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San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Lami: Mullens and Heneghan show they can play some backup quarterbacks in final preseason game

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On the SF 49ers podcast with Joe:

The 49ers, who were in their final preseason game, didn’t grow their injury list and the quarterbacks showed improvement. Quarterbacks Nick Mullens and Jack Heneghan threw for offensive drives in the 49ers win over the LA Chargers 23-21. Heneghan threw for a score a little more than two minutes left in the game.

Towards the end of the game, the 49ers’ defensive line allowed a kick return that put the ball in the 49ers zone, which happened after the go-ahead score. The 49ers opened the season in Minnesota on Sunday, Sept. 9. Joe sets up opening day and how confident head coach Kyle Shanahan is going into this one.

Joe Lami does the 49ers podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: What’s the best benefit in trading McCutchen?; Can Giants overcome Mets?

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On the SF Giants podcast with Miguel:

What were the best benefits for the San Francisco Giants in trading a player like Andrew McCutchen to the New York Yankees? In recent years, McCutchen’s last All-Star appearance was in 2015. McCutchen’s skills have gradually slipped. He hit .255 for San Francisco this season and the Pirates parted with him, sending him to San Francisco,  knowing that his batting average had slipped.

With the Yankees’ Aaron Judge out with a right wrist injury, will McCutchen help in the outfield and in the Yankee lineup? Michael also had a chance to speak to McCutchen during the season about what kind of a player was he and what he meant to the Giants clubhouse.

The Giants open a three-game series tonight at AT&T Park against the NY Mets. Michael sets up this series and the Giants chances of wining the series.

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

Rough night in San Jose: Nevens suffers scary injury; SJSU loses to UC Davis 44-38

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose State Spartans knew how to get things going with the home crowd in their season opener versus the UC Davis Aggies inside CEFCU Stadium on a cool, breezy night.

Spartans head coach Brent Brennan officially entered his second season at San Jose State, Spartan quarterback Josh Love got the start, and the Spartan fans were a bit surprised to see a fireworks show just seconds after the Spartan Marching Band performed their typical yet talent-filled performance.

Unfortunately, the early minutes weren’t in favor of San Jose State, as UC Davis jumped to an early 7-0 lead at the 11:58 mark of the first quarter. Ulonzo Gilliam scored a 5-yard rushing touchdown and Matt Blair’s kick for an extra point was good.

Jake Maier threw a pass that was intended for a fellow Aggie, but Dakari Monroe intercepted the pass midway through the first quarter. Monroe returned the pass for 29 yards to the 1-yard line.

Just moments later, San Jose State evened the score at 7-7, thanks to a game-tying touchdown. Love threw to JaQuan Blackwell for a 5-yard passing touchdown with 9:33 left in the first.

Spartan fans danced to “This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan, as the old-school hip-hop song played just moments after Tyler Nevens scored a 2-yard rushing touchdown to help the Spartans to a 14-7 lead with 5:54 left in the first. Bryce Crawford’s kick for the extra point was obviously good.

UC Davis evened the score at 14-14 on Gilliam’s second touchdown of the game, a 1-yard rushing touchdown, with 2:21 left in the first. Blair’s kick for an extra point was good.

The score was tied 14-14 at the end of the first.

UC Davis regained the lead, 21-14, on Wesley Preece’s 22-yard passing touchdown at the 14:56 mark of the second quarter. Blair’s kick for an extra point was good. Not only that, UC Davis snatched the lead, 28-14, on Jared Harrell’s 49-yard passing touchdown just 1:30 later. Blair’s kick for an extra point was good.

San Jose State pulled within seven and trailed UC Davis 28-21 at the 11:29 mark of the second. Nevens, who scored his scored touchdown of the game, helped the Spartans with a 23-yard rushing touchdown. Crawford’s kick for an extra point was good.

The Aggies extended their lead to 35-21 with 9:54 left in the second. Carson Crawford scored a 9-yard rushing touchdown. Blair successfully kicked in the extra point.

The Spartans had a chance to pull within 11 to reduce the deficit to 35-24, but Crawford’s attempt at a 53-yard field goal was unsuccessful. Crawford was 10 yards short.

San Jose State trailed UC Davis 35-21 at halftime.

The Aggies’ first play of the second half was a safety, which extended its lead to 37-21 at the 14:51 mark of the third quarter. The Spartans, however, had something else to be excited about as the Spartans’ gymnastics team were honored on the field for their latest achievements.

Crawford made a 29-yard field goal to pull the Spartans within 13, but the home team continued to trail the Aggies 37-24 with 2:10 left in the third.

The Spartans pulled within six on a noteworthy, last-second 79-yard passing touchdown by Bailey Gaither, who initially caught the pass from Montel Aaron. The Aggies, however, continued to lead 37-31 at the end of three quarters.

The Aggies didn’t waste any time in the fourth quarter. Gilliam scored his third touchdown of the game, an 18-yard passing touchdown from Maier, to put the Aggies up by 13 for a 44-31 lead at the 13:46 mark of the fourth.

The Spartans were down by 13 for quite a while in the fourth, but the most important part of the game was that the Spartans’ top running back Tyler Nevens was fine after a reported head-to-head collision. The Spartan fans sent their thoughts and prayers to Nevens, who later returned the favor by giving a thumbs up as the trainers stretchered him off the field.

Gaither scored his second touchdown of the game, a 17-yard passing touchdown from Aaron, to pull the Spartans within six, 44-38, with 1:24 left in the fourth.

San Jose State lost to UC Davis 44-38.

Notes
Spartans’ defensive lineup

Spartans’ offensive lineup

Up Next
The Spartans head to Martin Stadium to take on the Washington State Cougars on Saturday, September 8 at 8:00 pm PDT.

Goodbye, San Francisco: Yankees acquire Andrew McCutchen in a trade

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By: Ana Kieu

Well, Andrew McCutchen’s tenure as a San Francisco Giant didn’t last long. McCutchen, a five-time MLB All-Star from 2011-15, was acquired by the New York Yankees in a rather unexpected trade Thursday night.

The Yankees agreed to a trade with the Giants. As a result, New York will send Abiatal Avelino (infielder) and another Minor Leaguer to San Francisco for the Giants’ regular right field, according to multiple reports.

McCutchen is batting .255 with 15 homers, 55 RBIs and 13 stolen bases in 130 games this season. The 31-year-old was a longtime face of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ franchise, and now, he’s on his way to the Big Apple.

McCutchen will likely help the Yankees boost their outfield production as they’re currently waiting for Aaron Judge, a Linden, Calif. native, to make his much-anticipated return from his right wrist injury. The Yankees’ move will also likely give the team a brand-new player an additional player to spell out Giancarlo Stanton, who has played in 83 consecutive games. In addition, Yankees manager Aaron Boone will receive more flexibility when it comes to the DH slot.

The only negative is that McCutchen hasn’t been an MLB All-Star since 2015, so we may have to see how everything works out.

San Jose Earthquakes podcast with Ana Kieu: What did the Quakes do at home?; plus SJSU football preview

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On the San Jose Earthquakes podcast with Ana:

1. The Vancouver WhiteCaps edged the San Jose Earthquakes 3-2 at Avaya Stadium last Saturday night. What were your three takeaways from that match?

2. The Quakes hosted FC Dallas last night at Avaya. What do you have to say about that match?

3. Speaking of last night, the Quakes hosted A’s night for those who are A’s and Quakes fans. How did that turn out?

4. The Quakes head to British Columbia to take on the WhiteCaps this Saturday. What are three things the Quakes need to do in order to beat or at least draw with the WhiteCaps?

5. The Quakes will face Cruz Azul FC in an international friendly at Avaya on October 13th. Do you think that’s a good matchup?

6. The San Jose State Spartans host the UC Davis Aggies in its season opener at CEFCU Stadium tonight. What’s your prediction for the Spartans and do you think they’ll beat the Aggies?

Catch Ana on the San Jose Earthquakes podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria: Conflicting trade rumors on Mack, who wants up to $11 million raise; preview of tonight’s game in Seattle

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On the Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria:

Conflicting trade rumors persist regarding the Oakland Raiders’ Khalil Mack. The team and Mack are far apart in negotiating Mack is getting $11 million per year. But he wants an $11 million raise to $22 million. This hold out has been been going on for months and knowing how the Raiders do business, they’re holding out too–they feel Mack is getting a fair deal. Mack, the best defensive player in the NFL, is asking for equal money that Denver Broncos’ Von Miller at $16 million is getting or as high as the $22 million figure.

Quarterback Derek Carr hasn’t seen a lot of snaps this preseason this maybe as a precaution to keep Carr for the regular season. Raiders head coach Jon Gruden is having his two backup quarterbacks getting the snaps to see how they do in the preseason games.

The Raiders’ last game against the Green Bay Packers used back up quarterbacks Connor Cook and EJ Manuel who combined for 14-of-27 for 159 yards. Will the Raiders look for a veteran backup quarterback? The last preseason game of the season on Thursday night in Seattle and Tony takes a look at what coach Gruden will be looking for.

Tony does the Raiders podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Astros avoid losing series to A’s; Cahill gets lit up for four runs in start

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On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry:

#1 The Houston Astros avoided dropping the three-game series to the visiting Oakland A’s on Wednesday at Minute Maid Field with one-run 5-4 win.

#2 The game changed hands until the Astros’ Tyler White hit a home run into the left field seats off A’s reliever Jeurys Familia for a walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth.

#3 A’s pitcher Trevor Cahill continues to struggle on the road. Cahill went 3.1 innings, five hits, four runs and three unearned runs. Cahill’s record drops to 1-3 with a 6.92 ERA.

#4 The Astros would not be denied scoring twice in the first and after they got their streak snapped at six games on Tuesday night. The Astros have won six of their last seven games.

#5 The A’s leave Houston and head back to the Coliseum for Thursday night’s contest with the Seattle Mariners. A big series with Seattle in third and the A’s in second 5 1/2 games in front of Seattle in the AL West.

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

Giants to host Mets for three-game series starting Friday night

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By: Ana Kieu

The Giants have been pretty darn good as of late. But let’s not forget that the Giants struggled in Flushing against the Mets in Citi Field and merely got out of the Big Apple with a 3-1 win to halt what could’ve been the Mets’ three-game sweep at home.

This weekend, San Francisco will host New York for a three-game series before embarking on a six-game road trip starting in Coors Field with the Rockies and then Miller Park with the Brewers. That’s quite a lot of airfare miles, but you gotta do what you gotta do, right?

The Giants, however, must avoid looking down on the Mets. Why’s that? The Mets are cellar-dwellers just like the Giants, so they can possibly play spoilers like they did with the Nationals and Phillies.

In other news, the Giants’ Twitter retweeted a tweet from Baseball Hall that announced an “On This Day in 1965” on Wednesday, writing that Willie Mays set a record with his 17th homer in the month of August in the Giants’ 8-3 win over the Mets. Coincidence, much?

The Giants’ Twitter also announced that on Tuesday that more than 50 volunteers from CarMax, the Giants and the American Red Cross put together 500 kits for aid in disaster relief efforts. Lou Seal and Chase d’Arnaud were also there. You can help by going on redcross.org/Giants.

And, if you have some extra bucks to spend, you can book your next three-day stay in San Francisco with Hilton–the official hotel partner of the Giants’ 60th anniversary season–and you’ll save 50% off on Sunday night stays.

The Giants host the Mets at AT&T Park for game one on Friday night at 7:15 pm PDT. You can watch the game on NSBA and SNY.

Earthquakes win wild 4-3 match over FC Dallas to snap home winless streak

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By Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The 4000 lb gorilla has officially left Avaya Stadium. Chris Wondolowski was the difference in an offensive juggernaut featured in the second half. His game-winning goal help the San Jose Earthquakes (4-14-8) defeat the Western Conference leading FC Dallas (13-6-7) 4-3 on Wednesday evening in front of a small, but raucous crowd.

The victory snapped the Quakes’ longest home winless streak in franchise history of 12 games. The Quakes hadn’t won at home since the season opening match on March 3rd against FC Minnesota.

The Quakes captain was back in the starting lineup after coming off the bench as a substitute the past five games. His last start was on July 25th, a home match against the Seattle Sounders. His game-winning goal came in the 62nd minute when he received the ball just outside the defense box and made a pretty give-and-go with Vako. As two FC Dallas defenders collapsed on Vako, Wondo was left all alone and fired a strike into the upper left corner of the net for his eighth goal of the season.

The Wondo Watch is now at 142, only three away from Landon Donovan’s MLS record of 145. It was also his 40th game-winning goal of his career. Which just so happens to be second in MLS history to guess who, Donovan, who had 41 of them.

“It’s great to get the goal,” said Wondo. “I keep using this word, but I’m so proud to be the captain of these guys. To be with them, to be out there fighting. It’s a huge win.”

FC Dallas would get off to another quick start against San Jose. In the eighth minute, Michael Barrios received a favorable bounce off a throw in and centered the ball right into the middle of the box where both Nick Lima and Quakes goalie Andrew Tarbell both went for the ball that deflected off Tarbell and right into a waiting Maxi Urruti. The Argentinian play-maker wasted no time tapping it into an empty net for his seventh goal of the season.

Vako would give the Quakes the equalizer in the 16th minute when after a nice give and goal with Magnus Eriksson, he was able to get the ball inside the box after a failed header clearing attempt by Matt Hedges left Vako all alone with a clear path to the goal where he took two dribbles and rocketed a shot into the upper left corner of the goal past FC Dallas goalie Jimmy Maurer . It was the Georgian striker’s seventh goal of the season.

Hedges would be the focus of another blunder in the 30th minute when he misfired wide right on a wide-open net after receiving a great centering feed from Barrios.

Vako proved to be a one man show in the 42nd minute when he gave the Quakes a 2-1 lead. He received a pass from Jahmir Hyka from 20 yards out, then dribbled down the middle of the box where he magically was able to get the ball through three FC Dallas defenders and once again had a clear path to the goal. He snapped a shot past a diving Maurer into the right corner of the goal for his eighth goal of the season leaving FC Dallas stunned.

“We had a lack of balance from our side tonight,” said FC Dallas head coach Oscar Pareja. “When you get three goals on an away game and don’t get points, obviously something didn’t work out well.”

FC Dallas tied the game in the 51st minute when substitute Santiago Mosquerea, who came in to start the second half, was rewarded after taking a centering pass from Urruti and fired a shot from 10 yards out past Tarbell for just his second goal of the season.

However, the deadlock wouldn’t last long when three minutes later at the 54th minute, Eriksson scored on a spectacular shot from 20 yards out. Eriksson worked a give-and-go with Wondo and on the return feed bent one in just inside the upper left corner of the post that Maurer had no chance at. It was the Swedish midfielder’s seventh goal of the season.

“I think the combination play up front has been better,” said Eriksson. “We have gotten to know each other better. It has worked well for the moment. We finally took three points at home and it’s a good feeling.”

FC Dallas would not go quietly as just four minutes after Eriksson’s goal at the 58th minute. they would get the equalizer at the 57th minute when Dominque Badji finished a pretty tic-tac-toe of a goal. Urruti sent a pass over to right side to Jacori Hayes, who then centered the ball over to a wide-open net. Badji, who one-timed the ball into an empty net for his team-leading ninth goal on the season.

“Not happy,” Quakes head coach Mikael Starhe jokingly said when asked about how he felt about the four-goal span in 10 minutes. “We talked about it in the locker room that we have to continually play our game and follow our game plan.”

Things would settle down after Wondo’s goal. However, FC Dallas put the pressure on the Quakes in the final minutes of stoppage time. Lima made a game saving sliding deflection to knock out the ball past the net in the final seconds of stoppage time.

GAME NOTES: The Quakes were without the services of defenseman Harold Cummings who was suffering from a thigh injury.

FC Dallas was without midfielder Carlos Grueza due to a suspension from yellow card accumulation.

There were no yellow or red cards issued in the game by referee Sorin Stoica.

The Quakes are now undefeated in their past four games against FC Dallas 3-0-1, including 3-1-4 in their last eight against FC Dallas. Overall, they are 16-8-8 against FC Dallas.

Jahmir Hyka’s goal streak was snapped against FC Dallas. He scored his last three matches against them.

UP NEXT: The Quakes travel to Vancouver to take on the Whitecaps on Saturday, September 1 at BC Place at 7:00 pm PDT.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Amaury Pi-Gonzalez to be on NBC Bay Area’s Comunidad Del Valle

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By http://www.sportsradioservice.com staff

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez will be featured during the Comunidad del Valle program on NBC Bay Area (KNTV; CH 3) in English as well as its sister station on Telemundo Bay Area (KSTS; CH 48) in Spanish this Sunday.

Damian Trujillo is the host on this popular weekly program with appearances by talented and influential Latino members. Pi-Gonzalez, who writes for this site, is in his 41st season as a MLB announcer and is currently the Spanish voice for the Oakland A’s.

Amaury has been interviewed about the new Mural of The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame, which he is the vice president of a non-profit organization, at the Club Level entrance of the Oakland Coliseum. This exciting 2018 A’s season adds to his distinguished resume as a sports broadcaster.

Pi-Gonzalez has been considered a pioneer in Spanish sports broadcasts in the Bay Area since his first season with the A’s in the late 1970’s. He has also called games for the Giants, Mariners and Angels on radio as well as television for Fox Sports West. In addition, he has called two Caribbean World Series in the early 2000s as a play-by-play announcer in English for Fox Sports International.

Once the Spanish voice for the Golden State Warriors in the 1990’s, Pi-González has talked about his passion and tutored young Latino students throughout his career. He was also a sports anchor for Telemundo (CH 48) in the Bay Area in the 1990s and Trujillo has known him since those good old days.

Comunidad del Valle will be aired on NBC Bay Area (KNTV; CH 3) this Sunday, September 3 at 9:30 am PDT in English. A Spanish version of the program will be aired on Telemundo Bay Area (KSTS; CH 48) at 8 am PDT this Sunday. But, check your local listings for programming, just to be sure.