San Francisco Giants have acquired former Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell from the New York Mets Triple A farm club. Maxwell will join the Giants double A affiliate the Richmond Flying Squirrels (file photo from the San Francisco Chronicle)

On the Giants podcast with Michael:

#1 Morris wanted to start with a top story the San Francisco Giants (37-22) have picked up former Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell from the New York Mets. Maxwell is well remembered for being baseball’s first player to take a knee during the national anthem during a game with the A’s. Gabe Kapler manager of the Giants noted for being a strong equal rights advocate on the team is very excited to get Maxwell who will join the Giants double A affiliate the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

#2 The Giants took three away from the Chicago Cubs (33-26) in the four game series which gave the Giants a good opportunity to show case the club against one of baseball’s best to see how their talents are matched up against the Cubs.

#3 The Giants lost the fourth and final game Sunday at Oracle in a close one 4-3 and thanks to home run help from Patrick Wisdom the Cubs avoided getting swept in four games.

#4 How much did it surprise you that the Cubs as good of a season that they were having got taken three games out of four to the Giants this weekend?

#5 The Cubs Kyle Hendricks who started the game gave up all the Giants runs they would get for the afternoon. Hendricks pitched 6.1 innings and seven hits and three earned runs for the win.

#6 The Giants turn their attention to the Texas Rangers (23-38) in a two game series starting Tuesday night in Arlington’s Ball Park starting for the Giants Alex Wood (5-3 ERA 3.48) and for the Rangers Jordan Lyles (2-4 ERA 5.75) how do you see this match up to start the series?

Michael Duca filled in for Morris Phillips for today’s Giants podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com