Former Oakland A’s third base coach and current Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington instructs players from the dugout on Sat Jul 20, 2024 at the Oakland Coliseum against the A’s. This is the last visit for the former A’s coach and he left all those memories out on the field. (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 Kevin Pillar hit a two run double which helped paced the Los Angeles Angels to a 5 run eighth inning rally that eventually helped defeat the A’s 8-5 at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.

#2 The Angels Logan O’Hoppe started the eighth off with a single, pinch hitter Nolan Schanuel hit an RBI single, and Jo Adell got a base on balls from A’s reliever Lucas Erceg in the five run eighth for a comeback.

#3 The Angels with the win snap a team franchise eight game losing streak. The Angels had got walloped by the A’s in the first two games of this series with a 13-3 loss on Friday and a 8-2 loss on Saturday. They put out a full effort to avoid a sweep on Sunday.

#4 This would be the final visit to the Oakland Coliseum for the Angels and their manager Ron Washington as the A’s are moving to Sacramento after this season. Washington spent many years as the long time third base coach of the A’s and is sad to see his old team leave Oakland, “There’s so much that has been going on in this place, I’m going to certainly miss it as a guy that’s been a coach here, as a guy that watched a lot of young players grow here and now as a guy that came back and managed here,”

#5 The A’s open a three game series against the Houston Astros on Monday night. Starting pitcher for the Astros RHP Spencer Arrighetti (4-7, ERA 5.63) starter for the A’s LHP Hogan Harris (1-3, ERA 3.40) first pitch at 6:40pm PT.

Barbara Mason does the A’s podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com