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NBA Playoffs podcast with Tony Renteria: Celtics get 14 point win over Heat 108-88; Boston one game away from eliminating Miami

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Boston Celtics guard Derrick White (9) takes a jump shot over the Miami Heat’s guard Tyler Herro (14) at Boston Garden in Boston on Mon Apr 29, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the NBA Playoffs podcast with Tony R:

#1 Tony, the Boston Celtics are one game away from putting the Miami Heat on the brink got a 14 point win on Monday night in Miami with a 108-88 win.

#2 Boston guard Derrick White led with 38 points who helped keep the Celtics well ahead of the Heat.

#3 For White he had the hot hand the ball went to him and he scored a career high 38 points, White got help by teammates Jayson Tatum 20 points 10 rebounds, Jaylen Brown with 17 points and Jrue Holliday with 11 points.

#4 Miami center Bam Adebayo led the Heat with with 25 points, 17 rebounds, and five assists. As hard as Adebayo tried he carried a lot of the weight for Miami the Heat fell 14 points short and are on the brink of elimination.

#5 Game 5 the Celtics and Heat tip off Wednesday night in Boston at 4:30pm PDT. The Heat get one more chance to avoid elimination but playing game 5 in Boston is a tall order for the Heat.

Join Tony for the NBA Playoffs podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s win fourth in last six games defeat Pirates 5-1 at Coliseum

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Oakland A’s catcher Shea Langeliers takes a hack while the ball takes a piece of the bat in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Oakland Coliseum on Mon Apr 29, 2024 (AP News photo)

Monday, April 29, 2024

Pittsburgh (14-16). 100 000 000 1. 2. 0

Athletics (13-17). 100 220 00x. 5. 8. 0

Time: 2:18

Attendance: 3,528

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–With Monday night’s 5-1 defeat of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the 2024 version of the Nomad Athletics have shown that, while they might not yet be playoff contenders, they are a respectable baseball team. They now have won four of their last six games and 12 out of their last 22. Their three pitchers of the evening held their opponents to just two hits and none between the first and ninth innings.

It’s depressing to read what the A’s game notes had to say about the team’s Joe Boyle, the team’s starting pitcher. They say that he is “tied for fifth in the majors among rookies in games started (5) and ranks ninth in strikeouts (24) …leads ML rookies in most runs (18), ranks second in most walks (16)…. Has taken the loss in four of his first five starts and is tied for second in the majors in losses.” You get the picture.

Monday night, though, in spite of a rough opening frame, the youngster lasted five innings and left with a 5-1 lead, when Dany Jiménez replaced him to open the visitors’ sixth. Boyle had allowed only one hit, but also yielded four free passes. Those five innings weren’t elegant; he needed 91 pitches (45 strikes) to get through them. He was the winning pitcher improved his numbers 2-4, 6.08. Not good, but better than the 1-4, 7.06 he began with.

Pittsburgh’s starter, the 26 year old Bailey Falter, whom they got in exchange from the Phillies in exchange for Rodolfo Castro at last year’s trade deadline, brought a 2-3, 3.33 record to the Coliseum. He had gone seven plus innings in Milwaukee in his last start, earning the win by holding the Brewers to one run, earned, on three hits and two walks.

Monday night, he was less impressive. He lived up to his name by faltering in the fourth and becoming undone in the fifth, after which Roansy Contreras replaced him on the mound. Falter had allowed five runs, all earned, on six hits, one of them yard, in his brief stint. He did not, however, give up any bases on balls. He took the loss and dropped to 2-2 while his ERA rose to 4.22.

The first inning was a study in contrasts. Boyle was the absence of control personified. 10 of his 26 offerings were balls, two of them were wild pitches; and he issued two free passes. Yet he logged a swinging strikeout and escaped from the impending disaster trailing by a single run.

Falter, on the other hand, found the plate with ease; he got through the inning on 14 pitches, 12 of them for strikes. But he found the plate with too much ease, and Tyler Nevin sent a 91 mph four seamer of his over the left centerfield fence, where it landed, 404 feet from home, to tie the game at one. It was the third round tripper of his big league career and came in his 23rd at bat. That stretched the rookie’s consecutive game hitting streak to seven.

Boyle settled down, Falter was steady, and the score remained knotted until the bottom of the fourth, when the green and gold broke through with a pair of tallies. Brent Rooker led off with a single to right. Abraham Toro smacked a line drive to right center that went past Jack Suwinski and sliced back towards the foul line for a double that sent Rooker to third.

Shea Langeliers’ high fly to the warning track in center drove in Rooker and brought Toro to within 90 feet of home, which he reached on Max Schuemann’s sacrifice fly to left. The homeless wonders now led, 3-1.

They piled it on in the fifth. Darell Hernaiz led off with a single to left center, was bunted over to second by Nick Allen, and scored on a single by Esteury Ruíz, who promptly stole third and came home on Nevin’s sac fly to right.

The A’s threatened again against Contreras in the sixth, loading the bases on a Langelliers’ double and two walks, one intentional, before Allen took a called third strike for the third out. The A’s didn’t score against Contreras in the seventh, and Kyle Nicolas relieved him for the eighth. This time Allen made the final out of a scoreless inning by swinging at the third strike.

Jiménez did a nice job of maintaining the Athletics’ lead, holding the Bucos to just a walk while striking out four in two innings, after which Michael Kelly took over mound duties and tossed a perfect top of the eighth, with a little help from a beautiful tumbling catch and throw by Schuemann at second to get the final out of the frame. He came back to finish the Pirates off in the top of the ninth.

He started off by getting Bryan Reynolds to take a called third strike but yielded a single to center by ONeil Cruz, who quickly was wiped out by a broken bat game inning 4-6-3 double play.

Tuesday, the A’s and Pirates will clash again at 6:40 in the second of a three game series. Alex Wood (1-2, 6.59) is expected to start for the Athletics and Mitch Keller (2-2, 5.14) will toe the rubber for the gang from Steel City.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Giants open up three game series vs. Red Sox Tuesday at Fenway

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San Francisco Giants Carl Yastrzemski (right) is congratulated by third base coach Matt Williams (9) after hitting a bottom of the third inning solo home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Apr 28, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 Thario Estrada and Mike Yastrzemski hit back to back home runs in the bottom of the third inning on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates to give the Giants some lift in a three run inning in an eventual 3-2 win.

#2 Giants starter Keaton Winn got the win pitching six innings giving up three hits and one run and five strikeouts.

#3 Giants shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald had three hits and the Giants wound up taking two out three to win the three game set against the Pirates. Completing their three game series.

#4 The Pirates loss is their tenth loss out of their last 13 games. The Pirates scored a run when Winn hit Edward Oliveras in the top of the fifth who later scored when Rowdy Tellez hit a RBI double. It wasn’t enough as the Pirates fell short.

#5 The Giants will start a road trip in Boston against the Red Sox on Tuesday night at 4:10pm PDT. Starting pitcher for the Giants right hander Logan Webb (3-1 ERA 2.33), the Red Sox have not announced a starter as of yet.

Join Marko for the Giants podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason: A’s back home to open series with Pirates tonight at Coliseum

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Baltimore Orioles runner Cedric Mullins (right) slides in ahead of the throw as the Oakland A’s Darell Hernaiz (left) waits for the ball in the bottom of the second inning at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sun Apr 28, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 Barbara, the A’s rallied for two runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-6 at Camden Yards after being down 6-5.

#2 The first place Orioles closer Craig Kimbrel had a blown save the second one in the series where the A’s came back from behind late in the game to win it. Orioles manager Brandon Hyde came out with the trainer during the pitching change to check on Kimbrel.

#3 Hyde said the Orioles had been playing good baseball but the O’s just had a couple unfortunate endings in the series.

#4 The A’s came away with their third road series win for the season an improvement over last season at this pace. The A’s Seth Brown hit a home run and Brent Rooker hit a two RBI single and the A’s scored their most runs out of the ten games on the road trip.

#5 The A’s return back to the Oakland Coliseum Monday night to host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night at 6:40pm PDT starting pitchers for the Pirates LHP Bailey Falter (2-1 ERA 3.33) for the A’s Joe Boyle (1-4 ERA 7.06).

Join Barbara for the A’s podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Estrada and Yastrzemski hit back to back homers in Giants 3-2 win over Pirates

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San Francisco Giants Thairo Estrada runs the bases after hitting a home run in the bottom of the third inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Apr 28, 2024 (AP News photo)

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Pittsburgh (14-15). 000 001 001. 2. 5. 0

San Francisco (14-15) 003 000 00x. 3. 8. 0

Time: 2:23

Attendance: 36,380

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–The Giants continued their flirtation with .500, coming a step closer when they defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-2, this sunny and windy afternoon. The win improved the record of Bob Melvin’s men to 14-15 and excellent mound work by Keaton Winn and long balls by two heretofore underperforming batters, Thairo Estrada and Mike Yastrzemski.

Winn, San Francisco’s starting pitcher, was 2-3, 3.54 at game time. The 26 year old right handed rookie was coming off two strong starts, in which he had garnered that pair of wins. He had pitched six innings in each of them and held his opponents, Miami on April 17 and the Mets on the 22nd, to a run and four hits apiece.

This was the first time he’d ever faced the Pirates, and he performed very well, allowing just one run, earned, on three hits and a walk over six full innings, in which he struck out five batters. He threw 80 pitches, 29 of which were balls. earned the win and even his won-lost count to 3-3 while lowering his ERA to 3.18.

Winn’s opposing number was Jared Jones, also a 26 year rookie righty making his sixth start in the show. A tad less than half of his deliveries are four seamers, and he also throws a slider, curve, and change up. He pitched well in four of the five innings he worked, but he had a rough third frame over all, he yielded three runs, all earned, on six hits, two of them home runs, and a walk while striking out three.

His pitch count reached 83, 55 strikes. He took the loss, bringing his record to 2-3,3.18. (You’ll note a lot of numerical similarities between the two teams in this dispatch).

The game was a scoreless tie for the first 2-1/2 frames, but then the Giants’ bats heated up. They opened their half of the third with their first back to back home runs of 2024. Estrada smacked a first pitch slider into the left center field bleachers, leaving his bat at 106.2 mph and landing 397 feet from the plate.

It was the second sacker’s fourth round tripper of the year. Yastrzemski followed with his second four bagger of the season, a 402 foot blast to center that had an exit velocity of 105.1 mph. It came on a 2-2 four seamer. Back to back singles by Tyler Fitzgerald and Jung Hoo Lee, followed by a sacrifice fly by LaMonte Wade, Jr., and the hometown crew was up, 3-0 a third of the way through.

The Bucs narrowed the gap to 3-1 in the top of the fifth. Edward Oliveres was hit by a pitch to open the frame, and Rudy Tellez banged a two bagger to left center to bring Pittsburgh’s designated hitter home.

Luis L. Ortiz relieved Jones and sent SF down in order in the sixth and held the Giants scoreless in the seventh, despite a two out single by Yaz followed by a Fitzgerald’s windblown double to left. Kyle Nicolas set them down, 1,2,3 in the eighth.

Erik Miller replaced Winn and held the Pirates to walk in the seventh, giving way to Ryan Walker, who put Pittsburgh down with just a hit batter in their share of the eighth.

Camilo Duval went for his fifth save in the ninth. It would have taken an eclipse for the Giants to have darkened the stadium for his entrance so the crowd had to settle for video clips. But that didn’t mean that there was no excitement, not after Tellez sent a double to right center and scored on Triolo’s single to left center, making it 3-2.

With Michael A. Taylor at bat, Triolo moved into scoring position on a passed ball, bringing ex-Giant Joey Bart, who had replaced Henry Davis as catcher after Davis had been pulled for a pinch hitter in the previous inning. Doval got him out on a checked swing grounder to short, averting a demoralizing loss and giving the Giants the win for the game and the series.

The Giants will have a day off in Boston Monday and play the Red Sox on Tuesday and will follow that with visits to Philadelphia and Denver before returning home to face the Cincinnati Reds on May 10.

A’s Come From Behind For a Second Time In Series to Beat Orioles 7-6

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Oakland A’s left to right Seth Brown, Esteury Ruiz, and Lawrence Butler celebrate after defeating the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sun Apr 28, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

For the second time in the Oakland A’s (12-17) series with the division leading Baltimore Orioles (17-10), the A’s came from behind to win not only the game but the series. Baltimore is a very tough customer leading the American League East division.

The hero in this game was Kyle McCann who hit a two-run home run to take the lead 7-6 which was the final. Oakland pitcher Lucas Erceg had a blistering ninth inning to close out the game.

Game recap: Oakland’s Seth Brown hit a home run in the second inning of this game to give the A’s the lead 1-0. Baltimore answered right back with not one but two runs in the second taking a 2-1 lead. The Oriole’s Anthony Santander and Cedric Miller both scored.

The third inning really showed the A’s road-trip renegade mentality as Oakland brought home three runners to take a 4-2 lead. There would be no repeat of yesterday game for the A’s. These guys are real fighters as they battled from behind once again.

JJ Bleday doubled Lawrence Butler home to tie up this game 2-2 with Brent Rooker batting next. Rooker singled driving two runners, Tyler Nevin and JJ Bleday both home taking a 4-2 lead and the A’s were back on top.

Once again the Orioles answered back, this time with two home runs taking back the lead in this battle. Adley Rutschman hit a solo shot and Ryan Mountcastle slugged a two run homer for a 5-4 lead.

Baltimore extended their lead in the fourth inning with a Ramon Urias home run now leading 6-4. The three home runs from Baltimore in the third and fourth innings signaled the end of Paul Blackburn’s time on the mound. All six Oriole runs came off Blackburn whose four innings of work was the shortest of the season for him.

The fifth and sixth innings was quiet offensively for both teams. Oakland hit their first home run of the game in the seventh inning off the bat of Tyler Nevin trailing by a single run 6-5. The A’s were unable to challenge in the eighth but they came alive in the final countdown, the ninth inning. Kyle McCann hit a two-run home run taking a 7-6 lead. Darell Hernaiz had walked and McCann did the rest.

Lucas Erceg took over on the mound in the ninth looking to close out this game. The Baltimore first at bat in the ninth was a punch out, followed by a line out and a second strike out and that was the ball game. The A’s had come from behind in the ninth for a second time in this series. The final was 7-6.

Paul Blackburn went four innings in this game allowing seven hits and six runs with five strikeouts. Oakland relief pitching was exceptional and went the distance setting this win up for Lucas Erceg who closed out the game. The A’s had ten hits in the game and Baltimore had nine.

Game notes: Sunday afternoon the A’s finished up their series with the Orioles. Saturday, Oakland was stomped to the tune of 7-0 and they won this game and took the series against a very tough American League East opponent. Baltimore is in first place in this division and the win over them was sweet indeed for Oakland. Paul Blackburn started for Oakland and Albert Suarez started for the Orioles in a game that was decided by two Oakland runs in the top of the ninth.

After a very long road trip, Oakland will return home for a lengthy home stand. They will begin a three game series on Monday taking on the Pittsburg Pirates. Joe Boyle will take the mound for the A’s and Bailey Falter will start for the Pirates. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 PM.

9th Erceg first at bat a punch out

Drive out

3rd punch out

Headline Sports podcast with Bruce Magowan: Taking a look at baseball’s legendary pitchers; Astros and White Sox continue to struggle; plus more

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Former San Francisco Giant pitcher Juan Marichal into his wind up was a six time 20 game winner for the Giants (photo from ebay)

On Headline Sports podcast with Bruce:

#1 Bruce, you’ve been covering baseball for decades you’ve got to see some Hall of Fame pitchers Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, and Juan Marichal talk about what it was like to see those legends like.

#2 Marichal missed winning the Cy Young Award in 1968 because Bob Gibson had a better ERA that season

#3 What happened to the Houston Astros, dead last in the American League West 9-19. They’ve fallen on hard times since Dusty Baker left.

#4 The Chicago White Sox are also on hard times at 6-22 last in the AL Central what led to their implosion?

#5 The Oakland A’s have come on lately. They’ve just completed a ten game road trip and got swept by the Cleveland Guardians to start the trip, they split a four game series with the New York Yankees, and won a series against the first place Baltimore Orioles. Is this run for keeps or is it a fluke?

Bruce Magowan is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Giants to start 11 game road trip in Boston Tuesday

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San Francisco Giants Patrick Bailey belts a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sat Apr 20, 2024 (AP News photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Bruce Magowan:

#1 Stephen, The San Francisco Giants (13-15) are on their longest homestand of 2024 they opened with the Arizona Diamondback, New York Mets and now closing up the series with the Pittsburgh Pirates today.

#2 The Giants on the nine game homestand thus far are hitting .240 with 34 runs scored and their getting pitching has an 4.06 ERA.

#3 Stephen have to ask you about catcher Patrick Bailey whose hitting .309, with 3 home runs, and ten RBIs and is seventh best amongst MLB catchers with a .887 OPS.

#4 Stephen, talk about Blake Snell after three starts he’s on the 15 day IL. Snell with an 11.57 ERA. He struggled in those first three starts and had to come out of his last start suffering from adductor strain. The Giants put a lot of stock in him with a big contract.

#5 The Giants will embark on an 11 game road trip they’ll head to Boston starting Tuesday night for three games, then in Philadelphia for four games starting on Friday and concluding the road trip in Colorado for three games next week Tuesday. Talk about how you like the Giants chances against the Red Sox, Phillies and Rockies?

Stephen Ruderman is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: Angels Rendon back on IL with hamstring injury; Orioles top prospect sent down after hitting .059; plus more news

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Los Angeles Angeles Anthony Rendon (6) walks off the field with manager Ron Washington (left) and trainer Mike Frostad (right) after pulling up injured with a torn left hamstring against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark on Sat Apr 20, 2024. Rendon was placed on the 10 day IL.

On Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon who has played only not more than 58 in his last four seasons of his current seven year $245 million contract has a left hamstring tear and the recovery is expected to be a long one. Rendon is frustrated by the injury saying he’s doing everything to stay out there but says nothing is working.

#2 The Baltimore Orioles top prospect Jackson Holliday has been optioned to the Orioles minor triple A affiliate Nashville after managing just two singles, two walks in 36 at bats spread over ten games. Holliday struck out 18 times and was hitting .059 with just one RBI.

#3 The Orioles were just stunned when they were beat in the opening game of their three game series on Friday night by the Oakland A’s 3-2. The A’s had beat the New York Yankees Thursday. That showed shades of maybe Oakland might be up for challenging some of the tougher teams in the American League. Then on Saturday the Orioles got some clutch hitting and pitching shutting down Oakland 5-0.

#4 Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani who was greeted by a thunderous rain of boos at Rogers Centre in Toronto and did what he could only do hitting his seventh home run against the Toronto Blue Jays. Ohtani said he was not surprised and that he got booed in the dugout too. Dave Roberts Dodgers manager said that was funny too. Ohtani knew he was booed after deciding to sign with the Dodgers rather than the Blue Jays in the off season.

#5 Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge why the slump? Judge is hitting .186 with four home runs and the topper was the loss to the A’s on Thursday and Judge earned the golden sombrero with his fourth strike out. Judge said that he’s had worse starts than this one and that you just have to keep on working.

Join Charlie O does Headline Sports podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Diego edges Bay FC 2-1; Bay FC loses it fourth game of season

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Try as hard as they did including headers Bay FC couldn’t get in the win column and drop their fourth loss of the season to the San Diego Wave at Bashor Field in San Diego on Sat Apr 27, 2024 (Bay FC X photo)

By William Espy

Bay FC finished up their three-game road trip in San Diego to take on the San Diego Wave at Bashor Field on Saturday night to a 2-1 loss. Neither team has had the start to the season they had hoped for and both were without key players for this matchup.

Bay’s first-ever signing Alex Loera is out for the season with a torn ACL, while San Diego is without Alex Morgan, Abby Dahlkemper, Melanie Barcenas, and Sofia Jakobsson. Due to the amount of injuries in their lineup, San Diego’s Kimmi Ascanio made her first career start in the NWSL at just 16 years of age.

On Bay FC’s side of things, Albertin Montoya went with a slightly different approach for tonight’s game with Loera out of the lineup, moving Tess Boade back into a more defensive role alongside Dorian Bailey in the midfield. They did have Scarlett Camberos back in the lineup though which was certainly beneficial for the team’s offense.

San Diego Starting XI: Sheridan, Girma, Lundkvist, Wesley, McNabb, Doniak, Ascanio, Jones, Carusa, McCaskill, Colaprico

Bay FC Starting XI: Proulx, King, Dydasco, Menges, Sharples, Bailey, Boade, Castellanos, Camberos, Oshoala, Kundananji

San Diego nearly got out to an early lead in the 10th minute, however, Lysianne Proulx was able to disrupt the play and keep the ball out of the net. That wouldn’t last long though, as just three minutes later Makenzy Doniak was able to beat Proulx with a shot just inside of the box after a pass from the aforementioned Ascanio who recorded her first career NWSL assist.

Racheal Kundananji tried to tie it up a couple of minutes later with a long shot, however, it went over the net and it remained 1-0 in favor of San Diego. Boade showed that a more defensive role wouldn’t prevent her from contributing offensively in the 21st minute, as she was able to take the ball away from Ascanio with a considerable amount of pressure and then immediately get a strong scoring opportunity but she was denied by Kailen Sheridan.

A few moments later, Proulx came out of the goal to play the ball near the edge of the box however the ball fell to a member of the Wave with a wide-open goal. Bay FC got bailed out by Emily Menges who blocked the shot and prevented San Diego from getting out to a 2-0 lead.

Bay got another strong scoring chance in the 28th minute, as Kundananji ran down the wing before finding Asisat Oshoala in front of the goal, who passed it back to Deyna Castellanos. Castellanos fired a great shot, however it went just over the crossbar.

In the 33rd minute, Danielle Colaprico collided with Bailey in midfield. Colaprico went down in a considerable amount of pain with an apparent nose injury, as it was a face-to-face collision between the two. Since she caused a delay in the match, Colaprico had to go to the sideline while play restarted.

In a tremendous showing of sportsmanship, Bailey headed to the sideline herself as well to stand with Colaprico preventing either team from getting an advantage as the result of an accidental injury. One of the most noticeable aspects of Bay’s defensive efforts in the first half was Savy King’s improvement in the defensive third of the pitch, she was disrupting plays quite regularly which hadn’t necessarily been the case all season.

She had played well previously, but it was quite a notable improvement. Both teams got a few more opportunities prior to the end of the first half, but neither was able to score and it went to halftime with San Diego holding their 1-0 lead.

Early in the second half, Kayla Sharples nearly scored in her third straight game, however, she hit the crossbar. Luckily for Bay though, the ball fell to Oshoala who was able to put it away to tie the game at 1. In the 51st minute, Kundananji went down after some contact with Mya Jones, after a small amount of attention from the trainer she got back up and continued the game.

San Diego nearly regained the lead in the 56th minute, Doniak received a cross and a perfect header could’ve easily been a goal however Proulx was able to get right in front of it and make a save. Castellanos was down in significant pain in the 60th minute, however, despite a small limp, she was able to carry on.

Oshoala had a tremendous individual effort in the 63rd minute, as a Wave defender was waiting for the ball to go out for a goal kick, Oshoala got past her. She then took the ball, ran past another defender, and got a shot off that was blocked by Hanna Lundkvist.

In the 73rd minute, the Wave got a scoring chance off of a corner when a volley was seemingly going over the net but it had an absurd amount of spin on it, which caused it to bounce off the crossbar and back into play but Bay FC were able to clear the ball. In the 75th, Oshoala went down after being clipped by an opposing player’s leg.

She was waving desperately at the bench from the ground, which is certainly a scary sight for Bay supporters. She walked off the pitch under her own power but did not look comfortable at all. After the match, both Oshoala and Montoya confirmed that she was just cramping and is expected to be available on Wednesday.

The Waves took a 2-1 lead after a FC Barcelona-esque passing play which was finished off by Jaedyn Shaw. After the goal, Montoya substituted Oshoala out in favor of Princess. Just a few moments later, Bailey was fouled by Colaprico who was already on a yellow card, giving Bay FC a dangerous free kick with time starting to run out.

The short passing play between Joelle Anderson and Boade would quickly be broken up, leading to a corner which also would fail to convert. Boade almost tied it up in the 85th minute following a great pass by Princess, however, the shot went well over the goal.

Bay FC was buzzing as 90 minutes came to an end, they had seven minutes of stoppage time to tie it up but so far they’d struggled to beat the keeper despite quite a bit of pressure. Bailey nearly did just that after a shot from Sharples but she was tripped up in the box and the ball trickled out of play for a corner which nothing came out of.

Montoya then sent Sharples up front as a center forward to try to get on the end of headers, certainly an interesting strategy that had the potential to pay off. She created a few chances and nearly scored a couple of times but was unable to convert on those chances.

Bay had quite a few close calls, but they were unable to score a second goal of the night and when the final whistle blew, it was a 2-1 win for San Diego.