Oakland A’s starter Ross Stripling pitches in the bottom of the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Jul 31, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 Jeremiah after the San Francisco Giants swept the Colorado Rockies in a four game series the Oakland A’s were next up to face the Giants at Oracle Park in what could have been a team that was steam rolling along. That said the A’s got great pitching in the brief two game series from starter JP Sears on Tuesday night in a 5-2 win and despite losing on Wednesday night 1-0 the A’s starter Ross Stripling pitched an effective game that kept the A’s in it.

#2 Jeremiah, taking a closer look at Wednesday night’s game the A’s faced some tough pitching from Giants starter Logan Webb who went the distance for his third complete game and second shutout of the season.

#3 Jeremiah to give you an idea how effective Webb was he not only threw the shutout but also the game moved right along in a one hour 55 minute special.

#4 Webb just had the A’s line up off balance all night and the A’s hitters who have been doing all along just couldn’t figure out Webb who had them taking and swinging at pitches all night.

#5 Stripling who had lost ten games against his two wins had struggled all season but on Wednesday night he pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing only one earned run which was the only run of the game, didn’t strike out a batter, despite losing the game Striping said this game against his old teammates the Giants was meaningful.

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