Month: July 2023

Giants’ Seven-Game Winning Streak Ends With 3-2 Loss to Reds

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By: Mary Anne

The San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds squared off Wednesday at Great American Ball Park. The Giants lost 3-2 to the Reds in the third game of their series. San Francisco fell to 54-42, while Cincinnati improved to 51-46.

The Giants’ starting lineup featured Joc Pederson, Mike Yastrzemski, Wilmer Flores, Michael Conforto, Luis Matos, Blake Sabol, David Villar, Brett Wisely, Casey Schmitt, and Ross Stripling. Stripling pitched for six innings and gave up four hits, three earned runs, two strikeouts, and one home run. Stripling’s now 0-3 with a 5.92 ERA.

After two scoreless innings, Cincinnati took the first lead of the game in the bottom of the third inning. Will Benson homered on a fly ball to left center field. Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Tyler Stephenson scored for a 3-0 lead.

The Giants finally scored in the top of the fifth inning. Joc Pederson grounded into a double play to Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Elly De La Cruz to Graham Ashcraft. David Villar scored to cut the Reds’ lead to 3-1. Brett Wisely went to third base, Casey Schmitt was out at second base, and Pederson was out at first base with two outs.

The Giants made it a one-run game in the top of the seventh inning. Blake Sabol homered on a fly ball to left field to cut the Reds’ lead to 3-2.

Notes
Giants infielder Brandon Crawford was put on the ten-day injured list with left knee inflammation, which was retroactive to July 17.

The Giants recalled infielder David Villar from Triple-A Sacramento. Moreover, outfielder Bryce Johnson was returned to Triple-A Sacramento.

Former Giants infielder Eddie Bressoud passed away peacefully last Thursday at age 91. Bressoud played for the New York and San Francisco Giants from 1956 to 1961.

Up Next
The Giants and Reds will wrap up their series on Thursday at 9:35 am Pacific.

A’s pick up runs early to defeat Sox 6-5 win two out of three; A’s Fujinami dealt to Orioles for lefty Easton Lucas

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The Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong is prepared to put the tag on a diving Oakland A’s runner JJ Bleday in the bottom of the fifth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Wed Jul 19, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

OAKLAND–Wednesday was a perfect day for baseball at the Oakland Coliseum. The temperature was 69 degrees at the start of the game. The A’s also had a nice crowd of slightly over 15,000 people. The fans made their presence known as they were making noise all game long. The A’s were coming off a 3-0 shutout over the Red Sox Tuesday night. Could they beat the Sox again?

The answer was yes. A’s skipper Mark Kotsay stacked his lineup with six left-handed hitters to square off against Boston’s best pitcher Brayan Bello. Bello’s record was 7-5 with an ERA of 3.14. The strategy worked as three A’s left-handed hitters each blasted a two-run home run to beat Boston.

The A’s beat the Red Sox 6-5 Wednesday afternoon at the Coliseum. The A’s, however, almost beat themselves as they committed four errors in Wednesday’s game. Ken Waldichuk and Lucas Erceg made a two-base throwing error trying to pick off a Boston baserunner at first base. Both errors led to two Boston runs.

The Red Sox jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. A’s starter Waldichuk walked the leadoff hitter Rob Refnsyder to start the game. Waldichuk retired Masataka Yoshida on a flyball to center field. Red Sox first baseman, the veteran Justin Turner, sent Waldichuk’s pitch into the left-field seats. The A’s got the two runs back in a flash in their half of the first. Tony Kemp singled to start the rally. JJ Bleday blasted his seventh home run of the year to tie the game at two apiece.

With one out in the bottom of the second, the A’s added took the lead 4-2. Jace Peterson walked. Left-handed hitter Cody Thomas blasted his first Major League home run to put the A’s in the lead. The ball went just over the yellow stripe in right field. Thomas must have felt great after his first MLB dinger.

In the bottom of the fourth, the A’s continued to pound the baseball. Catcher Shea Langeliers led off the frame with a double. Peterson hit the A’s third two-run dinger of the game to make it 6-2. For Peterson, it was his sixth big fly this season.

The Red Sox rallied to put two runs on the board in the top of the fifth. Waldichuk issued a free pass to Sox catcher Connor Wong. Wong went to third when Waldichuk’s pickoff attempt went past first baseman Tyler Soderstrom. Rob Refsnyder singled to drive in Wong. Yoshida doubled, sending Refsnyder to third. Turner’s groundout drove in Refsnyder with Boston’s fourth run of the game. The Sox trailed 6-4 midway through the fifth.

The Red Sox added a run in the top of the sixth. The A’s made two errors in the inning to help the Sox put the run on the board. Adam Duval singled to start the inning. A’s reliever Lucas Erceg’s pickoff throw went into right field. Duvall motored to third base. Duvall scored on Petrerson’s throwing error. The A’s still lead 6-5

The A’s bullpen did the job. The Red Sox failed to score in the game’s last three innings. The A’s win 6-5

Game Notes- The A’s beat the Red Sox for the second game in a row. The A’s are now 27-71. The Red Sox dropped to 51-46. With the trade deadline on August 1st, many people speculate that the Red Sox will be buyers and the A’s sellers.

The line score for Oakland was six runs, ten hits, and four errors. Three of the hits were home runs. Tony Kemp had two hits, Bleday had a home run and a double, and Jordan Diaz had two singles. Waldichuk’s line was four and 1/3rd innings of work. Waldichuk allowed five hits and four runs. Reliever Angel Felipe received credit for the win. Trevor May recorded a save.

Brayan Bello was the losing pitcher. Justin Turner blasted his 15th of the year for Boston. Boston’s line was five runs, six hits, and no errors.

The A’s welcome the Houston Astros to the Coliseum for four games starting Thursday night. Lefty Hogan Harris (2-3, 6.51) will go for Oakland. Righty J.P. France(4-3, 3.31) is Astros’ manager Dusty Baker’s choice to pitch.
The game will start at 6:37 pm.

Concluding Wednesday’s game the A’s dealt reliever Shintaro Fujinami to the Baltimore Orioles for left hand pitcher Easton Lucas. Fujinami was under a one year deal with Oakland worth $3.25 million in a contract that was signed in January.

Fujinami compiled a 5-8 record with an ERA of 8.57, he appeared 34 times for the A’s and started seven games.

Headline Sports podcast with Jessica Kwong: Ohtani will he stay or leave Angels?; Titans Rashad assault charges dropped to misdemeanor; plus more news

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Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels the subject of trade rumors. Will he stay with the Angels or be a rental? (AP file photo)

On the Headline Sports podcast with Jessica:

#1 Jessica, the Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani is the hot commodity of the trade rumors. It has been rumored that the Angels want to keep Ohtani, if the Angels were to deal Ohtani he would not get traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, and San Diego Padres. He could be a rental or signed as a free agent with either the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees. Ohtani had expressed in the past he would like to stay on the west coast.

#2 A simple charge of misdemeanor assault has been assessed on Tennessee Titans linebacker Rashad Weaver. Weaver’s case was set to be heard on Tuesday. Weaver was accused of taking a woman by the throat and throwing her to the ground and she hit her head getting a concussion. According to records the prosecutor did not pursue charges against Weaver.

#3 San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey said that it was criminal that the New York Giants Saquon Barkley, Las Vegas Raiders Josh Jacobs, the Dallas Cowboys Tony Pollard all running backs did not receive contract extensions.

#4 Diamond Sports who streamed Arizona Diamondbacks games has filed for bankruptcy. MLB has stepped in and is now streaming games for the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks and Diamond Sports had a 20 year $1.5 billion deal. That contract started in 2015.

#5 The Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges apologized for the pain he caused for domestic violence that kept him out last season. Bridges spoke for the first time since being suspended since signing his one year $7.9 million deal. Bridges was accused of assaulting the mother of his children with his children present.

Join Jessica Kwong does Headline Sports every other Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Owners could take months to vote on A’s relocation; Owners waiting on relocation app

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The Unite the Bay crewneck sweatshirt will most likely be sold by outside vendors at Oracle Park in San Francisco when Oakland A’s fans invite San Francisco Giants fans to join in the reverse boycott on Tue Jul 26, 2023 (photo by lavashirt and special kotton)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Jerry, I know you’ve said it time and time again that you won’t believe the A’s are gone until you see the shovels in the ground at the Tropicana.

#2 The A’s are in a similar situation that the San Francisco Giants were in in 1992 when they were about to move to Tampa Bay but in that case the league did tell the Giants to find someone to buy the team and keep them in San Francisco. In this situation it’s all dependent on the owners voting for the relocation. Do you see any chance that the owners will vote no. David Samson the former Miami Marlins president believes the A’s will end up staying in Oakland.

#3 The MLB owners may not vote for another few more months, why the delay on voting, is it because their haggling over the team relocation fee being waved, is it because relocating to the smallest MLB market does sit well with the owners, or playing in what will be the smallest MLB park?

#4 Some of the writers that cover the A’s have said that the owners are one group and they will vote to relocate the A’s. Politically if someone wanted something in the future after the vote each owner would have to cooperate or it could be the owners to vote down the relocation that would keep the A’s in Oakland.

#5 Bally’s which is under the umbrella of Diamond Sports Group which operates MLB’s broadcast streaming services has filed bankruptcy and forced the San Diego Padres to get help from MLB to broadcast their games is this the same Bally’s group managing that manages the Tropicana and Hotel resort.

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Memories of Oakland  (No.8 in Series)   Charlie O and MC Hammer

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Former Oakland A’s owner Charlie O Finley rides A’s mascot Charlie O the Mule a popular mascot with fans and kids of the A’s (Fountain City Frequency photo)

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

OAKLAND–During the 1970s, two special Oakland A’s stories developed under owner Charlie O Finley.

1-The famous team mascot Charlie O, is named after the stubborn owner. When the team moved to Oakland, Mr.Finley brought the mule from Kansas City; it was originally a gift he received in 1963. The mule was the state animal, and it was a gift from the Governor of the state of Missouri.

All kinds of animals were behind the old Kansas City Municipal Stadium outfield fence. At that time, the A’s shared the stadium with the NFL KC Chiefs, who also had an animal mascot, a horse called Warpaint, who would go on the field after every time the Chiefs scored.

Charlie O the Mule died in 1976 at the age of 20. Mr.Finley would travel the mule during the World Series years, especially to teams’ hotels on the road, getting a lot of publicity from the media. During the 1972-74 three A’s World Series dynasty years, Charlie O. would be present for parties after the World Series games at the former Hyatt House on Hegenberger Road, Oakland.

In 1976 The year the mule died, the A’s ended in second place in the West with a 87-74 record, two and a half games out of first place. Charlie O the Mule was so popular that a song was written and recorded about the mule. (Scroll down to listen to recording from You Tube)

2-MC Hammer, the famous rapper (his real name Stanley Kirk Burrell) was a young kid that owner Finley discovered playing music on his boom box at the Coliseum parking lot and as he met him, the colorful owner made him a bat-boy and later, his right hand.

As a young kid, I remember he would be in the Oakland A’s Press Box at the Coliseum bringing broadcasters coffee or anything we needed. My then broadcast partner Julio González, (no relation), we would get a kick out of Stanley, which is what we called him as a kid.

He would also pick up the phone with frequency during games at Oakland to let owner Finley in Chicago know how the A’s were doing during the game. Stanley would do the play-by-play of the game directly and exclusively on the telephone to Mr.Finley.

He did this for years as a young teen and then until he was 18. Years ago, when Stanley was mostly known as M.C. Hammer, and had recorded his big hit “You Can’t Touch This”, he made an appearance at the Coliseum. I remember he stepping out of a long white limousine; I called his name, and we spoke for a couple of minutes; he asked me if I was still doing Spanish for the A’s.

He was a full-grown man, very well sharply dressed and very personable, and still enjoying recognition from his fame as a pop music recording star. He had a great music career, unfortunately later filed for bankruptcy. He rebounded and now is an investor and consultant for various companies.

These memories of the Oakland As will forever be engraved in my memory. Nobody can take that away from me, even if they move to Las Vegas or anyplace else. There is little doubt these two stories, 1-Charlie O and 2-MC Hammer, are part of the story of the Athletics. The Athletics were Chartered members of the American League in the year 1901 as the Philadelphia As, later Kansas City As, and today the Oakland As.

Quote: “If a manager of mine ever said someone was indispensable, I’d fire him. Charlie Finley.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice for the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Tacoma hands River Cats sixth-straight loss 5-2

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Sacramento River Cats fans anticipate the long ball there wasn’t enough of them as Sacramento goes down to defeat to the Tacoma Rainers at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento on Tue Jul 18, 2023 (@RiverCats photo)

Tacoma hands River Cats sixth-straight loss

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Sutter Health Park, West Sacramento, California

Tacoma Rainiers 5 (8-8 2nd Half), (45-46 Season)

Sacramento River Cats 2 (6-10 2nd Half), (40-50 Season)

Win: Darren McCaugham (5-4)

Loss: Miguel Yajure (0-2)

Save: Riley O’Brien (6)

Time: 2:42

Attendance: 4,127

By Stephen Ruderman

SACRAMENTO–The Tacoma Rainiers came into Sutter Health Park, and beat the River Cats 5-2 to give Sacramento their sixth-straight loss.

Tacoma struck early off Miguel Yajure, who made the start for the River Cats. Yajure struck out Sam Haggerty on three strikes to start the game, but ran into trouble immediately afterwards. Cade Marlowe walked, and stole second; Didi Gregrorious singled Marlowe to third; and Jake Scheiner cleared the bases with a three-run line drive home run down the left field line.

Darren McCaughan made the start for Tacoma, and despite giving up a leadoff single to Tyler Fitzgerald in the bottom of the first, struck out the side. McCaughan also struck out the side in the bottom of the second, despite a two-out double off the bat of Jakson Reetz.

Yajure settled down after the first, as he ended up setting down 11 of the final 13 men he faced. He also struck out eight over his four innings.

The left-hander, Nick Swiney, then came in for Sacramento in the top of the fifth. Swiney got Haggerty to ground out to Ford Proctor, who took the out unassisted at first, to start the inning. Marlowe then walked, and stole second and third, but he was thrown out at home on a ground ball off the bat of Gregorious for the second out. It was a big out for Swiney, but he then walked Scheiner, which set things up for Taylor Trammell, who singled in Gregorious from second to make the Rainiers’ lead 4-0.

Meanwhile, McCaughan remained on cruise control for Tacoma, as he allowed just two hits and three base-runners over his first five innings. Tyler Fitzgerald put the River Cats on the board with a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the sixth, but McCaughan then sat down the next three guys to end the inning.

Nick Avila struck out the side in a 1-2-3 top of the sixth for Sacramento, and Chris Wright set down the first two Rainiers’ batters in the top of the seventh. Wright and the River Cats then dodged a bullet after centerfielder, Heliot Ramos, lost a Didi Gregorious fly ball in the lights, which led to a triple. Wright walked Scheiner and Trammell, but got Brian O’Keese to fly out to right to end the inning.

McCaughan came back out for Tacoma in the bottom of the seventh, and Joey Bart started things off with a bloop single to right field. For Bart, he remains hot, as he has gotten hits in 12 of his last 13 games. Jack Larsen popped out to short, and Jakson Reets was hit by a pitch, which ended the night for McCaughan. Blake Weiman then came in for Tacoma, and got pinch-hitter, Armando Alvarez to strike out; but Michael Gigliotti singled in Bart to make the score 4-2.

Tanner Andrews pitched a quiet top of the eighth for Sacramento, and Stephen Kolek threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth for Tacoma.

The River Cats then brought in the lefty, Erik Miller, for the top of the ninth. Cade Marlowe singled to left to start the inning, and then he alertly took second, on a fly out by Gregorious. Marlowe stole third for his fourth stolen bag of the night, and he scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Jake Scheiner, who knocked in four of the Rainiers’ five runs.

Riley O’Brien came in for the bottom of the ninth, and gave up a leadoff single to Joey Bart, but struck out Larsen, and got Reetz to ground into a 5-4-3 double play to end it.

The River Cats fall to 6-10, and fall to six games back of the Albuquerque Isotopes, just 16 games into the second half.

The two teams will be back at it tomorrow for game 2 of this six-game series with an early 12:05 start. Mason Black will make the start for the River Cats, and he will be opposed by the Rainiers’ left-hander, Tommy Milone. Tomorrow could also be the River Cats debut of the Giants’ second-highest-ranking prospect, Marco Luciano.

San Francisco Takes Two From Reds 4-2 and 11-10 in Marathon Night Cap

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Camilo Doval (left) shares congratulations with first baseman Wilmer Flores after their victory over the Cincinnati Reds in a make up suspended game (first game) at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Cincinnati on Tue Jul 18, 2023 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Takes Two From Reds 4-2 and 11-10 in Marathon Night Cap

By Barbara Mason

Monday night the San Francisco Giants (54-41) were tied with the Cincinnati Reds (50-46) 2-2 going into the eighth inning at Citizen’s Bank Ballpark. They had two runners on second and third with one out. The Giants have been having some amazing late inning success and this eighth inning had all the makings of yet another one. Mother Nature had other plans. The skies opened up complete with lightning and thunder and after nearly a two-hour delay, the game was suspended.

Front game: Tuesday afternoon both teams took the field to complete this game picking up where they left off with the score tied 2-2. San Francisco was unable to bring the two runners on base home and this game went into extra innings.

The Giants went to work in the tenth inning scoring twice. Joc Pederson doubled bringing Brett Wisely home and taking the lead 3-2. Next up Michael Conforto grounded into a field’s choice and Pederson scored for a 4-2 lead which would be the final and San Francisco had won game one of this series.

The two teams would take a breather before they headed back on the field for game two. Anthony DeSclafani was on the mound for the Giants. Luke Weaver got the nod for the Reds.

Night cap: In the first inning of game two Wilmer Flores got the Giants on the board with a home run taking the early 1-0 lead.

The Reds took the lead in the bottom of the first inning 2-1. Jake Fraley homered with Matt McLain on base. The Reds extended their lead in the second inning with another long ball from Will Benson with Spencer Steer on base and Cincinnati had a 4-1 lead.

San Francisco tied up the game in the third inning. Wilmer Flores hit his second home run of the game, a three-run shot and the Giants were right back in this game tied 4-4.

This game would see-saw all night with the two teams trading the lead. Going into the ninth inning San Francisco was clinging to an 11-10 lead. Six home runs left the park between the two teams in this slug fest.

The Giants were unable to put any runs on the board in the ninth and the Reds had the bottom of the ninth to tie up this game or pull off a win. The Giants defense held on and despite the Reds having two runners on base, San Francisco had won game two of this series 11-10 for their seventh win in a row.

The third game of four games of this series will be played on Wednesday with first pitch at 4:10 PM. Ross Stripling (0-2 ERA 6.11) will take the mound for the Giants. Cincinnati will be going with Graham Ashcraft (4-7 ERA 5.95) on the hill.

A’s three runs in second enough in 3-0 shutout over Red Sox; Oakland’s eight game losing streak comes to an end

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Oakland A’s Almedmys Diaz (left) and JJ Bleday (right) celebrate after Bleday’s second inning home run against the Boston Red Sox at the Oakland Coliseum on Tue Jul 18, 2023 (AP News photo)

Boston (51-45). 000 000 000. – 0 5. 3

Oakland (26-71) 030 000. 000 – 3 7. 0

Time: 2:15

Attendance: 10,115

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–I’ve started to think that “bullpen game” is a misnomer. Last night’s knockout performance against the A’s by Boston’s Nick Pivetta featured a reliever, a starter and second relief pitcher, who served as mop up man. Only the order of their appearance was changed; the pitcher on the roster as a starter replaced the opener, a reliever, in the third. It wasn’t the bullpen that defeated the A’s; it was a member of the rotation, coming out of the bullpen.

Tonight’s contest between the teams from the place that calls itself with false modesty The Town and the city that proudly bills itself as The Hub of the Universe, also was one of those that baseball’s new lexicon dubs as a bullpen game. In this case, Red Sox reliever Joe Jacques , a veteran of 10 big league games, none of which he had started, opened for them and gave up three runs, all of them earned in 2-2/3 innings.

Jacques was charged with the loss and now has a record of 1-1, 5.79. He was followed by another left handed reliever, Chris Murphy, who pitched 4-2/3 strong frames . Joely Rodríguez and Richard Bleier also performed well on the mound for Boston.

The Athletics went with Luis Medina, the only right handed starter besides last night’s losing pitcher, Paul Blackburn, on their active roster. The result was a surprise 3-0 win for the home team.

Medina lasted 5-2/3 impressive frames, holding the Bosox to scoreless, although he left with a runner on first. He allowed only three hits and a walk. His pitch count was 80, with 53 strikes. He also was called for a pitch clock violation in the first inning. Sam Long, Shintaro Fujinami, Sam Moll, and Trevor also pitched for the A’s. Medina earned the win, bettering his season’s totals to 3-7, 5.79.

The A’s started strong and fizzled out quickly. Tony Kemp led off the bottom of the first with what might have been the Curse of the leadoff doubles to end all curses of lead off doubles. His hit landed near the right field foul line and got away from Alex Verdugo. It originally was scored as a triple, but that ruling was revised to a double and an error. An inning later, the scoring was again revised. Kemp was credited once more with a triple.

Kemp wisely didn’t try to score on Zach Gelof’s fly to medium deep left but did try to advance when Jacques’ 2-0 pitch to Jordan Díaz got past catcher Jorge Alfaro, who raced back to home to tag Kemp out. Kemp jumped over Alfaro, but home plate umpire Adam Hamari called him out for running out of the base path and ejected manager Mark Kotsay for his vehement arguing of the call.

In spite of that inauspicious start, Oakland took the lead in the home half of the second. with a home run by Ryan Noda, the only Athletic to have gotten a hit in last night’s debacle. It was Noda’s 11th round tripper of the year and travelled 402 feet into right center field with an exit velocity of 105.3 mph. Aledmys Díaz followed with a single to short and went to second on Yu Chang’s errant throw.

The 90 feet Díaz advanced proved to be irrelevant because JJ Bleday parked a sinker 396 feet into left center. The pitch came in at 91.2 mph and left and at 105.1 mph. The A’s now led 3-0, and Chris Murphy relieved Jacques to walk Kemp and strike out Gelof and Jordan Díaz to put out the fire.

Sam Long relieved Medina after Justin Turner’s two out single brought up left handed hitting clean up hitter Yoshida Masataka. The A’s southpaw got him to ground out to third, preserving Oakland’s 3-0 lead.

Shintaro Fujinami pitched a scoreless top of the seventh, and Joey Rodríguez put the A’s down in order in the bottom half of the frame. Sam Moll, with the help of a nifty play by Gelof at second for the third out, hurled a perfect top of the eighth.

Richard Bleier, reinstated yesterday from Boston’s injured list, allowed a leadoff double to Jordan Díaz, but The Curse worked, and we went into the ninth inning with the A’s hanging on to their 3-0 lead.

Trevor May earned the save, his seventh by surrendering nothing more harmful than a walk in the Bosox’ last at bat.

Oakland now is 26-71, .268 IF OK L 25-72 .258. Kansas City’s 11-10 defeat of the Tigers left the Royals. at 28-68, .292

One July 18, 1899, the Cleveland Spiders, until this year the worst major league team ever, split a double header with the Senators in Washington, winning the first game 5-4 and being mauled in the second, finishing the day at 14-64, .179.

The New York Mets of 1962, up to now the model of baseball futility in the modern era, were idle on July 18, which enabled them to preserve their record of 24-64, .273.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, the Red Sox will send Brayan Bello (7-5, 3.14) to face the A’s and Ken Waldichuk (2-6, 6.66). First pitch 12:37 at the Oakland Coliseum.

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: Juszczyk can vouch Lance works hard and is personable

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance (5) at the 49ers camp in Santa Clara on Tue May 23, 2023 will be competing for the second string job with quarterback Sam Darnold (AP News file)

On the San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor:

#1 In the off season some of the San Francisco 49ers attended a basketball game with quarterback Sam Darnold attending with other 49ers teammates. Someone in the crowd remarked where’s the other quarterback Trey Lance why did he attend? 49ers teammate Kyle Juszczyk said that Lance is a big part of the team and the locker room.

#2 Juszczyk also said that Lance works his ass off and is a personable guy, a well like guy and for whatever reason he wasn’t at the basketball game was not because his teammates didn’t like him. According to the 49ers webzone.

#3 Dave, Darnold and Lance are competing for the second string job at quarterback. The second hole at quarterback could be up for grabs if both Darnold and Lance are competitive and first stringer Brock Purdy is not ready to come back yet.

Join David Zizmor does the 49ers podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Auggie Mussenburg: MLB owners A’s relocation vote delay; Golden Fields memories; plus more

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Golden Gate Fields is about to close permanently it opened in 1941 and is closing to merge their business model in the Southland leaving the Bay Area with no race tracks (San Francisco Chronicle file photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Auggie:

#1 MLB owners have not taken a vote on relocating the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas do you think there is haggling going on behind the scenes and the owners don’t like the idea of moving a team in the fifth largest market to what would be the smallest market in MLB.

#2 If a move is made how much will MLB owner be concerned about losing the gate in the smallest MLB Park and smallest media MLB market.

#3 Golden Gate Fields Race Track will close permanently after the ’23 Meet in December 2023. The historic track is the last of what were two race tracks the other being Bay Meadows. The Stronach Group will double business at the Santa Anita Race Track and train at San Luis Rey Downs and at San Luis Rey Downs in the Southland.

#4 The Boston Red Sox shutout the A’s in a laugher Monday night. The Sox Connor Wong drove in three runs and pitcher Nick Pivetta matched a career high striking out 13 batters in the Sox 7-0 shoutout of the A’s at the Coliseum.

#5 Frustrations for the A’s Ryan Noda who was called out on strikes drew a line by the plate and was ejected by plate umpire Emil Jimenez. A’s manager Mark Kotsay came out to discuss and he and Noda went back towards the dugout.

Auggie is reporter KWAI 1080 Honolulu and podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice