Month: April 2024

Giants Lose 17-1 To The Diamondbacks, Blaze Alexander Sets The Tone For Arizona with Grand Slam

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San Francisco Giants starter Blake Snell inflated his ERA to 12.86 after surrendering nine hits on five runs against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Fri Apr 19, 2024 (San Francisco Giants X photo)

Friday, April 29th, 2024

By Troy Ewers

SAN FRANCISCO–Winners of two straight for just the second time this season, the San Francisco Giants (9-12) will look to make it three in a row in the second game of this four-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks (10-11).

Giants starter Blake Snell makes his third start with SF tonight (second here at Oracle Park). Snell has allowed 10 runs on nine hits (12.86 ERA) over his previous two outings while striking out nine. On the other side, Jordan Montgomery will make his D-Backs debut after he was signed to a 1-year contract on March 29th. The Giants got blitzed by Diamondback hitting late in the game getting squashed 17-1 coming away on Friday night at Oracle Park.

Snell had a good first two innings, but Arizona began to pick at him in the third. Blaze Alexander hit what appeared to be a home run, but after review it hit part of the wall and was ruled a ground rule double. Ketel Marte would then hit an RBI single and score Alexander, 1-0 Arizona. 

In the fourth inning Alexander got another double and scored Eugenio Suarez who got on from a walk, 2-0 Arizona. For the Giants, Jorge Soler brought the score within one run with a leadoff solo homer, 2-1 when we ended the 4th. First home run for the Giants at home this season. 

The Diamondbacks piled on Snell in the 5th inning as Christian Walker hit an RBI single and Randal Grichuk hit an RBI double which scored 3 runs total in the inning and that was it for Blake Snell. He ended his night wih 9 hits and 5 runs on him and his slump continues.

Landen Roupp was on the mound after Snell and in the 7th the D-Backs didn’t stop the offensive assault. Bases loaded, Gabriel Moreno got a double that earned 2 insurance runs, 7-1 Arizona, but after Alexander got on base with a walk, Kevin Newman hit a single and scored 2 more runs, 9-1 Diamondbacks. 

Jordan Mongomery left in the seventh, but stood on business in his D-Backs debut. Only four hits and one run during his outing, the one run being Soler’s homer. 

In the eighth inning if the game wasn’t over already, it was official this inning. Six runs scored for the Diamondbacks. Four of those runs came from Blaze Alexander, his third hit of the night was a grand slam, his first grand slam of his career. 15-1 D-Backs. 

The Giants brought in Tyler Fitzgerald to pitch and two more runs scored for Arizona, 17-1. The Giants had one last chance to pull off an amazing comeback and nothing came from it. 

Jordan Montgomery gets the win and Blake Snell gets the loss, his third. 

Next game in the series will be a day game April 20th with Kyle Harrison (2-1, 4.70) for the Giants and Zac Gallen (3-0, 1.64) for the Diamondbacks on the mound first ptich at 1:05pm PDT.

A’s Get Pummeled By Guardians 10-2

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Oakland A’s who opened a three game series against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on Fri Apr 19, 2024 were shelled 10-2 (Oakland A’s X photo)

By Barbara Mason

It was matching bookends for the Oakland A’s (8-12) Friday night as they took on the Cleveland Guardians (14-6). They opened the game with an Abraham Toro home run and added a Brent Rooker home run in the ninth inning. The only problem, the Guardians piled a bunch of runs throughout the rest of the game for a 10-2 win.

Game recap: Oakland got this game going in the first inning with an Abraham Toro home run taking the early 1-0 lead. The Guardians answered in the bottom of the second inning with a homer of their own. Tyler Freeman hit a 2-run homer with Will Brennan on base taking a 2-1 lead.

The Guardians broke this game wide open in the bottom of the fifth inning scoring five runs. Steven Kwan got the flurry of hits going with a double driving both Bo Naylor and Esteven Florial home for a 4-1 lead. Cleveland was just getting started.

Andres Gimenez singled driving two more runners home, Brayan Rocchio and Steven Kwan, extending Cleveland’s lead to 6-1. The Guardians scored one more run in the fifth inning when Jose Ramirez singled Gimenez home for a 7-1 lead.

The inning mercifully came to an end for the A’s. They were facing an uphill battle through the next four innings. The hits were not showing up for Oakland struggling against Cleveland pitcher Triston McKenzie. McKenzie pitched through five innings allowing 3 hits and one run with 6 strikeouts. Tim Herrin relieved him in the 6th inning allowing no hits, no runs with 2 strikeouts.

The Guardians Tyler Beede took the mound to start the 7th inning pitching two back-to-back strikeouts and a ground-out to retire the A’s. Oakland pitcher Kyle Muller took over on the mound in the bottom of the 7th inning. Muller got through the inning allowing only one hit as Cleveland continued to lead 7-1.

Seth Brown left JJ Bleday, who had singled, stranded in the 8th inning when he grounded out to first and this game went into the bottom of the eighth. The A’s allowed their 11th home run of the season off the bat of Josh Naylor for an 8-1 Cleveland lead.

An outfield error from Seth Brown, his first of the season, allowed Tyler Freeman to score for an 9-1 lead. Next at bat for the Guardians Esteven Florial singled Bo Naylor home and the Guardians had built a 10-1 lead going into the ninth inning.

The A’s were able to add another run in the ninth inning, a home run, off the bat of Brent Rooker for a final score of 10-2. The A’s finished this game with 6 hits to the 9 hits from Cleveland.

Game notes: After avoiding a sweep Wednesday, the A’s who beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 in the first series of this road trip at Busch Stadium in St Louis. Friday night Oakland got clobbered by the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field in Cleveland 10-2. The A’s faced some hitters against Cleveland, to start the three game series, which will be followed by a four game series starting Monday against the Yankees. Oakland will be challenged in both of these matchups, in fact, they have a slew of tough games coming up the pike. Oakland’s Joe Boyle took the mound in this game and lasted six innings giving up five hits on seven earned runs. Triston McKenzie started for the Guardians went five innings giving up three hits and one earned run.

It was a rough outing for Oakland to start this road trip. The A’s will take on the Guardians Saturday in game two of their series with first pitch at 3:10 PM. Alex Wood (0-1 ERA 8.10) will take the mound for Oakland and Logan Allen (2-0 ERA 5.05) will get the nod for the Guardians.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Troy Ewers: Snell looking for his first win; Lee hoping to extend hit streak to 11 tonight

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San Francisco Giants center fielder Jung Hoo Lee celebrates the Giants victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park on Fri Apr 19, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Troy Ewers:

#1 The San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb had himself an outing on Thursday night here at Oracle Park in San Francisco retiring 19 straight batters. He has his pitches and movement working for him in the Giants 5-0 shutout of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

#2 Webb had five strikeouts and had 13 Diamondbacks grounders and gave up just two hits he had the Diamondbacks off balance.

#3 Webb said the game success was indicative of the team that they are. Webb said that the Giants will grind out at bats and battle to the end. Which they did on Thursday with five runs that were scored with authority.

#4 Troy talk about centerfielder Jung Hoo Lee he’s on a ten game hitting streak, he went two for four on Thursday and nearly legged out an infield ground ball that was flipped by the pitcher to first base to just get him in time.

#5 For Friday night’s docket at Oracle Park starting pitcher for the Diamondbacks Jordan Montgomery (0-0) for San Francisco Blake Snell who has been struggling (0-2 ERA 12.86) first pitch at 7:15pm PDT.

Troy Ewers is a San Francisco Giants beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum: Are there any comparisons between the Coyotes move to the A’s relocation?

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The Arizona Coyotes of the NHL will soon make their new home at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City for the 2024-25 NHL season as they played their last game in Tempe Arizona on Thu Apr 17, 2024. The relocation was immediate as opposed to the Oakland A’s who will finish (photo by the Utah Jazz)

On the Oakland A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel:

#1 Daniel, you covered the NHL Arizona Coyotes for years and they’re final game was on Wednesday night in a 5-2 in at Mullet Arena in Tempe which was the final and last game for the Coyotes as they will now move to Salt Lake City. It was a heartbreaking scene how foretelling is this when the Oakland A’s finally play their final game at Oakland Coliseum later this season?

#2 Daniel, You take a look at the fans in Arizona they didn’t have plans to do anything as this deal was floated by the NHL and the owner of the Utah Jazz Ryan Smith wasted no time and took the opportunity to purchase and move the Coyotes with little hesitation.

#3 Daniel, in the Coyotes move they did it a week’s time or less with very little warning. Giving Coyotes fans no time to protest, no time for a reverse boycott, and after the game they basically backed up the truck and called it a day. The feeling for the Coyotes fans that their team was relocating was something of a shock and a lot of heartbreak.

#4 The NHL team in Salt Lake City will be called Utah and no nickname has been discussed yet. They’re last team they had was a minor league AHL team called the Golden Eagles. The Eagles name in the AHL is now the Colorado Eagles. This won’t be a problem for the A’s as the A’s will be known as the A’s in Sacramento and Las Vegas.

#5 The shock value is the thing that everybody is talking about in Arizona that this could happen so fast that a team can relocate that quickly with almost little notice. For the Oakland A’s fans, employees, front office, media and even the players there is a percentage of them will not be going to Sacramento with the A’s when they make the trip north. But as opposed to the Coyotes staff and employees the A’s personnel and contractors have this season to get ready for the layoff and move to Sacramento by season’s end.

Join Daniel for the A’s relocation podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sacramento Kings podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson: Kings to take on Pelicans for Play In game tonight; New Orleans star Williamson out with hamstring injury

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Sacramento Kings Keegan Murray (13) takes a shot against the Golden State Warriors in the Play In game at Golden 1 Arena in Sacramento on Tue Apr 16, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Sacramento Kings podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 Jeremiah, the New Orleans Pelicans will be without their leading star player Zion Williamson who suffered a left ham string injury and is expected to be out for the next two weeks.

#2 The Kings who face the Pelicans tonight in New Orleans for the Play In game had two of their key players out last Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Huerter and Malik Monk. Monk said he was impressed by his replace Keon Ellis last Tuesday.

#3 The Pelicans lost Williamson on Tuesday in their play in game against the Los Angeles Lakers losing 110-106 in New Orleans. With Williamson out of the line up how much of leg up does that give the Kings.

#4 Hureter out for the season and Monk out the Kings will be looking for Murray, DeAaron Fox, Harrison Barnes, and Domantas Sabonis to shore up the offense against a potent Pelicans team.

#5 Tip off at Smoothie King Arena in New Orleans is 6:30pm PDT. Kings are down two players Pelicans down one big one how do you see this match up tonight?

Join Jeremiah Salmonson for the Sacramento Kings podcasts Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Webb retires 19 straight hitters in Giants shutout over Diamondbacks 5-0 at Oracle Park

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Logan Webb San Francisco Giants pitcher deals to the Arizona Diamondbacks line up in the top of the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Thu Apr 18, 2024 (AP News photo)

Thursday, April 16, 2024

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Attendance: 26,896

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–Returning from an exhausting six day, six game visit to Florida’s two coasts, in which they went a combined 3-3 against the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays, the San Francisco Giants (9-11) returned to their home on McCovey Cove to face the landlocked Arizona Diamondbacks (9-11) this evening.

Looking at the pitching matchups, it looked like a chance for the home team to finally start playing at a level that the mid-spring training acquisitions of Matt Chapman and Blake Snell seemed to predict. Snell still was rounding himself into shape, but the Giants were sending Logan Webb, the runner up to Snell in last year’s Cy Young voting, against Arizona’s sophomore right hander Ryne Nelson, and his unprepossessing record of 1-2,5.27 complimenting his rookie numbers of 7-8, 5.53.

But a quick glance at the Diamondback’s media notes yields an unsettling bullet point in its summary of Nelson’s ’23 season: “On June 25 @ Giants, tossed a career-high-tying 7.0 innings. . .retired 15 consecutive batters after a first-inning walk to J.D. Davis and was 1 strikeout short of tying his career high of 7 set in his Major League debut.”

Webb, following his one run, six hit win over the Rays five days ago in St. Petersburg, was in fine fettle tonight, retiring 19 Arizonans in a row between two first inning singles and a one out walk in the seventh. In total, he labored seven frames and allowed only those two hits and that walk.

No other Diamondback reached base safely He logged five strikeouts and threw 102 pitches, 66 of them strikes. He earned the win in San Francisco’s thrilling 5-0 triumph in a game that was closer than its final score would indicate. Webb’s performance improved his record to 2-1, 2.93.

Nelson didn’t get a chance to strut his stuff tonight. Mike Yastrzemski lined the Diamondback’s starter’s 27th offering back to the box, where it caroomed off Nelson’s pitching elbow, which suffered a contusion. The injured hurler retrieved the pellet and threw it to first to end the second inning. He didn’t come out for the third in what was at that point a scoreless tie and so wasn’t involved in the decision

Patrick Bailey greeted Logan Allen, Nelson’s replacement, with a double to left. The Giants escaped The Curse of the Leadoff Double when, one out later Lee got his second straight single on a ball hit just past short and into left center field that was scored as another infield hit. LaMonte Wade, Jr’s sacrifice fly to center put San Francisco ahead, 1-0.

That was all the scoring that the orange and black could muster against Allen in his valiant 4-2/3 innings of emergency relief, over which he allowed three hits and a walk before giving way to Bryce Jarvis with two down in the home seventh.

Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless top of the eighth, helped by a sensational diving catch by Yastrzemski of Gabriel Moreno’s leadoff dying quail to right.

Jarvis had a rough time in the home half of the eighth. Ex Diamondback Ahmed started things with a leadoff double. Lee reached first on an error by second baseman Ketel Marte. Wade walked to load the bases. Soler forced Ahmed out at home on a grounder to short. Manager Torey Lovullo yanked Jarvis and called on Kyle Nelson to stop the Giants’ rally.

He didn’t. Wilmer Flores pinch hit for Conforto and slammed a double to left, which brought in Lee and Wade. Lee’s tally was unearned. Arizona decided to grant Matt Chapman an intentional walk, making the bases FOG, full of Giants, Estrada flew out to right.

Then Yastrzemski came through with a sharp single to right to plate Soler and Austin Slater, pinch running for Flores, and put San Francisco definitively ahead, 5-0. Bailey’s strikeout ended the inning. All the runs but Slater’s were charged to Jarvis.

Ryan Walker needed only 13 pitches to strike out the three Diamondbacks he faced in the t0p of the ninth to nail down the victory. Jung Hoo Lee’s two singles extended his hitting streak to 10 games.

Arizona’s Jordan Montgomery will make his first appearance of the season Friday, evening at 7:15. Blake Snell (0-1, 12.86) we’ll see if he’s gotten into shape when he takes the mound for the Giants.

Sharks Lose Last Game of Season 5-1 to Flames

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The Calgary Flames forward Matthew Caronato (27) stops a shot by the San Jose Sharks goaltender Devin Cooley (1) at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Thu Apr 18, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks lost their final game of the season 5-1 to the Calgary Flames on Thursday. Adam Klapka, Blake Coleman, Oliver Kylington, Kevin Rooney and Mackenzie Weegar scored for the Flames. Dustin Wolf made 16 saves in the win. Fabian Zetterlund scored the lone Sharks goal. Devin Cooley made 18 saves for the Sharks before being pulled. Georgi Romanov made 14 saves in relief. The Sharks finished the season with a record of 19-55-9.

Mikael Granlund finished the season on a 13 game point streak. The game was also noteworthy for being the first to see two Bay Area born goaltenders start in an NHL game. After the game, Devin Cooley said, of playing against Wolf:

“I don’t know him personally, but I’ve been following him for a while, obviously, in the American League. He’s had a great career so far and it’s really awesome to see how far youth hockey has come in Northern California and in the Bay Area. It was really cool to be able to play against him tonight and I hope we continue to see more guys from the Bay Area make the NHL.”

Fabian Zetterlund played his 82nd game of the season, the only Shark to do so this season. Of this accomplishment, Zetterlund said: “I mean, obviously that’s nice, you know, I feel fresh every game. I try to stay in shape, ready to go every night. That was my goal before the season and, yeah, I made it.”

Sharks Head Coach David Quinn said, of the season’s final games:

“We’ve made a lot of changes, there’s a lot of new faces here. It’s tough to learn on the go, in a short period of time, what’s expected of you. You know, it’s just hard. But we’re not the only team that’s gone through it. As I’ve said repeatedly, we’re in a situation where we kind of understood that this was going to be a difficult year but we will be better for it moving forward.”

All of the Flames goals came in the first two periods, not unlike the Sharks loss on Monday. Adam Klapka scored his first NHL goal at 12:13 of the first period. His wrist shot through traffic gave Calgary the lead.

Blake Coleman made it 2-0, redirecting a shot from Connor Zary. The goal came at 14:40, just as a Flames power play expired. Assists went to Zary and Rasmus Andersson.

The Sharks were outshot 16-5 in the first period. Early in the second period, Givani Smith and Adam Klapka squared off for a fight. Klapka lost his balance in the fight and both retired to the penalty box.

Oliver Kylington made it 3-0 about a minute after the fight. Andrew Mangiapane acted as a screen for Kylington’s shot from above the faceoff circle. An assist went to Andrei Kuzmenko.

Kevin Rooney made it 4-0 at 5:59. His shot from the slot went through several Sharks defenders and into the far side of the net. Assists went to Martin Pospisil and Matt Coronato.

MacKenzie Weegar scored the Flames’ fifth goal of the night at 6:56, for a total of three goals scored in 3:03 of play. It was another shot through traffic that went by Cooley on the glove side. Assists went to Daniil Miromanov and Blake Coleman.

The Sharks pulled Cooley after that goal and put Georgi Romanov in net. Romanov stopped all the shots he faced for the remained of the game. The Sharks were outshot 13-6 in the second period and 8-6 in the third.

Fabian Zetterlund scored a power play goal in the final ten seconds of the game. He scored his 24th goal of the season with a wrist shot from the faceoff circle. Assists went to Mikael Granlund and Collin Graf.

Mary Lisa Walsh is a San Jose Sharks beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants open homestand tonight against Diamondbacks in four game series

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San Francisco Giants Jorge Soler (2) is greeted after scoring by teammate Patrick Bailey (left) in the top of the second inning at LoanDepot Park in Miami on Wed Apr 17, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Michael:

#1 San Francisco Giants pitcher rookie Keaton Winn went six innings and gave up just a run, gave up four hits and struck four batters and it stood up as the Giants wound up defeating the Miami Marlins at Loan Depot Park 3-1 on a Wednesday matinee.

#2 The Giants got hitting help from Thairo Estrada who got two hits and ended up scoring the go ahead run in the top of the seventh inning. Estrada can be clutch at times and he was the key player on Wednesday.

#3 Estrada has some speed too he had to race home when Nick Ahmed hit into a double play against Marlins pitcher DeClan Cronin.

#4 Winn who picked up his first win at 1-3 said that it was nice to get the monkey off his back and wasn’t trying to think of it and the win just came.

#5 The Giants return back to San Francisco tonight here at Oracle Park as they open a four game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks are just ahead of the fourth Giants in third place and like the Giants are playing .500 ball winning five of their last ten games. Starter for Arizona Ryne Nelson (1-2 ERA 5.27) and for San Francisco Logan Webb (1-0 ERA 3.80) first pitch under the lights at Oracle Park 6:45pm PDT.

Join Michael Duca for the Giants podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Len Shapiro: Taking a look at the playoff match ups for this weekend

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The New York Islanders Matt Barzal (13) led with 80 points during the regular season for the Isles as New York faces the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs this Sat Apr 20, 2024 in game 1 (AP file photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Len Shapiro:

#1 Len lets take each of the NHL Playoffs games that are coming up this Saturday and Sunday. The first game New York Islanders (39-27-16) and the Carolina Hurricanes (52-23-7). The Islanders Matt Barzal led with 80 points, Brock Nelson 34 goals, Noah Dobson 60 assists. The Hurricanes Sebastian Aho leads in 89 points, 36 goals, and 53 assists.

#2 Next match up are the Boston Bruins with David Pastrnak leading in all three categories with 110 points, 47 goals, and 63 assists. The Toronto Maple Leafs have Auston Matthews leading in points at 107, 69 goals, and Mitch Marner with 59 assists.

#3 The next pairing are the Tampa Bay Lightning with Nikita Kucherov leading with 144 points and 100 assists and Brayden Point leading in goals with 46. The Florida Panthers Sam Rienhart leads in points with 94 and 57 goals and Matthew Tkachuk has 62 assists.

#4 The Washington Capitals Dylan Stronme leads with 67 points, Alex Ovechkin 31 goals, and 42 assists for John Carlson. For the New York Rangers Artemi Panarin leads in all three categories in points 120, goals 49 and assists 71.

#5 The most active players without a Stanley Cups.

Len Shapiro does the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Ruiz welcomed back to the Show after 2 run blast

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Oakland A’s outfielder found himself demoted in the minor leagues after the first week of the season even though he was hitting above .400. Here he’s wearing a Last Dive Bar wrist band who are promoting that A’s owner John Fisher should sell the team. The Last Dive Bar has indicated that the A’s were offended by Ruiz wearing the wristband and that was the real reason he was demoted. All is forgiven as Ruiz is back up with the big club and hit a big fly against the St Louis Cardinals on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at the Oakland Coliseum. (photo from The Dive Bar on X)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Jerry, when the Oakland A’s demoted outfielder Esteury Ruiz to triple A affiliate Las Vegas. At the time of the demotion Ruiz was hitting over .400 and last season led the A’s and American League in stolen bases. So the demotion had people scratching their head.

#2 Without complaining Ruiz took the demotion and in one of his at bats slugged a ball that hit the back of the bleachers at Las Vegas ball park. Ruiz cannot be denied and his production strong was promoted back to the big club Wednesday.

#3 The Last Dive Bar an A’s fan club who had been involved in the Summer of Sell, boycotts and reverse boycotts drives with the Oakland 68s had Last Dive Bar wristbands with their name on it and Ruiz and teammate Brent Rooker had been photographed with the wristbands on. Hence Rooker has not played much this season and is on the 10 day IL and has been hitting and Ruiz was sent down shortly after the photos were made public.

#4 All is forgiven now as Ruiz who the A’s brass can’t deny is back in the show and was in the line up yesterday slugged a two run home run which was key in the A’s win over the visiting St Louis Cardinals at the Coliseum.

#5 The A’s open a three game series to open their road trip on Friday night in Cleveland. For the A’s Joe Boyle (1-2 ERA 6.23) he’ll be opposed by the Cleveland Guardians Tristen McKenzie (1-2 ERA 6.23) first pitch 4:10pm PDT.

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