Oakland A’s hitter Zack Gelof thanks to the good Lord for slugging a top of the first inning home run against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in DC on Sun Aug 13, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason:

#1 Barbara, the Washington Nationals picked up their their third sweep in as many as their last seven series. The Oakland A’s fell victim to the Nats on Sunday in a Washington come back game 8-7 in DC.

#2 The Nationals down five runs came back to score six runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the A’s. It was the first time since Sep 3, 2019 that the Nationals had come back from run deficit when the scored seven runs to beat the New York Mets 11-10.

#3 Nationals manager Dave Martinez said that the Nats are relentless they don’t their out of it playing hard for 27 outs and said their never out of it.

#4 The A’s simply fell apart in the ninth inning allowing six runs to score as reliever Trevor May allowed three earned runs and three hits and two walks. May was relieved by Kirby Snead who gave up a hit and a walk.

#5 The A’s open up a three game series in St Louis tonight at Busch Stadium in St Louis. Starting for the A’s JP Sears (2-9 ERA 4.23) for the Cardinals Mike Mikolas (6-8 ERA 4.20) first pitch 4:45 pm PT.

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