Month: May 2016

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Series is tied 2-2 after three overtimes in game four Preds-Sharks suit up for game five

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AP photo credit: Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks scramble for the puck during first overtime Thursday night in game four

On the Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa the Sharks could use some rest after Thursday night’s triple overtime but there are some things the club would like to work on as well. They should have a morning skate Saturday morning but that’s got to be a tired team with the travel from Nashville to San Jose and playing a total of six periods for six hours that’s a long game. The Nashville Predators had to travel too and play the same game so they’ll be tired as well. The Predators have to feel a little better about since they won it.

Joe Pavelski’s goal that was taken away in the first overtime was as clear as mud so why should it be any different in the playoffs the problem was that the Predators goalie Pekka Rinne couldn’t get across to stop the puck because Pavelski was on top of him. Pavelski was on top of Rinne because he was pushed by one of the Nashville players. The goal was disqualified because of goalie interference and this has happed a lot this season.

Mary Lisa is a San Jose Sharks beat writer and does the weekly Sharks podcast right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen below

 

Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: It should be no surprise that Green and Thompson can run things while Curry is out

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On the Warriors podcast with David Zizmor no one should be surprised that Draymond Green and Klay Thompson have done so well for Golden State while Stephen Curry is out with a leg injury. These players are both all stars and Thompson has been an all star for two seasons in a row. Green made his first appearance and he was certainly deserving last season with both of them making the all star team in the 2014-15 season just based on how Green played in the first half.

It’s a little weird that people are so surprised by how well their playing. These guys are all stars why should anyone be surprised? It’s one of those situations because Curry isn’t on the floor and the spotlight isn’t on him the spotlight has to fall on somebody and the fact of the matter is it’s been great basketball is emulating from Thompson and Green right now.

David Zizmor does the Warriors podcast each week right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Where does Matt Cain go from here?: Struggling veteran roughed up in Rockies’ record-setting 17-7 win

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Cain frustrated

By Morris Phillips

SAN FRANCISCO–On a wacky night like this, a pair of teams with .500 early-season records sure didn’t seem like equals.

The Giants followed a brief 3-3 road trip with the clunker of all clunkers in their return to AT&T Park Thursday night, a 17-7 loss to the Rockies, that if nothing else, showed vividly which of the middling NL West contenders is trending in the right direction, and which one is not.

The Rockies improved to 5-2 on their road trip—always an eye-opener for the Mile High-based club that has traditionally faltered on the road—while the Giants turned to Matt Cain, and saw him flounder from the third batter he faced, the 13th consecutive start in which he has failed to record a win.

And while Cain could possibly label the 297th start of his career his worst, it wasn’t as bad as Vin Mazzaro’s relief appearance in which he recorded just one out, while allowing nine of the 13 runs in Colorado’s record-breaking fifth inning.

And while a 13-run inning is a big story in itself, it’s merely a chapter in a bigger story for San Francisco: How far can the Giants go with Cain and Jake Peavy? The veteran pair have made a combined 12 starts, allowing 91 hits in 60 innings. As expected, manager Bruce Bochy said after the game, for the moment, the two veterans remain rotation members in good standing.

“It’s been encouraging at times, but at the same time, we know we have to get better there. And Matty will tell you the same thing, just like Jake. They’ve been around, they have experience. But right now, they’re our guys and we’re staying behind them.”

The 13-run inning was the biggest outburst of any major league club since 2010. It also marked the biggest inning in the history of the Rockies—Coors Field or not.   The 17 runs scored by Colorado was just two off the most the club has ever scored in a road game, only fewer than the 19 runs the Rockies scored on September 25, 2011 in Houston.

And while the big inning was surely unique, it must have felt oddly familiar to the Giants. Exactly a week ago, with Peavy on the mound, the Giants surrendered 12 runs in an inning to the Mets.

“It’s hard to believe lightning hit us twice here in about a week,” Bochy said.

Cain started off inauspiciously enough. He retired the first two batters, but then Carlos Gonzalez singled, and major league home run leader Nolan Arenado deposited a 2-0 pitch over the left field wall.   Gerardo Parra doubled, Mark Reynolds singled him home and just that fast the Rockies led 3-0.

The Giants responded with a pair of runs in the first, another in the second, to lessen the impact of Cain’s rocky beginnings, but after a couple of encouraging innings, rookie sensation Trevor Story touched Cain for a homer leading off the fifth, and the floodgates opened.

In all Cain, allowed 10 hits—half of those for extra bases—and six earned runs. Unable to record an out in the fifth, he was lifted, the third time the season the veteran has failed to finish five innings in a start.

Former Athletic, Vin Mazzaro, followed, and the Rockies methodically, and unemotionally, picked the reliever apart. Mazzaro faced 10 batters, allowing six hits, a walk, and nine runs, seven of those earned.

After being lifted, Mazzaro sat puzzled in the dugout, his facial expression resembling that of someone that had just witnessed a train wreck. As much as any Murderer’s Row can display modesty, the Rockies did, taking the whole 37-minute fireworks display in stride.

“Everybody was just putting good swings on the ball and having fun with it,” rookie Trevor Story said.

The Giants played without Hunter Pence, who suffered back tightness before the game, and Joe Panik, who’s sidelined with a groin issue. The poor pitching wasn’t their only issue; sure handed Brandon Crawford and Kelby Tomlinson, playing second base, made untimely errors in the fifth. Earlier, third base coach Roberto Kelly inexplicably sent Buster Posey home on Crawford’s single, challenging Gonzalez’ rocket arm with no outs. Posey was thrown out easily, and Mac Williamson followed by hitting an inning-ending double play ball.

Had the Giants pushed a run across in that third inning, it would have tied the game 4-4.

With the loss, the Giants fell into a three-way tie for first with the Rockies and Dodgers. All three have .500 records, but while the Dodgers and Rockies have winning records against NL West competition thus far, the Giants have dropped ten of 18 games within their division.

On Friday night, the Giants turn to Madison Bumgarner, coming off his impressive start in New York, in a matchup with Colorado’s Chad Bettis.

 

Sharks lose in triple overtime

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~ (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~ The Nashville Predators’ Mike Fisher’s second goal was the game winner at 111:12 minutes, as they evened the series 2-2 Friday morning Nashville time, with a 4-3 win over San Jose.

Game 4 was the Predator’s first playoff overtime win at Bridgestone Arena and their longest game. It was the Sharks’ second longest in playoff history.

Nashville’s Mattias Ekholm shot the puck at goalie Martin Jones. Fisher then corralled the loose puck, as he maneuvered his way around the front of Jones to score.

Looming large would be the controversial call made in the first overtime. This was the second review of a goal, this one coming with 12:26 left. The Sharks’ Joe Pavelski scored after running into Pekka Rinne, but his argument was that he was pushed by Paul Gaustad. It was ruled goalie interference, though the initial call on ice was that Pavelski gloved thepuck.

San Jose had power plays at 17:57 of double overtime and 7:59 of triple overtime, but were unable to convert. The final stanza was the only one in which the Predators did not have a power play.

Each team started on point with their first shots on goal.

Nashville got back to scoring just 41 seconds into the game. Ekholm shot from the blue line, was blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic in front of Jones, but Colin Wilson got the rebound and put in the puck behind Jones. It was Wilson’s second straight goal in as many games. He now has a five-game point streak. Ryan Ellis also got an assist. It is now the Sharks’ first playoff loss after giving up the opening goal this year.

San Jose kept pace. Paul Martin passed the puck to Couture before the first blue line, who passed to Brent Burns before the second blue line. Then from beyond the right faceoff circle, Burns got the puck past Rinne to tie the game at 3:08.

The Predators then went back up 2-1 on another rebound goal later. Speeding in on Jones’ right, Roman Josi passed behind to James Neal, shot at the net and Fisher scored on the rebound from Jones’ left at 9:50. Fisher now has a three-game point streak with points in each game of the series. His line scored all the goals.

At 12:09 of the second, thee Sharks finally got their first power play. They used that to their advantage just as it expired, at 14:09, to even the game again. Vlasic took a pass from Martin along the boards on his right and passed it to Joonas Donskoi on his left. It looked like Joel Ward, who was a part of a screen, got a piece of the puck, but Donskoi’s shot hit Ellis’ stick on its way into the net. The goal was first challenged for being offsides though.

San Jose took penalties at 18:38 of the second and 32 seconds into the third period.

Nashville took two penalties in the third three minutes apart and struck gold on the second to take their first lead. The first penalty was because Miikka Salomaki hit Logan Couture from behind. The second was for kneeing by Barret Jackman. Joe Thornton won the faceoff, got it to Burns behind, who passed it to Couture. Couture then passed to Burns and as he shot at the net, the puck deflected in off Josi 10 seconds into the power play. The last time Burns scored two goals was December 22.

Neal created the 3-3 tie that led to overtime with less than five minutes left in the third period. It began with his first shot missing to the right of Jones. Wilson picked up Neal’s rebound off the boards, then passed to Ellis. Ellis’ shot was deflected to Neal off Fisher and Neal did not miss with his second shot.

Shea Weber’s high stick drew blood from Martin with 2:03 left in double overtime, and was ruled a two minute penalty.

Shots were 11-4 in favor of the Sharks during the period.

Jones stopped a Wilson breakaway in triple overtime. He faced a total of 43 shots, Rinne a total of 44.

Game notes: Josi finished with a game-high ice time of 49:42. Game 5 goes back to San Jose Saturday at 7pm.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Lincecum being show cased will Giants express any interest?

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USA Today file photo: Former Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is trying out to get back on a Major League roster this week the Giants are expressing interest in Lincecum

On the Giants podcast Miguel wishes all our listeners a Happy Cinco De Mayo and former Giant pitcher Tim Lincecum is ready to showcase his talents. Lincecum won two Cy Young Awards and was on all three Giants World Series Championship teams in 2010, 2012, and 2014. Lincecum will be showcasing for some 23 teams including the Giants. It is the hope of Bruce Bochy the Giant manager that Lincecum can return to the team with a healthy delivery after getting his hip worked on since his absence from the team.

Michael says Lincecum might attract as many as five MLB teams who might want to take a serious look at him after the other clubs part ways. Though it be very unlikely that he will return as a starter and he will refuse to work in the minors and sign any kind of minor league contract which he more than likely will be offered.

Catch Miguel below with all the latest on Giants baseball and every week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Oakland A’s Preview of the Weekend series with the Orioles; Bassitt to undergo Tommy John surgery

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by Jerry Feitelberg

file photo by Bay Area News Group: Oakland A’s starting pitcher Chris Bassitt pitching in the first inning against the Texas Rangers at the Oakland Coliseum September 24, 2015

Oakland A’s starter Chris Bassitt will need reconstructive surgery on his right elbow. Cincinnati doctor Dr. Timothy Kremchek said that Bassitt will need ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow. Surgery is schedule for this Friday. The A’s put Bassitt on the DL  last Friday after a Thursday game where he got lit up in Detroit giving up seven runs and ten hits in 3.2 innings. Bassitt on the season was 0-2 with a 6.11 ERA.

The Oakland A’s will be in Baltimore Friday night to start a three-game series with the Orioles. The Orioles got off to a hot start winning the first seven games of the season but have cooled off recently and have a record of 15-11. They are currently in second-place in the AL East just 1/2 game behind the Boston Red Sox. The Birds play the Yankees Thursday night at Camden Yards.

The A’s will be on their second long road trip to the East Coast. They went on a ten-game trip from April 19th to April 28th when they played the Yankees, Blue Jays, and Tigers. The A’s won the first four games on that trip but lost five of six before coming home to play Houston and Seattle.  The A’s won the first two games against Houston but lost the finale and then were swept by Seattle. The A’s hope to find their mojo as playing Baltimore, Boston, and Tampa Bay will be no picnic.

The Orioles have a lot of power in their lineup. They are led by Manny Machado, Adam Jones, Mark Trumbo, Chris Davis and Matt Wieters. Machado, who is just twenty-three years old and in his fifth season in the Bigs, will be playing at short in place of J.J.Hardy. Hardy broke his foot and is on the DL for six weeks. Machado has been at third but he is very athletic, and there should be no problem with him moving over to short. Machado is hitting .355 and has an astounding OPS of 1.083. The Orioles brought in the power hitter, Mark Trumbo from Seattle. Trumbo is having a terrific year so far. He is hitting .337, with eight home runs and twenty-two RBIs. Perennial All-Star, Adam Jones was sidelined early in the season due to a rib injury. Jones is just now becoming the player that he has been, and that could spell trouble for the A’s pitchers.  The Orioles Chris Davis, not to be confused with the A’s Khris Davis, can really pound the ball and he loves playing in the homer-haven Camden Yards. Davis hit over forty dingers last year and has seven so far this season. He is not hitting for average, but the A’s pitchers have to be careful with him.

The A’s will face Ubaldo Jimenez, Mike Wright, and Chris Tillman over the weekend. Jimenez’ record is 1-3, and he has an ERA of 5.20. Wight is 1-2 and Tillman, who is the ace of the staff, is 3-1 and has an ERA of 2.81. The A’s will use left Rich Hill on Friday. Jesse Hahn and Kendall Graveman will go on Saturday and Sunday. Hill is 3-3 and has not been able to be consistent. He does have a lot of strikeouts, but he did not have command of his pitches in his last start. The Orioles have been very tough on lefties this year, and Hill will have to be on top of his game if the A’s are to get a win.

Should be an interesting series. The Orioles will be trying to get back on the winning track as they have lost six of their last ten The A’s, too, want to right the ship. They have lost nine of the last twelve games played and have fallen into fourth place in the AL West with a record of 13-16. The A’s starting rotation has been a problem as they have lost Felix Dubrount for the season and Chris Bassitt may also have surgery soon. Sonny Gray has not looked like the Sonny Gray of 2015. He lost to Seattle the other night, but Bob Melvin said he thought he pitched well. Gray lasted just two innings against Detroit in his previous start. Jesse Hahn was terrific in his first start of the season against Houston. He did not have a good spring, but he seems to have put it all together while he was in Nashville. The bullpen has been very good but fell apart on Wednesday as the A’s lost to Seattle. The A’s do not have a lineup with a lot of big power hitters as the Jays, Orioles, Tigers and Red Sox. They have players like Josh Reddick, Khris Davis, Stephen Vogt, and Marcus Semien. These guys will hit between fifteen and twenty homers a year, but they are not in the sam league as a Nelson Cruz or a Mark Trumbo or a Joey Bautista. They A’s did have two big boppers, but one plays for the Mets(Cespedes), and the other is with Toronto(Donaldson).

The A’s like to think that they are like the little train that could. They play with confidence, and they never quit. Bob Melvin and his staff are responsible for instilling that ethic in the players.

 

Peavy gets pounded again

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By Jeremy Harness

AP photo: The San Francisco Giants Connor Gillaspie 21 gets congratulated by Trevor Brown 14 after hitting a home run off Reds pitcher Dan Straily in the fourth inning in Cincinnati

When things start to go wrong, Jake Peavy loves to talk to himself in a, let’s just say, rather harsh sort of tone and very visible to the paying customers in the stands.

Well, he had a lot to yell about Wednesday afternoon.

The right-hander, who certainly has not had a lot to smile about this season, was victimized by the Cincinnati Reds, particularly in the second inning that saw five runs score en route to a 7-4 Giants loss at the Great American Ball Park.

In that inning, the Reds hit three home runs off Peavy, who has been known for giving up longballs in bunches, to spearhead the attack and give them the lead for good. In all, Peavy surrendered seven runs on eight hits over six innings, walking one batter and striking out eight of them.

His counterpart, former Athletic Dan Straily, was a bit more efficient, going 6 1/3 innings and giving up only three runs on six hits, striking out four hitters and walking only two.

All was not lost for the Giants, however, as they were still able to win two out of the three-game series.

Brandon Belt, Kelby Tomlinson and Mac Williamson, who was just called up from Triple-A Sacramento two weeks ago, each had a pair of hits for the Giants, with Belt driving in a run in the process.

The Giants will now head home for a seven-game homestand, which kicks off Thursday night at AT&T Park against the Colorado Rockies.

 

The Mariners Rally to defeat the A’s and Sweep the Series.

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by Jerry Feitelberg

AP photo: The Seattle Mariners Dae-Ho Lee is congratulated by teammates Leonys Martin (12) and right Kyle Seager after hitting a two run home run in the seventh inning off A’s pitcher John Axford

OAKLAND–The A’s and Mariners played a wild and woolly game Wednesday afternoon. The difference in the game was the Mariner bullpen as they kept the A’s from scoring after the fifth inning and allowed their offense to come back from a four-run deficit to win 9-8. The A’s starter Sean Manaea pitched well for the first four and 2/3rds innings. Things fell apart for him when the Mariners scored four times to take a 4-2 lead in the middle of the fifth. The A’s, however, scored six times in the fifth to take the lead 8-4, and that put Manaea in position to receive credit for his first win in the Major Leagues.  The A’s were able to send their nemesis, Felix Hernandez to the showers in the fifth. Hernandez pitch four-plus innings and he was on the hook to take the loss if the A’s could hold the lead. They didn’t. The A’s bullpen, so good so far this season, failed. Ryan Dull took over for Manaea in the sixth, and he went 2/3rds of an inning, allowing two runs, including a solo home run to Dae-Ho Lee. Sean Doolittle finished the sixth for the A’s but ran into trouble in the top of the seventh. Doolittle gave up a walk and a wild pitch to put a man in scoring position. The one hit Doolittle allowed drove in the run. John Axford replaced Doolittle and gave up a two-run dinger to Dae-Ho Lee. Axford took the loss.

The A’s shortstop, Marcus Semien, gave the Green and Gold the early lead when he hit a solo home run into the left-field seats over the out-of-town scoreboard. For Semien, it was his seventh of the year, and he leads the club in that department.

The A’s scored another run in the bottom of the fourth. Josh Reddick and Khris Davis singled to start the inning. They advanced to second and third when Stephen Vogt hit a swinging bunt. Designated hitter Billy Butler drove in Reddick on a fielder’s choice. The A’s lead 2-0 after four.

The Mariners scored four runs in the top of the fifth. Sean Manaea was pitching very well up to this point in the game. He retired the first two hitters in the inning but the Seattle hitters were able to get five straight hits to take the lead 4-2. Nori Aoki singled to get the rally started. shortstop Ketel Marte doubled to left to drive in Aoki. Robinson Cano singled to drive in Marte to tie the game. Seattle DH Nelson Cruz hit a monster homer into the second deck of bleachers in centerfield that gave the Mariners the lead. The A’s, however, came back in their half of the fifth and scored six times The A’s sent eleven men to the plate. They had five hits and the Mariners made two errors that allowed the A’s to send Hernandez to the showers. The A’s lead 8-4 after five.

The Mariners made it an 8-6 game in the sixth. Ryan Dull replaced Sean Manaea on the mound. Mariner first baseman Dae-Ho Lee hit his third homerun of the year to make it 8-5. Leonys Martin singled, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error. Ketel Marte doubled to drive in Martin with the sixth run of the game Seattle.

Sean Doolittle replaced Ryan Dull on the mound for Oakland. Doolittle walked Nelson Cruz to start the seventh inning. Franklin Gutierrez reached first on a fielder’s choice. Gutierrez went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Kyle Seager. A’s Manager brought in John Axford to pitch. Axford retired Chris Iannetta for the second out.Dae-Ho Lee put the Mariners back in the lead when he hit his second home run of the game with a man on board. Seattle leads 9-8 as the fans rise for the seventh inning stretch.

Game Notes –  The A’s went down to their fourth consecutive loss and are winless in May.  Sean Manaea is 0-0 with a 7.20 ERA since coming up to Oakland. The Mariners recorded their first sweep of the season and are 11-4 in their last fifteen games. King Felix went four innings, his shortest outing of the season and the shortest against Oakland since May 16th, 2006. Felix is 22-8 lifetime against Oakland.

The line score for Seattle was 9runs, sixteen hits, and two errors. The A’s had eight runs, eleven hits and they also made two errors.

Stephen Vogt had this to say about the A’s effort Wednesday after the game “You said it, I mean we won the first two games and played really goodbaseball.I think that’s the frustrating part, losing three one-run
games on the homestand. That was very frustrating. Obviously, we’re
not happy with the way we’re playing at home.  We know we need to get
better and the fans deserve better. And we need to do that but that
being said we just went through a 16 game stretch without an off-day
with some tough travel, so an off-day tomorrow would be good for us
going into this road trip” said Vogt

The A’s are off on Thursday as they are heading to Baltimore to play the Orioles. The Orioles have another powerful lineup and are led by Adam Jones, Mark Trumbo, and the other Chris Davis. Rich Hill will go for Oakland and Baltimore will counter with Ubaldo Jimenez.

Time of game was three hours and ten minutes, and 16,328 fans watched the A’s lose.

 

 

 

 

Samardzija leads Giants to victory

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By Jeremy Kahn

AP photo: San Francisco pitcher Jeff Samardjiza pitches against the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning Tuesday

Jeff Samardzija in his first season with the San Francisco Giants, and already the right-hander accomplished a first.

Samardzija pitched eight strong innings, as he won his third straight start and the Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 at Great American Ballpark.

It is the first time in Samardzija’s career that he won three consecutive starts, as he won for the first time in his last 10 starts against the Reds.

Samardzija allowed only one run, as he gave up a solo home run to former Giants utility player Adam Duval, one of only three hits allowed by Samardzija.

The Giants scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning against the Reds bullpen, marking the 21st consecutive game that the Reds bullpen allowed a run, passing the 2013 Colorado Rockies for the longest streak in major league history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Kelby Tomlinson drove in the eventual winning run, as he singled off of Caleb Cotham and then Gregor Blanco drove in the final run of the inning with a RBI single.

After Javier Lopez hit the only batter he faced, and was then replaced by Santiago Casilla, who got Brandon Phillips to ground into a double play and then Jay Bruce grounded out to Tomlinson to end the game.

The Mariners pound the A’s into submission, Win big.

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by Jerry Feitelberg

AP photo: On the fence Josh Reddick Oakland A’s outfielder watches a ball sail into the crowd hit by the Seattle Mariners Leonys Martin in the third inning Tuesday night

OAKLAND–The Seattle Mariners used the long ball to pound the A’s Tuesday night. The M’s beat the A’s ace, Sonny Gray to win the second game of the three-game series by a final score of 8-2. Gray went seven-plus innings but gave up two home runs while taking the loss. A’s manager Bob Melvin thought Gray had good stuff and had his pitches “down in the zone” but he could not stop the Mariners’ hitters. The Mariner starter, Hisashi Iwakuma pitched seven innings and allowed just one run and four hits in his best outing this year

The Mariners scored twice in the top of the third. With one out, Mariner catcher Steve Clevenger singled. Center fielder Leonys Martin hit his fifth home run of the season to deep right field to give the Mariners the early lead. The Mariners’ Robinson Cano led off the top of the fourth with a solo blast to that went over the 362-foot marker in left field to give the Mariners a 3-0 lead.

The A’s finally got on the board in the bottom of the sixth. Billy Burns led off with a single, stole second and scored on a Jed Lowrie single.  The A’s trailed 3-1 after six. The Mariners got the run back in the top of the seventh. Ketel Marte singled to lead off the inning. He advanced to second on a wild pitch and then to third on a fly ball to center field. Nori Aoki drove him in with an infield single.

The Mariners blew the game open in the top of the eighth. Sonny Gray was still pitching for the A’s, but Robinson Cano led off with a double. Nelson Cruz and Adam Lind singled to add another run. A’s manager Bob Melvin decided that Gray was done for the night and brought in lefty Marc Rzepczynski to face the dangerous Kyle Seager. Seager, hitting just .167 before the start of play Tuesday night, sent one of Rzepczynski’s pitches into the right-field seats for an “Earl Weaver special.” Weaver, the former manager of the Baltimore Orioles and a member of Baseball’s Hall of Fame, loved three-run homers. Seager’s blast, his fifth of the year, increased the Mariner lead to 8-1. The A’s Khris Davis hit a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth for the A’s second run of the game. For Davis, it was his sixth of the year and his third in the last two games.

Game Notes- The A’s lost their third straight game and are 3-8 in the last eleven games. Sonny Gray went seven-plus innings and allowed eleven hits, seven runs, and two home runs. His record is now 3-3 for the year. Khris Davis is batting .304 (17-for-56) with six home runs and twelve RBIs over his last fourteen games. Stephen Vogt extended his hitting streak to six games. The A’s are now 13-15 for 2016.

The Mariners improved to 15-11 with the win. The line for Seattle was eight runs on thirteen hits and no errors. Hisashi Iwakuma won his first game of the season. The Mariners hit three home runs in the contest.They had a solo job by Cano, a two-run dinger by Leonys Martin and the crusher, a three-run shot by Kyle Seager.

The A’s and Mariners conclude the three-game series Wednesday afternoon at 12:30 pm. Sean Manaea will pitch for Oakland and Seattle will send King Felix Hernandez out to handle the pitching chores. The A’s will have their work cut out for them as they will have to beat Hernandez to avoid getting swept by the M’s. That will be no easy task as Hernandez has owned them over the years.

Time of the game was two hours and thirty-eight minutes and 12,584 faithful A’s fans watched their heroes go down to defeat. The A’s game finished before the Warrior game and the people in the press box were able to watch the Dubs come back from a ten-point deficit to beat the Portland Trail Blazers.