Oakland A’s starter Paul Blackburn will try to get the A’s back in the win column Mon Aug 21, 2023 at the Oakland Coliseum against the Kansas City Royals (AP News file photo)

On the A’s podcast with Barbara Mason:

#1 Barbara, Sunday’s game might one that Oakland A’s manager Mark Kotsay would soon like to forget but the history books won’t the loss on Sunday was the A’s 17th sweep surpassing getting swept 16 times in 1978. A’s have a lot of work in front of them to put that record to rest.

#2 The A’s got beat in three lopsided games with the Baltimore Orioles by scores of 9-4, 7-2 and 12-1. In each game the A’s lost by more than five or more runs and the bullpen just didn’t have much to shutdown the Orioles.

#3 On Sunday the A’s just couldn’t figure out Baltimore starter Kyle Bradish who had eight strikeouts and had control over the A’s line up for six innings.

#4 The Orioles Ryan Castlemount extended his on base streak to a 26 times the most in his career. Castlemount had three hits in the ball game including a home run his 17th of the season.

#5 A’s will try it all over again when they face the Kansas City Royals at the Oakland Coliseum on Monday night for a 6:40pm PT first pitch. Tucker Davidson (1-2 ERA 6.39) for the Royals but Paul Blackburn will start for the A’s (3-3 ERA 4.09).

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