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That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: Brewers shut out Dodgers have a shot to win this series; A’s part ways with flagship station

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photo from jsonline.com: Milwaukee Brewers’ Jeremy Jeffress (left) and catcher Erik Kratz celebrate after the Brewers shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-0, in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Oct. 15, 2018, in Los Angeles.

On That’s Amaury’s Commentary:

#1 The Milwaukee Brewers look like a dominating club. They took game one of the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers then dropped game two, but came back and shutout the Dodgers 4-0 in game three and this is after they swept the Colorado Rockies during the NLDS.

#2 The Red Sox and the Astros are both tied in the ALCS. The Sox tied the series with a 7-5 win and play in Houston tonight.

#3 The Oakland A’s decided to part way wit their flagship station 95.7FM the Game. The A’s said the lack of “promotion and interest” by the station was the reason behind the move.

#4 The A’s are without a flagship station and this is going to be a big concern. Where can they go? They’re considering streaming their games.

#5 Should team president David Kaval and the A’s considered staying at The Game until they find another radio station? Right now, the A’s are nomads for radio.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

Barracuda shoot down the Roadrunners in 3-2 shootout win

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By Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Alex True was the only one to score in the shootout and that was enough for the San Jose Barracuda (4-0-0-1) as they came back to defeat the Tucson Roadrunners (3-0-0-1) 3-2 in a shootout victory at SAP Center on Monday evening. This is the best start to a season in the Barracuda’s history.

The first period didn’t feature much action as both teams combined for just 15 shots. San Jose had two descent chances to take the lead. Dylan Gambrell, just recalled back from the Sharks, had his short-handed back hand attempt stopped by Roadrunners goalie Hunter Miska (1-0-1) with eight minutes left in the first period. Manny Wiederer had his shot from the slot ring off the post with five minutes remaining in the opening frame.

Gambrell broke the deadlock late in the second period. Nick DeSimone won a battle along the right boards, fed a pass over to Francis Perron who then one-timed a quick pass over to Gambrell skating in from the point and he wired a shot into the left corner of the goal for his third goal of the season at the 14:43 mark.

“I think we were getting kinda too cute at the blue line,” said Gambrell. “We started chipping pucks in (getting them) below the goal line getting stuff to the net. (The goal) shifted the momentum of it.”

Dakota Mermis would get the equalizer for Tucson just under two minutes later when he was able to keep the puck inside the Cuda zone on the left side of the blue line. He then sent in what looked like an innocent looking shot on goal that sneaked past Cuda goalie Antoine Bibeau (2-0-1) for his first goal of the season at the 16:15 mark.

Former Cuda forward Adam Helewka, who was sent to the Arizona Coyotes in the June trade for defenseman Kyle Wood, would come back to haunt San Jose when he tipped in a pass by Laurent Dauphin just 51 seconds after Mermis’ goal. Helewka was able to skate in past the Cuda defense and was all alone to tip the puck past Bibeau for his fourth goal of the season at 17:06.

San Jose came back in the third period to tie the game up at 2-2, thanks to a delay of game penalty that sent them on a power play. They would need only nine seconds to convert as Perron rifled a wrist shot from the middle of the slot past Miska into the upper left corner of the goal for his fourth goal of the season at the 12:20 mark. Gambrell and Jeremy Roy received assists.

“It was a scrambling puck, a battle in front of the net,” said Perron. “(There was) a good screen in front of the goalie and I just picked my spot and it went in. It was a huge goal for us.”

Helewka had a breakaway attempt with under three minutes left in the overtime period, but Bibeau stood his ground and made the save on Helewka’s backhander.

San Jose had a glorious chance to end it in overtime. A slashing penalty on Kyle Capobianco with 1:47 left in overtime gave the Cuda a power play to finish out the game. Then Dauphin took a tripping penalty with 41 seconds left to give the Cuda a two-man advantage. However, San Jose was unable to capitalize.

“I think so,” said head coach Roy Sommer when asked if this was the most satisfying win on the season thus far. “When you’re down and you find a way to tie it up and then you win it in overtime, it makes it a little special.”

Both goalies put on a clinic in the shootout. Bibeau, who was perfect in the shootout, finished the game with 31 saves on 33 shots for the victory. Miska had 34 saves on 36 shots in suffering the defeat.

“I was hoping we would score in overtime,” said Bibeau. “I didn’t want a shootout after what happened last game. I was ready and I wanted to be aggressive tonight and dictate their play of their shootout attempt.”

GAME NOTES: San Jose went 1/5 on the power play. Tucson was 0/3.

Cuda defenseman Zach Frye was injured halfway through the second period when a puck hit him in the face. He did not return to the game.

Fisticuffs!
Tucson’s Trevor Cheek took exception to a clean hit by San Jose’s Jeffery Viel and the two had a spirited brawl at center ice with just under three minutes left in the third period.

The announced attendance was 2,095.

UP NEXT: The Cuda travel up to Stockton on Saturday, October 20 to begin a home and home series with the Heat at 6:00 pm PT at Stockton Arena.

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: 49ers looked great, but not good enough to win a close contest

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mercurynews.com photo: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) celebrates a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Green Bay, Wis.

On the 49ers podcast with David Zizmor:

We’ve seen this with 49ers quarterback CJ Beathard over the last two years. He manages to keep the game pretty close as he did against the Chargers and Monday Night against the Packers in Green Bay. Last year, he had five starts where the 49ers lost by three points an NFL record for consecutive losses with less than three points.

Beathard does just well enough, but the problem is there have been untimely turnovers and penalties that just seals the Niners’ fate. They were in position to win this one. It wasn’t like they weren’t in this one or like the Packers ran away with it. The Niners were playing really good football and the defense wasn’t letting the Packers move the ball that much, but the Niners went into half time with a 24-17 lead and couldn’t hold on in the end they lost by three, 33-30.

David has much more on the 49ers podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Brent Brennan talks San Jose State’s upcoming game at San Diego State

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As you should already know, San Jose State got pummeled by Army 52-3 in a nationally televised game at Levi’s Stadium last Saturday afternoon. SJSU will hit the road to deal with a tough customer, San Diego State, at SDCCU Stadium this Saturday night at 7:30 pm PT on CBSS.

But, in the meantime, Spartans head coach Brent Brennan held his weekly press conference at Simpkins Stadium Center inside CEFCU Stadium on Monday afternoon. Brennan went over a lot of things with the media, but let’s just go over my Q&A with the second-year head coach.

1. Last week, San Jose State had a great week of practice, but it led to a letdown at Levi’s Stadium, which was disappointing to say the least. How will you, and the rest of the coaching staff, make sure that this week’s practice will be even greater?
That started yesterday. We started at six in the morning and brought everybody back early. It gave us a chance to address the issues that we were dealing with during the game and put that game to bed and turn our attention to San Diego State…They’ve been the top–or one of the top–programs in our conference for a long time and it’s a really good opportunity for us to get a start on them and get ready to go as they’ll present you with lots of different challenges because they’ve been so good and they’re so well-established and that’s why we play–we get a change to play with good people. We’re going to have a great week of practice…We had a great team meeting yesterday so that’ll give us a chance to get our team where we want them to go.

2. The Spartan offensive line has to improve in run blocking and pass protection, but what does the Spartan defense have to do in order to keep the team intact?
I think one of the things that was frustrating was late in that game it seemed like we didn’t tackle as well as we should’ve so obviously that’s a big focus for our staff. Our defensive staff right now has been talking about that. The flip side of that is the big picture as an offense you can’t turn the ball over four times in 10 plays and you can’t give them the ball on their side of the 50-yard line three times. We gave it to them on the 25, 25 and the 42…That’s asking too much of your defense to put them in that spot…We just gotta make sure that we’re tackling and getting everybody to the football.

3. Spartan nation watched a game that they’d rather forget. A couple of fans told me that the Spartans should do less fighting and more coaching and practicing of football. What do you have to say to the fans and the critics in general?
Fighting hasn’t been happening during the practices at all. I’d say that I understand the frustration and I’d hope that they’d understand mine. We’re working really hard to try and get on the right track. The best thing about that I can say is buy a ticket, come to a game, support the kids, take a leap of faith with our program and come support these kids who are working so hard.

Spartan nation, don’t forget that you can call or text (408) 924-7589 for San Jose State tickets. If you’re a San Jose State student, you can visit this link: 

Cal Bears podcast with Morris Phillips: Winless UCLA Bruins (1-5) make great work of Cal in 37-7 pounding

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photo from californiagoldenblogs.com: Cal quarterback Brandon Mcllwain (5) is sacked by UCLA linebackers Krys Bryant (14) and Keisean Lucier-South (11) Saturday at Memorial Stadium in the Bruins first win of the season

On the Cal podcast with Morris:

#1 UCLA came in 0-5 to Memorial Stadium in Berkeley and they were an angry bunch and hungry for a win and took it to the Cal Bears (3-3) in a 37-7 win.

#2 The Bruins Joshua Kelly carried for 157 yards and three touchdown quite and afternoon for Kelly, who went all out.

#3 The Bears quarterback Brandon McIlwain turned the ball over so many times that it played heavily into the Bears’ loss on Saturday.

#4 What does it mean for Cal dropping to 3-3 with six games left in the regular season?

#5 Oregon State (1-5) will host the Cal Bears next Saturday at 1pm the Beavers have also had their share of getting banged around dropping a game to Washington State Saturday by a huge deficit 56-37.

The Bears podcasts are heard with Morris each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NCAAFB podcast with Michelle Richardson: LSU proves to be dominate SEC school; Michigan #12 give no room for #15 Wisconsin; Colorado State just gets by New Mexico 20-18

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LSU Tigers safety Ed Paris (21) celebrates after a win against the Georgia Bulldogs at Tiger Stadium.(Photo: Derick E. Hingle, USA TODAY Sports)

On the NCAAFB podcast with Michelle Richardson:

#1 Is it true all roads go through LSU (6-1) to the SEC playoffs. LSU upset #2 Georgia (6-1) with a 36-16.

#2 No.12 Michigan (6-1) made work of No.15 Wisconsin (4-2) 38-13 with a 320 yard rushing attack 48 carries, Wolves quarterback Shea Patterson threw 14-20 passes.

#3 In the Mountain West Colorado State (3-4) just got by New Mexico (3-3) 20-18 Saturday for the Lobos quarterback Sheriron Jones 165 yards two touchdowns. For Colorado State quarterback KJ Carta-Samuels 311 yards and one touchdown.

Michelle Richardson does the NCAAFB podcast each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

MLB The Show podcast with Daniel Dullum: Championship series gets off to an edge of your seat start; D-Backs will play on turf in 19th season; Mr. Baseball joins FOX for Brewers series

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awfulannouncing.com photo: Fox announcer John Smoltz left will be joined by Bob Uecker for the NLCS series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers

On the MLB The Show podcast with Daniel:

1 Championship series are off to a great start!

ALCS – Houston beats Boston in Game 1; Astros 7 Red Sox 2; Astros lead 1-0

NLCS – Dodgers come from behind to earn a split in Milwaukee; Series tied at 1-1

2 Chase Field in downtown Phoenix going to artificial turf next season.

3 FOX invites Bob Uecker to join the booth for an inning at the NLCS game in Milwaukee

Daniel does the MLB The Show podcast each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro: Sharks take seven straight penalties; cough up goal on 5-on-3 play to New Jersey

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On the Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro:

Another tough loss for the San Jose Sharks as the Sharks took seven penalties in a row,. They gave up a 2-1 lead on a 6-on-4 power play. They later gave up a goal on a 5-on-3 power play. The Sharks did out shoot the New Jersey Devils, but couldn’t get a goal in third period as the Devils scored twice to take a 3-2 win.

Sharks goaltender Martin Jones stopped 33 of 36 shots and the Sharks on the trip scored three goals in LA, eight in Philadelphia, two against the Rangers, zero in Brooklyn against the Islanders, twice against New Jersey. The Sharks went 3-2 on the trip and come back to SAP Center on Thursday night against the Buffalo Sabres the puck drops at 7:30 PM.

Join Len on Saturdays for the Sharks podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Wilson throws three touchdowns in Seahawks’ 27-3 win over Raiders in jolly ol’ London

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By Jeremy Kahn

Maybe heading across the pond to London would possibly change things for the Oakland Raiders, but it seems that they are not getting any better on two continents.

Russell Wilson threw for three touchdowns, as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Raiders 27-3 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

Wilson went 17-for-23 for 222 yards plus those three touchdowns and an interception, as the Seahawks go into the bye week with a 3-3 record.

Chris Carson helped out on the running game, as he ran for 59 yards, while Rashad Penny gained 43 yards before the largest crowd to ever attend a NFL game in London, as 84,922 were in attendance in the legendary stadium.

Despite going 23-for-31 for 142 yards on the afternoon, Derek Carr was forced to leave the game with 8:52 remaining in the game, as he was hit by Jarran Reed and immediately went to the sideline grabbing his upper left arm.

Jaron Brown was the receiving end of the first Wilson touchdown of the afternoon, as he took it in from five yards out. Wilson then found David Moore for a 19-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, and then threw his third and final touchdown in the fourth quarter, as he threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Lockett.

To make even worse for the Raiders, who fall to 1-5 on the season, former kicker Sebastian Janikowski, who played for the Raiders for 17 years, kicked two field goals for the Seahawks.

Marshawn Lynch, who was playing against his former team carried the ball 13 and gained just 45 yards during the game.

The Raiders finally got on the board with 8:30 remaining in the game, as Matt McCrane kicked a 48-yard field goal. McCrane could have gotten the Raiders on the board in the second quarter; however, his 48-yard attempt went wide left.

NOTES: It was a tough day for the Raiders with injuries, as besides Carr, they will leave London not healthy.

Amari Cooper left the game with 13:40 remaining in the first half, as he suffered a concussion after a helmet-to-helmet hit from Strong Safety Bradley McDougald. Joe Feliciano, who started in place of the inactive Kelechi Osemele, who was out with a knee injury was forced out of the game with a rib injury and Seth Roberts suffered a concussion like Cooper in the fourth quarter and did not return.

UP NEXT: After their bye week, the Raiders will return to the field on October 28 at the Coliseum, where they will host the Indianapolis Colts at 1:05 pm PT on CBS.

Bye week aids Stanford’s recovery after rough loss to Utah

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By: Ana Kieu

The Stanford Cardinal suffered a rough 40-21 loss to the Utah Utes at Stanford Stadium last Saturday night. Obviously, the Cardinal was shook up following the home loss to Utah, who got an early lead and never looked back, despite the fact Stanford showed an ample amount of life in the third quarter.

The Cardinal will travel to Sun Devil Stadium to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils next Thursday at 6:00 pm PT on ESPN. As you can see, this will be a nationally televised game, so there’s a chance Stanford will unleash their anger on ASU, but then again it’s college football and we’ll never know what’s going to happen. All I can reassure you about is the fact that this likely will be a better game than the San Jose State Spartans facing a conference or non-conference team.

Anyhow, Stanford’s focused on their upcoming game. But, in the meantime, Stanford has been checking out their former standouts who currently play in the NFL.

Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz continued his historic pace by having a day in the Eagles’ 23-21 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Ertz caught his first touchdown of the season and led the Eagles in targets (11), receptions (10) and receiving yards (110) on 97% of offensive snaps with Carson Wentz targeting him on 35% of pass attempts. Since 2001, there have been three instances where a tight end has caught 10 or more passes three times in a game during a full season–Ertz has accomplished the feat in the last four weeks. Ertz, who’s on pace for 131 catches and nearly 1,400 yards, is one of four players in the league with at least 10 targets in every game so far. Ertz has joined the likes of Adam Thielen, Odell Beckham Jr. and DeAndre Hopkins.

Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper had a career-high nine receptions in the Falcons’ 41-17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hooper also led the Falcons in targets (12) and receiving yards (77) on 76% of offensive snaps. Hooper’s 21 receptions rank second on the Falcons and ninth in the NFL among tight ends.

Green Bay Packers inside linebacker Blake Martinez finished with a career-high two sacks in the Packers’ 31-23 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Martinez finished with four solo tackles, four run stops and a 78.8 defensive grade from Pro Football Focus. According to PFF, Martinez ranks third in total defensive rating (86.8) and fifth in run stops (18) among qualified linebackers.

Houston Texans safety Justin Reid made his first career interception in the Texans’ 19-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. Reid finished with two quarterback hurries and six tackles on 90% of defensive snaps, helping limit the Cowboys to 292 total yards in the overtime win. Reid has been one of the top rookie defensive backs in the NFL after five weeks.

Falcons safety Jordan Richards tied a career high with a team-high seven tackles on 77% of defensive snaps in Atlanta’s 41-17 loss at Pittsburgh. According to Pro Football Focus, Richards finished with three run stops while allowing two catches for 19 yards on four targets.

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman continued his stellar season with another shutout performance in San Francisco’s 28-18 loss to Arizona. Sherman didn’t allow a catch on two targets while appearing on every defensive snap. Sherman missed Week 4 with a calf injury sustained in Week 3. On 146 coverage snaps in 2018, Sherman leads qualifying cornerbacks in fewest catches allowed (1) and passer rating allowed (39.6).

And, of course, Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey is currently leading the NFL in average yards from scrimmage/game, just a sliver ahead of Alvin Kamara and Todd Gurley.