The Oakland A’s Tyler Soderstrom swings for a single in the bottom of the fourth inning against the Minnesota Twins at the Oakland Coliseum on Sun Jul 16, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 Barbara lets review the scoring in Sunday’s thriller at the Oakland Coliseum between the Minnesota Twins and Oakland A’s. Second inning the A’s Jordan Diaz hit a 381 foot home run to left field to get the A’s on the scoreboard 1-0.

#2 In the bottom of the fourth the A’s added two more runs with Jordan Diaz’ sacrifice fly to left allowing Zack Gelof to score from third. Aledmys Diaz later doubled to left field scoring JJ Bleday A’s go up 3-0.

#3 In the top of the fifth the Twins get on the scoreboard scoring two runs Christian Vazquez hit a 395 foot home run to left centerfield. The Twins Alex Krilloff belted a homer to center left for 381 feet and it was 3-2 A’s leading by just a run.

#4 Krilloff did more damage with a top of the seventh double that scored three runs and the Twins took a three run lead 5-3.

#5 The A’s picked up another run in the bottom of the seventh when Zack Gelof doubled scoring Shea Langeliers Oakland had cut the lead to just a run 5-4 but it wasn’t enough as they have lost seven in a row and get swept by the Twins.

#6 The Boston Red Sox pay the A’s a visit at the Coliseum to open up a three game series on Monday night. Pitchers for Boston to be announced and for the A’s right hander Paul Blackburn (1-1 ERA 4.86) a 6:40pm PT first pitch at the Coliseum.

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