Sacramento A’s starter JP Series lasted four innings giving up six hits and four earned runs against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on Fri May 16, 2025 (AP News photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson:

#1 San Francisco Giants Wilmer Flores connected for three home runs which included just one grand slam and had eight RBIs.

#2 San Francisco pitcher Logan Webb pitched eight innings, giving up five hits and one run. The A’s didn’t give Webb any trouble on Friday night.

#3 The A’s pitching from Friday night allowed nine runs, starter JP Sears went four innings allowing six hits, four earned runs, reliever Michel Ortanez one third of an inning two hits three runs. A’s pitching are struggling to keep runs off the board.

#4 Ever since the A’s last homestand they have cooled off tremendously and have got beat by landslide laughers. Against the New York Yankees last week they got beat by scores of 10-2 and 12-2. In their next series against the Los Angeles Dodgers they got swept by scores of 9-3, and 19-2.

#5 Starting pitchers for Saturday night’s contest for the Sacramento A’s Luis Severino (1-4 ERA 4.70) he’ll be matched up against the San Francisco Giants RHP Landen Roupp (2-3 ERA 4.95) first pitch at 6:05pm PDT.

Jeremiah Salmonson is a Sacramento A’s beat writer at http://www.sportsradioservice.com