Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera (24) makes a face that could only scare the Oakland A’s and it must’ve worked as the A’s got crushed by the Tigers 7-3 on Thu Sep 21, 2023 at the Oakland Coliseum (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson:

#1 Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal set a season high of ten strikeouts in seven innings pitched on Thursday night and won his fourth straight game against the Oakland A’s.

#2 The loss for the A’s was their eighth straight. The Tigers went up by scores of 2-0, 5-0 and 7-0 up until the bottom of the ninth inning. The fact of the matter is through these eight straight loses the A’s offense have been absent.

#3 The Tigers Kerry Carpenter picked up his ninth multi hit game for September and it’s Detroit’s 34th multi hit game for the season.

#4 Jeremiah, the two hitters in the A’s line up that’s been seeing the ball well has been Brent Rooker and Zack Gelof but it’s not enough they whole line up needs to hit and score runs to keep up with the opposing offense?

#5 Sawyer-Gipson Long (1-0 2.70) is starting for the Tigers in game two of this series for Oakland Ken Waldichuk (3-8 ERA 5.40) first pitch at 6:40pm PT.

Jeremiah Salmonson does the A’s podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com