heim to score making 5-3 and the Rangers touched up A’s relief pitching.

#4 The Rangers would add four more runs which included Garcia who got up again belting a grand slam homer and put the Rangers up by eight runs 11-3 for their 24th win of the season and the Rangers lead the A’s in the AL West standings by 16 games.

#5 The A’s open up a new series on Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The D-Backs are going Merrill Kelly (3-3 ERA 3.18) as starter, the A’s will be going with Drew Rucinski (0-3 ERA 8.16) for a 6:40 pm PT first pitch at the Oakland Coliseum.

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