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That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: A’s open two game series tonight in Arlington against Rangers

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The Oakland A’s will be sending out starter Ken Waldichuk (64) for Tue Sep 14, 2022’s contest in Arlington against the Texas Rangers (White Cleat Beat file photo)

On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Amaury, the Oakland A’s had the day off on Monday and get ready for the Texas Rangers tonight at Arlington. The A’s are coming off a win on Sunday defeating the Chicago White Sox convincingly 10-3.

#2 The A’s were in need for the win they were on a six game homestand which they had up to Sunday lost every game at home and salvaged Sunday’s game with a six run fifth inning.

#3 The A’s were able to get some help from Ramon Laureano who hit two home runs after replacing rightfielder Chad Pinder.

#4 Pinder was ejected for arguing about a ball he hit that hit the leftfield chalk line as to it being fair or foul it was ruled foul and on his way to the outfield Pinder expressed his truest feeling to third base umpire Edwin Moscosco who ejected Pinder.

#5 A’s are in Arlington Tuesday night and will start Ken Waldichuk (0-1, 3.60) and for the Rangers Cole Ragans (0-2, 3.80) a 5:05pm PDT first pitch.

Join Amaury Pi Gonzalez whose the Spanish play by play radio voice for the Oakland A’s on flagship station 1010 KIQI San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Las Vegas Raiders podcast with Rich Perez: Raiders licking wounds from week 1; Vegas preparing for Arizona in Sunday’s home opener

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The Kansas City Chiefs kept the pressure up on Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) here is Murray after one of the Chiefs sacks on Sun Sep 11, 2022 in Glendale. The Raiders host the Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sun Sep 18, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the Raiders podcast:

#1 Rich, how much would you say that the Los Angeles Chargers defense played a role in keeping the Raiders out of the end zone and protected the lead all the way as the Raiders closed within five points at the end.

#2 Devante Adams just couldn’t carry the Raiders on his back on offense Adams for the afternoon caught ten passes, for 141 yards and one touchdown.

#3 Rich talk about that second quarter that the Chargers had they scored twice and the Raiders didn’t have an answer in that quarter how concerned did Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels have to be during that quarter.

#4 Rich did it appear to you that Raider quarterback Derek Carr had enough time to throw and help get the Raiders the lead?

#5 The Raiders host the Arizona Cardinals this Sun Sep 18th at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for week 2. The Cardinals took a tough loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Glendale 44-21 a lopsided affair. The Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray threw for 193 yards, went 22 for 34 and two touchdowns.

Join Rich Perez for the Las Vegas Raiders podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Cal Bears podcast with Morris Phillips: Can Cal handle Notre Dame in first road game of the season

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The Cal Bears Jaydn Ott takes a dive into the end zone for six points against the UNLV Running Rebels on Sat Sep 10, 2022 at Cal Memorial Stadium in Berkeley (AP News photo)

On the Cal Bears podcast with Morris:

#1 Morris, the Cal Bears scored twice on the UNLV Running Rebels 14-0 at Cal Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on Saturday doing most of the damage in the first quarter.

#2 Talk about running back Jaydn Ott’s touchdowns scoring one on the ground and one from a pass know what he can do what impact will he have on the Cal offense.

#3 Morris, talk about the Cal defense with three fourth quarter stops that didn’t allow UNLV to score in second half.

#4 Talk about Jack Plummer’s afternoon throwing 278 yards going 28-39, one touchdown and one interception.

#5 Cal heads to Notre Dame and the Fighting Irish who have lost two of their first two games and will be battling Cal who is 2-0. Can Plummer handle the Notre Dame pass rush and how do you see the Cal offensive game for this one next Saturday.

Join Morris for the Cal Bears podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants Win Second In a Row Against Chicago 4-2

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San Francisco Giants hitter Thairo Estrada smacks a top of the fourth inning single against the Chicago Cubs on Sun Sep 11, 2022 at Wrigley Field in Chicago (AP News photo)

Giants Win Second In a Row Against Chicago 4-2

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (67-73) finished off their three game series with the Chicago Cubs (58-82) Sunday evening. Saturday the Giants offense came to life with 11 hits scoring five runs and winning game two 5-2.

Sunday San Francisco got more production at the plate again to not only win game three but also the series as they defeated the Cubs 4-2 at Wrigley Field.

The first run of the game came in the fourth inning when Thairo Estrada singled and J.D. Davis scored giving San Francisco a 1-0 lead.

In the fifth inning Chicago tied up the game 1-1. Rafael Ortega singled and Zach McKinstry scored on a San Francisco error.

The game remained tied into the seventh inning. Thairo Estrada, who was having an amazing offensive game, hit a solo home run in the inning to take back the lead for the Giants 2-1.

In the eighth inning more long balls for San Francisco. Wilmer Flores homered with Lewis Brinson on base extending their lead to 4-1. This was Flores’ 18th homer of the season. Chicago’s Seiya Suzuki homered in the eighth inning, a solo, but that would be it for the Cubs.

The Giants win their second in a row. They had eight hits in this game continuing to swing the bats very well.

The Giants will be back home for a three game series with the red-hot Atlanta Braves on Monday night. The Braves will be sending Spencer Strider (10-4, 2.69) going up against Giants starter Alex Cobb (5-6, 3.68) a 6:45 pm PDT first pitch at Oracle Park in San Francisco.

Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason: Everybody hits on Dave Stewart day as A’s clobber Sox 10-2

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Oakland A’s outifelder Cristian Pache hits a single off the Chicago White Sox in the bottom of the fifth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Sun Sep 11, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 Barbara big celebration at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday as the A’s retired former pitcher Dave Stewart’s number 34 which Dave gave a tremendous thanks every on the dais and all the fans throughout the A’s years.

#2 Tony Kemp the A’s second baseman became the first Oakland lead off hitter to score four runs, hit a home run which actually helped the A’s beat the Chicago White Sox by a huge score 10-3.

#3 The A’s Ramon Laureano slugged two home runs and replaced Chad Pinder in rightfield. The A’s also had Vimeal Machin at third base who hit a two run double in the bottom of the fifth inning.

#4 The A’s held the Sox to only three runs. Starter Cole Irvin pitched seven innings, four hits and three runs.

#5 The A’s now open a two game series against the Texas Rangers at the Ballpark in Arlington on Tuesday night and will start Ken Waldichuk (0-1, 3.60) and for the Rangers Cole Ragans (0-2, 3.80) a 5:05pm PDT first pitch.

Join the voice of Oakland A’s podcasting Barbara Mason Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Raiders fall short in last ditch 4th quarter effort 24-19 to Chargers in Inglewood

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Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Devante Adams (left) goes airborne after making a catch and is caught up with Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Asante Adams Jr (26) in the second half. SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (AP News photo)

By Rich Perez

After tying the game in the first quarter 3-3 the Las Vegas Raiders and the Los Angeles Chargers battled throughout the contest on Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. It had been nine years since Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and wide receiver Devante Adams had played together since college.

Carr hit Adams for an 11 yard pass on the opening drive of the game. It turned out that Adams would be Carr’s favorite target all afternoon throwing to Adams for five completions. Despite Carr and Adams hooking up the Raiders defense couldn’t hold the line in the second quarter as the Chargers scored 14 points.

“We did some good things,” Carr said. “There’s also some things that him and I, we were just talking about in the locker room, the way I see it, the way he sees it, and we’re trying to make that better. So yeah, we had production, but I think that we can be better, and so does he.”

It was a great afternoon for Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert had who went 26-34 threw for three touchdowns for 279 yards throwing to wide receivers DeAndre Carter and Gerald Everett.

The Raiders have their work cut out for them as they return to Las Vegas on Sun Sep 18th at Allegiant Stadium to host the Arizona Cardinals and Kyler Murray. The Cardinals have more a will to win after they got beat 44-21 by quarterback Pat Mahomes and the Kansas Chiefs in Glendale. Murray went 22-34, 193 yards and two touchdowns and was relieved by back up quarterback Trace McSorley after the game became lopsided.

Rich Perez is a Raiders beat writer and does the Raiders podcasts Wednesdays and Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Kotsay, Pinder, A’s take frustrations out on Sox 10-3; Oakland snaps 5 game loss streak

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Oakland A’s Tony Kemp thanks the good Lord after smacking a solo shot in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Oakland Coliseum (AP News photo)

By Morris Phillips and Jerry Feitelberg

OAKLAND–As the Oakland A’s honored former pitcher Dave Stewart at the Oakland Coliseum retiring his number 34. The A’s had a six run rally in the bottom of the fifth inning that led to their 10-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. The win snapped the A’s five game losing skid.

The A’s got down to some serious business after their manager Mark Kotsay and right fielder Chad Pinder argued that a fly ball to the leftfield chalk line was ruled foul in the last of the first.

It was then when all the excitement took place as Pinder hit a fly that hit right on the leftfield chalk line that would have been an RBI double but was called a foul ball by third base umpire Edwin Moscoso. A’s manager Mark Kotsay wanted a review and the call stood.

At the end of the inning Pinder instead of going out to rightfield got into an argument with Moscoso and was thrown out and had to be restrained by third baseman Vimeal Machin as Pinder was trying to get at Moscoso then Kotsay got in a few words but didn’t get ejected.

Later the A’s new rightfielder Ramon Laureano hit a two run home run and Machin hit a two run double in the bottom of the fifth as the A’s wound scoring six runs in that inning. Laureano would end up hitting two home runs for the day. The rally put the A’s on top 7-2 and gave A’s starter Cole Irvin some cushion. The A’s have now used a total of 60 players since opening day back in March and have used 31 rookie position players and 18 rookie pitchers an A’s franchise record.

The White Sox had been running hot they took the first three games of this four game series from the A’s and had had a four game winning streak snapped and had suffered their third loss in 12 games. The Sox are in hot pursuit in the AL Wild Card race just behind the Cleveland Guardians.

The A’s now open a two game series against the Texas Rangers at the Ballpark in Arlington on Tuesday night and will start Ken Waldichuk (0-1, 3.60) and for the Rangers Cole Ragans (0-2, 3.80) a 5:05pm PDT first pitch.

Aces Win Game One In Championship Series Over Relentless Suns 67-64

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Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson (22) posts up for a shot over Connecticut Sun center Brionna Jones during the first half in Game 1 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP News photo)

Aces Win Game One In Championship Series Over Relentless Suns 67-64

By Barbara Mason

Sunday afternoon the Las Vegas Aces defeated the Connecticut Sun 67-64 at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas to take a 1-0 series lead in their quest for their first championship. They will played the upset-minded Sun who mounted a 4th quarter rally beating the defending champion Chicago Sky 72-63 in game five of their series last Thursday.

The Aces have inarguably the best starting lineup in the WNBA and in her first year as head coach the team boasts the incomparable leadership of Becky Hammond.

The Sun took on the likes of A’ja Wilson (WNBA MVP for a second year), Kelsey Plum (all-time leading scorer in division I history) and finally Jackie Young ( the league’s most improved player). They have an invaluable host of players that will support them throughout this series.

Game 1 Sunday recap: Las Vegas got off to a quick start and at one time the Aces held a 12 point lead but the Sun kept plugging away and at the half had taken a 38-34 lead in an unexpected turnaround. The Sun won the second quarter 21-9 in a punishing effort.

The Sun continued to battle and held the lead through most of the third quarter. In the final three minutes of the quarter the Aces began to turn it around and led after three 55-53.

The Sun came into this game with upset on their mind and they were sure playing like it trailing in the fourth quarter but within striking distance. With under three minutes left in the game Las Vegas created a little distance leading 58-66. With 34 seconds left on the clock, the Aces held a slim 67-64 lead. That advantage would hold and Las Vegas had won the first game of the series.

Much of the success in this game went to the Aces defense fighting throughout the game against a tenacious Sun squad. Alyssa Thomas finished with 19 points for the Sun and Jonquel Jones had 15 but Connecticut came up just short in a hard fought battle that went right down to the wire.

A’ja Wilson finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds another double double for her. Chelsea Gray had 21 points and Jackie Young had 11. It was a slow night for Kelsey Plum who only had six points but look for her to pick things up throughout the series.

Game Two will be in Las Vegas on Tuesday with tipoff at 6:00 PM on ESPN.

49ers stumble to Bears 19-10 in wet, dreary game

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance (5) is outnumbered and tackled in first half action by the Chicago Bears linebacker Roquan Smith (58) and defensive lineman Dominique Robinson (91) at Soldier Field in Chicago on Sun Sep 11, 2022 (AP News photo)

by Marko Ukalovic

A monsoon of mother nature and a tight lipped defense spoiled the season opener for the San Francisco 49ers.

The Chicago Bears took advantage of the weather and costly turnovers as they upset the the scarlet and gold 19-10 on a miserable wet Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field.

On a day where the heavens opened up and were relentless, the field made things difficult for both teams dealing with a drenched field. Penalties and turnovers were detrimental to San Francisco’s ability to overcome the weather.

San Francisco’s defense was dominant in the first half as they forced Justin Fields and the Bears offense into numerous three and outs.

Talanoa Hufanga intercepted Fields on the Bears second possession as he read the deep ball over the middle where Fields overthrew his receiver.

The 49ers (0-1) drew first blood in the second quarter. Hybrid receiver-back Deebo Samuel concluded a seven play, 52-yard drive when he rushed for a six-yards touchdown on an end around handoff from quarterback Tre Lance.

Samuel had fumbled the ball on the 49ers first drive that was the beginning of the missed opportunities San Francisco experienced throughout the game.

Chicago (1-0) tried for a field goal just before halftime but were flagged when they used a towel on the field to try sop up some of the water, which is illegal to do. The 15-yard penalty took them out of field goal range and then ended up punting to end the half.

San Francisco started the second half off with a promising drive. However, it stalled at the Bears 18-yard line as Lance was sacked on third down and they had to settle for a 25-yard field goal by Robbie Gould instead of being able to double its lead.

“You don’t win a lot of games when you miss those opportunities to put a game away. Not to take anything away from them (Chicago), I’m disappointed in some of the silly mistakes we did to ourselves,” 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said after the game.

The second half was a flip of the script. Chicago’s defense became the dominating force and didn’t allow San Francisco to score the rest of the game.

The Bears’ offense came alive late in the third quarter. Fields made a play where he scrambled out of the pocket to the right then to the left before finding a wide open Dante Pettis down the right sideline. Pettis raced in the rest of the way for a 51-yard touchdown reception to cut the lead to 10-7.

Chicago gained its first lead early in the fourth quarters. Fields led a 10 play 84-yard drive when he found Equanimeous St. Brown for an 18-yard touchdown with 12:45 remaining. Kicker Cairo Santos missed the extra point as the Bears led 13-10.

Lance was intercepted by Eddie Jackson on the next 49ers’ possession when he telegraphed a pass over the middle intended for Jauan Jennnings. Jackson returned the ball 26 yards to the 49ers 21 yard line.

Chicago cashed in the turnover when Khalil Herbert rushed for a three-yard touchdown to put the game out of reach despite Santos second missed extra point.

“Whenever you let a team hang around, it’s not gonna be good,” offensive tackle Trent Williams said.

It was a difficult game for Lance, who finished 13 of 28 for 164 yards, no touchdowns and one interception. Lance led the team in rushing with 54 yards on 13 carries. His best carry was on a 3rd and 13 where he rushed for 13 yards to get the first down.

Jennings led San Francisco in receiving with four catches for 62 yards. Both Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk only had two catches a piece respectively.

Field finished the game 8 of 17 for 121 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. He also added 28 yards on the ground.

GAME NOTES: San Francisco finished 8-for-17 on third down conversions. Chicago was 5-for-14.

INJURY UPDATE: San Francisco suffered two keys injuries during the game. Running back Elijah Mitchell left the game in the first half with a knee injury. Defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw suffered an ankle injury in the first quarter and also didn’t return. Both player will be evaluated on Monday.

UP NEXT: San Francisco returns to Santa Clara for their home opener against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday 9/18 at 1:05pm at Levi’s Stadium.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: A’s retire Dave Stewart’s #34 at Coliseum today; White Sox manager Tony LaRussa to pay tribute to Stew

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Former Oakland A’s pitcher Dave Stewart had his number 34 retired on Sun Sep 11, 2022 at the Oakland Coliseum and pushing for to keep the A’s in Oakland (AP file photo)

#1 Jerry, the A’s will be retiring the number 34 for the second time the first time was for former A’s reliever Rollie Fingers this time for former A’s starter Dave Stewart talk about how popular Stew was and what retiring #34 means for him?

#2 One of Dave Stewart’s biggest push since retiring from baseball is his association with the African American Sports and Entertainment Group and the group’s efforts to keep the A’s in Oakland and if the A’s ever went up for sale Stewart and his group would be interested in purchasing the team.

#3 Jerry, this week MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred approved changes through the competition committee on three rule changes, increasing the size of the bases from 15 inches to 18 inches, the pitcher must throw the ball within 15 seconds and 20 seconds with runners on base, and the shift is out with players staying in their tradition territories on defense. What do you make of Manfred’s rule changes?

#4 The Players Union said the do not agree with the changes on he pitch clock and the shifts. The report from the union stated that MLB refused to discuss or meet with the players competitive committee to hear their objections and the new rules will be implemented next season.

#5 The A’s travel to Arlington to face the Texas Rangers for a brief two game series Tuesday and Wednesday. Starting for the A’s on Tuesday Ken Waldichuk (0-1, 3.60) and for the Rangers Cole Ragans (0-2, 3.80) a 5:05pm PDT first pitch.

Jerry Feitelberg was heard in place of Charlie O who does the Oakland A’s podcasts every other Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com