Oakland A’s starter Alex Wood throws to the Seattle Mariners line up in the top of the first inning at T Mobile Field in Seattle on Sun May 12, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason:

#1 Tough go for the Oakland A’s on Sunday with a 8-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners to drop the three game series 2-1.

#2 A’s starter Alex Wood was charged for one earned run but gave up a total of five runs. It’s the base hits that hurt Wood who gave up four hits.

#3 Barbara for the Mariners the bottom of he second was a rally scoring four runs and the M’s got home run help from Julio Rodríguez and Mitch Garver in the fifth inning.

#4 The A’s and Mariners won by scores of 8-1 in games 1 and 2 but it was game three that the Mariners held on with a four run win 8-4. The A’s pitching fell apart early with Wood giving up the five run and reliever Kyle Mueller got rocked for four hits and three runs.

#5 The A’s will get another chance to try and win a series against the struggling Houston Astros at Minute Maid Field in Houston on Monday night. Starting pitchers for Oakland RHP Ross Stripling (1-6 ERA 5.14) and for Houston RHP Spencer Arrighetti (0-4 ERA 8.44) first pitch at 5:10pm PDT.

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