Oakland Athletics pitcher Joey Estes, left, reacts after allowing a home run to Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh, right, during the fifth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Wed Sep 20, 2023 (AP News photo)
On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:
#1 5602 fans came out to see the Seattle Mariners sweep the Oakland A’s in three games. Wednesday afternoon was no exception in the series as the M’s came out and just had another offensive afternoon with a 6-3 win
#2 The Mariners in the top of the second saw Dominic Canzone belt a two run home run to give Seattle a 2-0 off A’s rookie pitcher Joey Estes.
#3 In the bottom of the fourth the A’s Zack Gelof crushed his 13th home run of the season off M’s starter George Kirby to close the score to one run 2-1.
#4 It was the top of the sixth the M’s put some distance between them and A’s starter Estes. Julio Rodriquez hit a 389 foot home run to center right, Cal Raleigh followed up hitting a 398 foot home run to right field to make it 4-1 and the M’s Canzone hit a double to left field scoring Ty France and Eugenio Suarez making it 6-1.
#5 In the top of the sixth the A’s Brent Rooker hit his 27th home run of the season a 410 foot belt to deep center scoring Seth Brown and the A’s cut the lead in half 6-3.
#6 The A’s open a four game series on Thursday night against the Detroit Tigers. Starting for Detroit Tarik Skubal (6-3 ERA 3.25) and for Oakland right hander Luis Medina (3-9 ERA 5.56) first pitch at 6:40pm PT at the Oakland Coliseum.
Jerry Feitelberg is Oakland A’s reporter at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

