Oakland A’s Abraham Toro whacks an RBI single against the Seattle Mariners in the bottom of the third inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Tue Jun 4, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Augie:

#1 Augie, the Seattle Mariners pitcher George Kirby had nine strikeouts in five innings picking up his first win in a month. It was a long wait but Kirby pitched well enough to hold back the Oakland A’s 4-3 for the win.

#2 The Mariners got enough offense to pull it off with three hits from Josh Rojas and Ty France picked up two hits and an RBI for two runs.

#3 The Oakland A’s Abraham Toro hit an RBI single and JJ Bleday had a good night at the plate with two hit singles in their best efforts to strike back at the Mariners.

#4 A’s manager Mark Kotsay said that the Mariners are one of the better pitching staffs in the American League. All things considered Kotsay felt they fought back but just couldn’t get the tying run around in the ninth.

#5 The Mariners will start RHP Logan Gilbert (3-3, ERA 3.29) and for the A’s RHP Joey Estes (1-1, ERA 6.10). The A’s are getting the pitching but once again they need to get some run production going.

Augie Mesenburg is a podcast contributor and MLB analyst at http://www.sportsradioservice.com and is a reporter at 1080 KWAI Honolulu