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Guardians send A’s down to their ninth loss in a row 8-4; Cleveland rallies in the eighth for the win

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Cleveland Guardians’ Steven Kwan scores past Oakland Athletics’ Sean Murphy on a single by Oscar Gonzalez during the sixth inning at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Thu Jun 9, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The A’s woes continued as they lost for the ninth straight time. The A’s fell to the Cleveland Guardians by a score of 8-4. The A’s lost for the 12th time in the last 13th game. A’s reliever Lou Trivino continued to struggle.

Trivino had another bad outing as he was tagged for four runs and four hits. There was some good news, however. The A’s scored four times. Their starter James Kaprielian went five innings and allowed five hits and two runs.

Kaprielian gave up back-to-back solo home runs to Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor in the fourth. It was Ramirez’s 15th of the year. For Naylor, it was his seventh. The A’s offense showed signs of life. A’s DH Christian Bethancourt had a two-run homer, a single, and a double. Three straight doubles in the sixth produced two more runs for Oakland.

The A’s jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second. A’s catcher Sean Murphy was hit by a pitch to start the second. Christian Bethancourt hit his second homer of the year to put the A’s in the lead. Cleveland tied the game in the fourth with two solo home runs.

The A’s regained the lead in the top of the sixth. Three straight hits produced two runs to give the A’s the Advantage 4-2. A’s reliever A.J.Puk gave up a run in the bottom of the sixth. Cleveland tied the game in the seventh when they put another run on the board. Zack Jackson was on the hill for Oakland.

Cleveland put four runs on the board in the bottom of the eighth. They sent nine men to the plate with struggling Lou Trivino on the hill. They put together four hits, a walk, and an error by Trivino to tally four runs. All A’s manager could do was watch as the A’s lost again. The final score was 8-4.

Game Notes- With the loss, the A’s drop to 20-39. Cleveland improved to 27-26. Trivino was the losing pitcher. He is 1-5 for the year.
The line score for Oakland was four runs, eight hits, and one error. Cleveland’s line was eight runs, fourteen hits, and no errors.

The A’s now have two nine-game losing streaks this year and are under .500 for the first time since 2017.

Cleveland’s manager Terry Francona hasn’t forgotten the day the when the Red Sox released outfielder Mark Kotsay. Francona was Boston’s skipper at the time. Francona said,” I remember literally shedding tears when we did it. It was hard.” Kotsay said he and Francona bonded during his time with the Red Sox.

The A’s Paul Blackburn (5-2, 2.62 ERA) will go for Oakland Friday night. Blackburn has lost his last two starts. The Guardians will counter with Tristen McKenzie (3-5-3.10 ERA). McKenzie allowed just three hits over seven innings in his last start. All three hits were home runs.

The game will start at 4:10 pm PT.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: A’s hope to snap eight game skid in Cleveland tonight

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The Oakland A’s Jared Koenig moves his cap around after being lifted in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Atlanta Braves on Wed Jun 9, 2022 at Truist Field in Atlanta (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Jerry, the Atlanta Braves (30-27) just clobbered the Oakland A’s (20-38) on Wednesday night at Truist Field 13-2 for the A’s the pitching just melts down again.

#2 The Braves Michael Harris hit a two run triple against the A’s in the bottom of the fifth inning off A’s starter Jared Koenig in a five run inning for Atlanta.

#3 Things even got worse for the A’s in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Braves scored seven runs taking a 13-1 lead.

#4 For Koenig his Major League debut going four plus innings giving up four hits and five runs it was not quite the outing that he was expecting.

#5 The A’s will try it all over again as they open a four game series at Progressive Field in Cleveland starting for the A’s James Kaprielian (0-3, 6.06) and for the Cleveland Guardians Konnor Pilkington (1-0, 2.65) a 4:10 PM PDT first pitch.

Join Jerry for the Oakland A’s podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Braves slam four home runs to power past A’s 13-2; A’s swept in two game series

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The Atlanta Braves Michael Harris who did plenty of damage for Braves is seen here running to third base in the bottom of the fifth inning after hitting a two run triple against the Oakland A’s at Truist Field in Cobb County on Wed Jun 8, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feiteleberg

The Oakland A’s woes continued on Wednesday as they lost for the 11th time in the last 12th games. The powerful Atlanta Braves lineup hit four home runs to win, going away 13-2. The Braves swept the two-game series, and the A’s lost for the eighth straight time.

The A’s sent lefty Jared Koenig to the mound on Wednesday. Koenig was making his Major League debut. The 28-year-old rookie had paid his dues as he traveled to many venues to show that he could pitch. He was signed by the A’s to a minor league contract in 2020.

He performed well for the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators the last two seasons. The A’s needed a fifth starter and called Koenig to pitch against the World Champion Braves. It would be a daunting task for any pitcher to face the Braves, but more so for a rookie making his big league debut.

The A’s offense has not been very good this year. They are near the bottom of the barrel in batting, average, runs scored, and OPS. They needed to put some runs on the board to help him get over any nervousness and settle down and find a way to hold down the Braves.

The A’s came through with two runs in the top of the fourth. With one out, Ramon Laureano doubled to right-field. Laureano went to third on Ronald Acuna’s fielding error. Braves’ starter Ian Anderson uncorked a wild pitch, and Laureano scored.

A’s DH Stephen Vogt worked Anderson for a walk. Singles by Seth Brown and Sean Murphy produced the A’s second run of the game. The A’s didn’t know it at the time, but they would not score another run.

The Braves made it a 2-1 game in the bottom of the fourth. Atlanta’s shortstop Dansby Swanson got things going with a double to right-center-field. Koenig walked Austin Riley to put men on at first and second with no out.

Swanson tagged and went to third on Matt Olson’s fly ball to centerfield. Koenig had to face the B’s second baseman Ozzie Albies. They had quite a battle. Albies won the 10-pitch battle with a sacrifice fly to drive in Swanson. 

Things went south for Koenig in the bottom of the fifth. Atlanta scored four times to take the advantage 5-2. Koenig walked DH Marcelle Ozuna to start the fifth. Adam Duvall doubled, sending Ozuna to third base with no out.

Rookie centerfielder Michael Harris tripled to drive in Ozuna and Duvall. A’s manager brought in Domingo Acevedo to pitch. Acevedo retired Acuna and Swanson. It appeared the Acevedo would get out of the inning without any further damage. Not so. Third baseman Austin Riley, hitting .199, blasted his 15th dinger of the season to put Atlanta ahead 5-2 after five. 

In the sixth, the Braves added a run when catcher William Contreras homered to make it 6-2. Atlanta. The game became a rout when Atlanta scored seven runs in the seventh. They had six hits in the inning. Adam Duvall’s two-run shot and Ozzie Albies’ three-run blast were the big blows. The Braves won the rout 13-2.

Game notes: With the loss, the A’s are now 20-38. Jared Koenig took the loss and is now 0-1. Ian Anderson was the winning pitcher and his record improved to 5-3.

The line score for Oakland was two runs, eight hits, and one error. Atlanta scored thirteen runs, had thirteen hits, and committed one error. The Braves won the seventh in a row and are now 30-27.

The A’s second stop on the nine-game road trip in Cleveland. They begin a four-game set with the Guardians starting Thursday. James Kaprielian (0-3, 6.06 ERA) will go for Oakland. The Guardians will counter with Konnor Pilkington (1-0, 2.65 ERA).

The Guardians are just one game below the .500 mark—the A’s hope to break the losing streak Thursday night. The Guardians are looking to take advantage of the A’s deficiencies and take at least three out of four from Oakland. The game will start at 4:10 pm PT.

Three solo home runs power Braves past A’s 3-2 at Truist Field to open series

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Atlanta Braves’ Guillermo Heredia belts his second home run of the 2022 season in the bottom of the seventh inning against Oakland A’s relief pitcher Lou Trivino at Truist Field in Atlanta on Tue Jun 7, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The Oakland A’s (20-37) started a nine-game road trip with a two-game interleague series with the Atlanta Braves (29-27). The A’s, losers of six straight, were hoping to get back in the win column. The Braves, on the other hand, have won five in a row and are in second place in the National League East.

Last year, the Braves got hot late in the season and beat the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Houston Astros to win their fourth World Series crown in franchise history. The odds would favor the Braves beating the A’s Tuesday. The odds were correct as the Braves hit three solo home runs to down the A’s 3-2.

It was a hot and humid evening in Atlanta Tuesday night. The A’s had not dealt with such conditions all season. The A’s gave starter Cole Irvin an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Tony Kemp led off the game with a single.

Elvis Andrus followed with a single, sending Kemp to second. Both runners advanced a base on a wild pitch. Ramon Laureano singled to drive in Kemp and Andrus to give the A’s the 2-0 advantage. 

Lefty hurler, Irvin, pitched well for five and one-third innings. Braves’ right-fielder, Ronald Acuna, Jr., sent Irvin’s first pitch into the left-field seats leading off the bottom of the first. For Acuna, it was the 24th time in his career with Atlanta that he has led off a game with a home run. The A’s led 2-1 after one inning.

Irvin had to face Acuna at the bottom of the third again. The result was the same. Acuna led off with another solo home run to tie the game at two apiece. 

Irvin left the game in the sixth. Domingo Acevedo recorded the last two outs of the inning. A’s manager, Mark Kotsay, brought Lou Trivino in to pitch the seventh. Trivino had to face Guillermo Heredia leading off the seventh for Atlanta.

Heredia was a last-minute replacement as slugger Adam Duvall was unable to play. Heredia won the game for Atlanta when he hit Trivino’s first pitch into the left-field stands. The Braves led 3-2 after seven.

The Braves starter Kyle Wright gave up his fifth hit of the night in the fourth with one out. Wright was dominant from that point in the game. He retired the next 14 A’s hitters in a row.

Wright did not walk a batter and struck out seven. Braves’ closer Kenley Jansen set the A’s down in order in the ninth to secure the win for Atlanta. The final score was 3-2 in favor of Atlanta.

Game Notes: The A’s are now 20-37. They have lost seven in a row, and are 1-10 in their last eleven games. The Braves won their sixth straight game and are now 29-27.

The winning pitcher was Kyle Wright he is now 6-3. Lou Trivino took the loss, and his record is 1-4.

The line score for Oakland was two runs, five hits, and no errors. Three of the five hits came in the first inning. Atlanta’s line was three runs, nine hits, and no errors. Ronald Acuna led the team with two solo blasts.

The A’s finish the series Wednesday night. Lefty Jared Koenig (0-0, ERA 0.00) will be making his Major League Debut. His opponent will be Atlanta’s lefty Ian Anderson (4-3, 4.70). The game will start at 4:20 pm.

The time of the game was a very speedy 2:20. 33,981 fans watched the hometown Braves win their sixth in a row.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: 2022 A’s Redux of 1979?

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Former Oakland Athletic and the late Mitchell Page who passed away in 2011 in is sleep was the star player for the A’s in 1979 as the A’s were selling off players during that period (file photo Major League Baseball Hall of Fame)

2022 A’s Redux of 1979?

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

For longtime local Oakland A’s fans of age, it is impossible for this season not to go back to the memory of the 1979 season. In 1979 the team ended with a 54-108 record finishing seventh in the American League West Division.

The total home attendance after the regular season-81 games was 306,763 paying customers. There are many similarities at this time to the 2022 season with one-third of the season completed. Team owner Charlie Finley nearly sold the team to owners who would have moved them to New Orleans.

Finley had sold most of the team marquee players, Finley also fired most of his front office people and at one point there were six to eight people (at most) working in the front office.

However, Oakland got lucky when Finley sold the team to Walter Haas family (Levi Strauss Co) who kept them in Oakland and ushered a new era for the team, a winning culture ensued with league championships as well as three consecutive World Series, winning it all in 1989.

Roy Eisenhardt, Wally Haas, Andy Dolich, Sandy Alderson and all the people running the team had a great run, one of success, because they did things correctly, marketing the team to the community, developing a good product on the field. They made Oakland and their fans proud to be a major league city.

That new era of baseball under Walter Haas included the debut of Rickey Henderson, who would play for over two decades (with the A’s in four different stints) and also with other teams. But Rickey was always an Oakland A’s at heart, as he is currently enshrined in the Hall of Fame with the A’s uniform.

1979 was the night were only 250 fans showed up for a game at the Coliseum, to be exact April 17, 1979, when they played the Seattle Mariners. I remember 1979 well, when Stanley Burrell, a teenager would bring us coffee to the Spanish broadcast booth No.19.

He was one of those Finley “employees”; he then became famous when he changed his name to MC Hammer. His dream was to be a baseball player, but later scored his biggest hit U Can’t Touch This, a number one song as a hip-hop, pop and rap beat. Mr. Finley discovered Burrell listening to a radio “a boom box” at the Oakland Coliseum parking lot and brought him along.

As the team is now playing on the road, the A’s have played a total of 30 games at the Coliseum, with a record of 7 won and 23 lost (worst home record in MLB) their attendance is also the lowest, with a total of 248,501, an average of 8,283 per game, also lowest in baseball.

Just by numbers; the Oakland/Bay Area population is larger today than in 1979, so they should draw more than the 306,763 in 1979. But similarities remain remarkably from 2022 to 1979, 43 years later.

In 1980 Charlie O Finley agreed to see to local buyers Walter A. Haas, Jr, president of Levi Strauss & Co, a historic business born in San Francisco in 1853, where the blue jeans were born. In August 1980 the new owners paid Finley $12.7 million for the team, as the deal was finalized before the 1981 season.

The final story of the current Oakland A’s still to be decided on the field and votes by city representatives and baseball owners and planners, commissions, and so on. Although nobody can predict what will develop during the second half of this season. One thing is for sure, 2022 reminds us very much of 1979.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s Spanish lead play by play voice on flagship station Le Grande 1010 KIQI San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Preview two-game series: Oakland A’s vs. Atlanta Braves at Truist Stadium opens up road trip

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Atlanta Braves Darby Swanson (7) congratulates former Oakland Athletic Matt Olson (right) after hitting a three run home run off Colorado Rockies starter pitcher Ryan Feltner in the top second inning at Coors Field in Denver on Sun Jun 5, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The Oakland A’s have an off day on Monday. They are on their way to face the defending World Series Champion Atlanta Braves for two games starting Tuesday night in Atlanta. The A’s hope to get back on the winning track against the Braves.

The Oakland Coliseum has been a house of horrors for them this season. They are 7-23 at home. They were 1-9 on the homestand ending on Sunday. They lost their last six games, three to the Houston Astros and three to the Boston Red Sox. The A’s have a respectable 13-13 record on the road.

The Braves are currently in second place in the National League East Division. Their record is 28-27. Fans will remember last year’s Braves team had a slow start but made the playoffs and then got hot to win all the marbles.

Their best player, Freddie Freeman, could not get the contract he wanted and left the team as a free agent to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Braves traded with the A’s to acquire Slugger Matt Olson to fill the void left by Freeman’s decision to play for his hometown Dodgers. Olson is hitting .255 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs.

The Braves have a deep starting rotation. Max Fried is probably their ace. The big left from LA is 5-2 with an ERA of 2.74. The veteran hurler, Charlie Morton, is back after being sidelined with a leg injury suffered in the playoffs. Morton won a World Series ring with the Houston Astros in 2017, is 4-3, and owns an ERA of 5.63.

Ian Anderson, Kyle Wright, and Spencer Strider make up the rest of the rotation. There are some familiar names in the Braves bullpen. Former San Francisco Giant, Lefty Will Smith, will see action in the series against Oakland.

Collin McHugh faced the A’s many times when he was on the Astros’ staff. Former A’s starter and reliever Jesse Chavez is now with Atlanta. Veteran reliever Darren O’Day has a new home in the Atlanta pen.

The Braves have two other lefty relievers, Dylan Lee and A.J.Minter. Their closer is Kenley Jansen. Jansen was a mainstay in the bullpen with the Los Angeles Dodgers for many years. Jansen signed with the Braves as a free agent. Jansen, owner of 364 career saves, is 3-0 and has recorded 14 saves as a Brave.

The pitching matchup for Tuesday night’s game will see the A’s sending lefty Cole Irvin to the hill. Irvin has been pitching well for Oakland. His record is 2-2, and his ERA is 2.96. His record does not reflect how well Irvin has pitched.

He needs to get more run support from his teammates, and the bullpen has to do a better job to get a win for Irvin. The Braves will counter with Kyle Wright. Wright is 5-3 and has a very respectable ERA of 2.41.

Wednesday’s game will feature a battle between two lefty hurlers. Lefty Ian Anderson will go for Oakland, and Jared Koenig will be making his Major League debut. Koenig was recalled from the A’s Triple-A farm team in Las Vegas. Koenig was 4-2 with a 2.21 ERA as a member of the Las Vegas Aviators.

Irvin and Koenig will have to deal with a very good Atlanta offense. As mentioned earlier, Matt Olson is just one of the players on this Atlanta team that can do a lot of damage. The Braves feature Ozzie Albies at second base, Dansby Swanson at shortstop, and Austin Riley at third base. Albies and Swanson each homered six times this season.

Albies has knocked in 24 and Swanson, 26. The big bat in the infield lineup is Riley. Riley has homered 14 times and driven in 31. The outfielders are Adam Duvall, Michael Harris in center, and Ronald Aciuna, Jr in rightfield.

Duvall is off to a slow start. The big slugger is hitting .199 with three dingers and 18 ribbies. Harris has not played much and hasn’t much to show for the season. Ronald Acuna, Jr. is returning from a right ACL tear. Acuna hit 41 homers in 2019.

He had 24 when he was injured on July 11th last year. His batting average is .313, with three home runs and ten RBIs. Acuna is a super talent, and the A’s cannot take him lightly.

When the A’s finish the series with Atlanta, they are off to Cleveland to meet the Guardians for four games starting Thursday night.

A House Is Not a Home When There’s No One There.. A’s conclude dismal home stand with 5-2 loss to the Red Sox

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By Morris Phillips

OAKLAND–In 1964, the Burt Bacharach/Dionne Warwick hit machine gave us a “House Is Not A Home.” Now 58 years later, the 2022 A’s seemed to be smothered by the song’s theme with little possibility for an escape.

On Sunday, with A’s fans outnumbered by Red Sox fans 3 to 1 according to the highly scientific measurements on Twitter, Oakland’s hometown team fell quietly to Boston, 5-2 to conclude a 1-9 “home” stand.

The woeful A’s are now 7-23 at the Coliseum, and in reach of a worst-ever record in 45-plus seasons at the Coliseum, with the forgettable 1979 season (31-50 at the Coliseum) the only competition. Offense continues to be the missing element as the A’s scored just four runs in the series with Boston. For the season, they’ve managed just 80 runs at home, which is less than 2.5 on average.

Quite simply, that just won’t do. The A’s are representative 13-13 on the road. So how much do the home performances, have to do with the empty seats, the lack of support, and love?

“We have played well on the road, but this home stand was tough in every way,” manager Mark Kotsay said. “A lot of guys in there are grinding. It’s definitely not for a lack of effort. It’s almost that we’re trying too hard right now. We know the importance of playing well at home. Hopefully when we get back here off this road trip we can change things.”

One of the grinders is Frankie Montas. In his 13th start of the season–and nine removed from his last win–he battled. After a rough first inning in which he allowed three hits and a run to the first three batters, he retired 14 of 15 Red Sox and had the A’s squarely in a competitive game, down 2-1 after five. But no offense came to his rescue, and then the dam broke.

Montas walked leadoff man Rafael Devers, then Kevin Smith botched a throw on a potential double play ball, and two batters later, Franchy Cordero left the yard, leaving Montas in a hole, despite allowing just one earned run. Furthering frustration Cordero’s blast came immediately after a conversation between manager and pitcher that was aimed at holding the fort.

“He just asked me if I wanted it and I said yes,” Montas said. “I just made a mistake. They’re really good hitters and when you make a mistake . . ”

The A’s managed to have seven guys in the lineup produce a hit, but none had more than one, and three extra-base hits had little impact outside Ramon Laureano’s RBI double in the first. By the time Tony Kemp knocked in Christian Bethancourt in the ninth, it was literally time for the fans to depart and the A’s to head to the airport. Too little, too late.

Boston’s rough season got a little less rough with them creeping back to .500 with the three-game sweep. But the reality is they’re fallible and no big league team should get swept by them at home. Or have manager Alex Cora get to say something veiled that basically says the same thing.

“We’ve been playing good baseball the last three weeks, just grinding and using everybody,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “We’ve still got holes, but on a daily basis we feel very good about ourselves.”

The good news? Nineteen of the A’s next 25 are on the road, and the reminders left by empty seats and distraught fans won’t follow them onto the various, road diamonds. Hopefully, that’s the tonic they need.

On Tuesday in Atlanta, the A’s open a two-game set against the World Champions with Cole Irvin slated to go against Kyle Wright in the opener. After that, the A’s travel to Cleveland and Boston.

Oakland A’s podcast with Charlie O: Too much Pivetta for A’s; Oakland hopes to wake up bats Sunday against Sox

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During Sat Jun 4, 2022’s contest in the bottom of the seventh inning Oakland A’s catcher Sean Murphy (12) expresses his truest feelings after striking out behind him Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez (7) (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Charlie O:

One of the reasons why the Oakland A’s had a hard team hitting against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday was it was too much Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta who pitched seven innings, two hits and seven strikeouts of shutout ball.

The A’s side of things they just simply aren’t hitting. They lost on Friday night to the Sox to open the three game series 7-2 and dropped Saturday’s affair 8-0. For A’s starter Paul Blackburn lost his second straight game and was touched up for four earned runs and seven hits in four innings.

The A’s could only muster four hits and with Pivetta pitching like he did it would be hard for a good hitting team. The A’s have been struggling to get hits and it’s adding to their loss column when the can’t score runs and finish games.

Join Charlie O for the A’s podcasts every other Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Red Sox take second straight game from A’s in 8-0 shutout by Pivetta and Sox bullpen

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Boston Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta throws against the Oakland A’s line up in the bottom of the sixth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Sat Jun 4, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

OAKLAND–When the Boston Red Sox came calling sound that the Oakland A’s could only hear was the knock of the ball off their bats. The Red Sox in an 8-0 game also got great pitching from starter Nick Pivetta who shutout the A’s through seven innings giving up two hits.

The win for Pivetta who struck out seven A’s hitters kept the A’s line up off balance as Pivetta had only one Oakland runner to get past second base. Pivetta with A’s at the plate Seth Brown who lined out and Chad Pinder to fly out to get out of a jam.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of Pivetta that Pivetta had to battle to get out of some innings of work, “It wasn’t as easy as it looked. It was 100 pitches and he had to grind, especially the last inning,” Cora said. “We had a feeling that he was going to have a good one. It’s a very comfortable place to pitch. He was able to attack.”

The Sox got some offense from Alex Verdugo who had three hits and two RBIs, Trevor Story made a great play with the glove in leftfield and hit doubles. Xander Bogaerts who set the record for a shortstop for most games at shortstop contributed with an infield single.

For the A’s Elvis Andrus and Ramon Laureano both doubled but it wasn’t enough as the A’s really need to pound Red Sox pitching if they were going to make a series of it. In the top of the eighth the Sox Verdurgo hit for a one run RBI double scoring Bogaerts and Franchy Codero chipped in with a two RBI single that contributed to the Red Sox four run inning.

The A’s and Red Sox return to the Coliseum for a Sunday afternoon match up at 1:05 pm PDT. Starting pitcher for the Red Sox Rich Hill (1-3, 4.83) for the A’s Frankie Montas (2-5, 3.20).

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: A’s take on Red Sox at Coliseum for game 2; Reunion of 1972 World Champions Oakland A’s

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Some of the 1972 Oakland A’s on the cover of Sports Illustrated who had a reunion at the Oakland Coliseum on Sat Jun 4, 2022 from top left to right Rollie Fingers, Joe Rudi, Vida Blue, center left to right Reggie Jackson, Charlie O Finley, Gene Tenace, bottom left to right Captain Sal Bando, Catfish Hunter, and Campy Campaneris (photo from Sports Illustrated cover 1972)

On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

The Boston Red Sox and Oakland A’s match up for game two on Saturday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum. The Red Sox will be going with starter Nick Pivetta (4-4 ERA 3.95) and for the Athletics Paul Blackburn (5-1 ERA 2.15).

The A’s drew their largest home crowd on Friday night for Fireworks night over 17,000 attended which brought out a whole lot of families. I noticed in the fourth and fifth innings there were not a lot of fans but by the sixth or seventh innings the seats started filling up and believe it or not most fans were here to watch just the fireworks.

Saturday afternoon was the reunion of the 1972 Oakland A’s the 50th reunion bringing back such big names Reggie Jackson, Campy Campaneris, Vida Blue, Joe Rudi’s son, Dick Green, Mike Epstein, Gene Tenace, Rollie Fingers, Darold Knowles, Tim Cullen, Charlie O Finley’s family representative, and many others.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s lead Spanish play by play announcer on flagship station Le Grande 1010 KIQI San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com