Oakland A’s Nick Allen (left) and Tony Kemp (right) jump for joy after taking two games from the San Francisco Giants at the Oakland Coliseum (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 The Oakland A’s Nick Allen belted two home runs against the San Francisco Giants and that made up the difference in the A’s two run win over the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum 8-6 on Sunday.

#2 A’s catcher Shea Langeliers belted a two run single in the bottom of the sixth to help the A’s rally from behind to pick up the win.

#3 Barbara, the Giants had come into this series in Oakland last Saturday night having won five of their last six games, the A’s had opened up the series after losing four straight games including a three game sweep by the Dodgers in Los Angeles. They battled in this brief two game series with a sweep.

#4 Allen had surprised everyone coming into this game he was hitting .155 in his last 21 games after returning July 4th from playing at triple A Las Vegas. “Anytime I hit a home run, it’s special. But hitting two, it’s amazing,” said Allen in the A’s clubhouse post game.

#5 The A’s will have a real challenge Monday night when they open a three game series against the Texas Rangers (66-46). The Rangers are in first place in the AL West and one of the toughest teams in MLB having won seven of their last ten games. The Rangers will start Dane Dunning (9-4 ERA 3.14) for the A’s starter Ken Waldichuk (2-7 ERA 6.52) first pitch 6:40pm PT.

Barbara Mason does the A’s podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com