Oakland Athletics’ Brent Rooker (25) is congratulated by third base coach Eric Martins (3) after hitting a home run against the Detroit Tigers during the sixth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Fri Sep 22, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Stephen:

#1 The Oakland A’s ended that long dreadful eight game losing streak on Friday night with a convincing 8-2 win. For A’s manager Mark Kotsay would say that’s a weight off his shoulders.

#2 The A’s have lost ten of their last 13 games and are 47-107, the A’s have the losingest record in Oakland franchise history.

#3 Brent Rooker continues to get around on the ball hitting his 29th home run of the season he and Zack Gelof have been key in some of the A’s offense this season.

#4 Pinch hitter Shea Langeliers came in and belted his 21st a three run homer in bottom of the sixth inning the A’s wanted to win a ball game and the line up came out hitting on Friday night.

#5 Starting pitchers for Saturday’s contest for the Tigers right hander Joe Boyle (0-0 ERA 0.00) for the A’s right hander Miguel Diaz (0-0 ERA 1.04) whenever you don’t see enough of new pitchers it’s a game where the line ups could be doing some guessing.

Stephen Ruderman is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com