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Silver Knights take down Barracuda 5-3

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by Marko Ukalovic

LAS VEGAS, Nev—Pavel Dorofeyev scored two goals for the Henderson Silver Knights as they defeated the San Jose Barracuda 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at T-Mobile Arena.

San Jose have lost three games in a row and continue to sit in fourth place in the Pacific Division. Henderson have won two in a row and sit atop of the Pacific with 46 points.

San Jose (15-14-4-2) drew first blood early in the first period with an even strength goal. Nicolas Meloche started a three-on-two odd man rush and fed a pass over to Ozzy Wiesblatt at the Silver Knights blueline. Wiesblatt found Scott Reedy all alone on the right wing and he snapped home a wrist shot past Silver Knights goalie Oscar Dansk to the short side off the post for his fifth goal of the season at the 4:22 mark.

Henderson (23-12-0-0) answered back over two minutes later on the power play. Danny O’Regan picked up the puck behind the net after a battle along the boards. The former San Jose Sharks prospect skated out to the left slot and fired home a wrist shot to the short side of ‘Cuda goalie Zachary Sawchenko for his team leading 13th goal of the season at the 6:30 mark.

O’Regan has tormented his former team all season long with his fifth goal against the Barracuda. He has 12 points in his last eight games.

The Silver Knights gained the lead when Dorofeyev scored his first goal of the game. Zach Hayes sent a shot in from the left point that snuck underneath and behind Zawchenko. Dorofeyev crashed the net and jammed home the rebound for his seventh goal of the season at the 12:37 mark.

Henderson scored its third unanswered goal of the game early in the second period. Ryan Murphy fed a pass over to Dylan Sikura whose shot popped up in the air and went behind Sawchenko. Cody Glass whacked the puck out of the air into the back of the net for his fourth goal of the season at the 4:05 mark.

The Barracuda came back and answered back 95 seconds later. Ryan Merkley sent a shot from the point that was blocked out in front. The rebound leaked out to Maxim Letunov who buried a wrist shot under the arm of Dansk for his 12th goal of the season at the 5:40 mark.

Letunov has scored in back-to-back games and has three goals in his past four games.

Dorofeyev gave the Silver Knights a huge insurance goal early in the third period with his second goal of the game seconds after their power play opportunity had expired. Gage Quinney set up Dorofeyev right in front of the crease and he tapped home the puck past Sawchenko for his eighth goal of the season at the 2:05 mark.

San Jose cut the lead to a one-goal game with a five-on-three power play goal right after Henderson’s fourth goal. Jayden Halbgewachs’ shot rebounded over to Wiesblatt who skated out to the right face off circle, outwaited Dansk and snapped home a wrist shot top-shelf for his second goal of the season at the 4:04 mark.

It was a pair of firsts for the Sharks 2020 first round draft pick. He scored his first power play goal as well as his first multi-point game of his careeer.

The ‘Cuda pulled Sawchenko for an extra attacker with 1:53 left in the third period but Jack Dugan ended their comeback attempt with an empty net goal with 29 seconds remaining for his ninth goal of the season.

Dansk finished the game stopping 27 of the 30 shots he faced, including three consecutive point blank saves while the ‘Cuda were on the five-on-three penalty kill, to earn the victory. Sawchenko made 35 saves on 39 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: Both San Jose and Henderson went 1-for-5 on the power play.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Dorofeyev 2) Glass 3) Sikura

The announced attendance was 3831.

UP NEXT: The Barracuda conclude the regular season against the Silver Knights on Tuesday 5/11 at 7:00pm at Orleans Arena.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda play last game of season on Tuesday night in Vegas

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The San Jose Barracuda Jacob McGrew forward (64) defends against the boards Mon May 3, 2021 against the Bakersfield Condors at Solar4America in San Jose (@sjbarracuda photo)

On the Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda (15-13-4-2) concluded their final home game of the season against the Bakersfield Condors (21-12-0-1) last Monday after winning three straight over the Condors the Barracuda couldn’t hold on for the win losing by two goals 5-3.

#2 Barracuda goaltender Alexi Melnichuk had a rough outing last Monday allowing five goals on 19 Condor shots.

#3 The Condors goalie Stuart Skinner has had some luck he was the AHL CCM goalie of the month of March. He stopped 35 Barracuda shots against and won his 18th game he’s got a bright future whenever he get recalled to the Oilers.

#4 Joel Kellman has been going well for the Barracuda he was the CCM AHL Player of the Week he picked up three points for the Barracuda last Monday and has scored ten points in his last four games.

#5 The Barracuda faced off against the Henderson Silver Knights at 1:00pm today at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas just get a run down from you on how that game went.

Join Marko for the San Jose Barracuda podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Matt Harrington: Sharks and Coyotes face off again tonight; Will Boughner go with younger players again?

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The Arizona Coyotes kept San Jose Sharks goaltender Josef Korenar (32) very busy on Fri May 7, 2021 at SAP Center in San Jose scoring five goals and 29 shots on goal (AP News photo)

On San Jose Sharks podcast with Matt:

#1 The San Jose Sharks (21-27-6) had a 2-0 lead on Friday night at SAP Center only to lose it 5-2 to the Arizona Coyotes (23-26-6) the Coyotes tied it up the second period and had a burst in the third period with three goals.

#2 The Coyotes Phil Kessel scored his 900th career NHL point in the third period on a break away goal it’s got to be a honorary plateau for Coyotes veteran.

#3 Sharks goaltender Josef Korenar allowed five goals and saw 29 shots he’s had some rough games as back up is it a matter of getting more experience for Korenar or is he just simply getting overwhelmed in this call to the Sharks?

#4 Head coach Bob Boughner took at a look at some of his younger players of the future and said after the game, “They’re a little bit in and out, and then they’re still learning the ropes and how to come every night and prepare and be consistent at the NHL level.”

#5 Matt, same clubs tonight in game two of this two game series at SAP Center will Boughner play more of his rookies, young players and fourth line or will he insert some of the veterans to get after the Coyotes tonight.

Join Matt for the Sharks podcasts each Saturday night at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Belt and Crawford each go deep in Giants win 7-1

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford must think it is 2012 or 2014; because, the way they have been hitting, it seems like the playoffs are on the horizon.

Crawford launched a three-run home run onto the Arcade in the bottom of the second inning, and then Belt hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning, helping the San Francisco Giants to a 7-1 victory over the San Diego Padres before a paid crowd of 9,764 at Oracle Park.

Belt led off the second inning with a single, then Evan Longoria doubled Belt to third and then Crawford hit his seventh home run of the season to give the Giants a 3-0 lead.

That would be all that Kevin Gausman would need, as he went six innings, allowing one run on three hits, walked just one and struck out seven, as he won for the third time without a loss this season.

Gausman lowered his earned run average to 1.97, as the Giants increased their lead over the Padres to 2.5 games and currently three games over the Los Angeles Dodgers, who play the Los Angeles Angels at Anaheim Stadium.

Crawford and Buster Posey led the team in home runs with seven, for two innings when Belt hit his seventh home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth inning.

The fifth Giants run of the afternoon came when Austin Slater, the hero of Friday nights victory over the Padres drove in Steven Duggar with a single off of Padres reliever Tim Hill.

Duggar singled with one out in the inning, went to second, when Jake Cronenworth made a great play at second base to get Curt Casali at first base. Darin Ruf was then intentionally walked, and then Slater singled in Duggar with the fifth run of the game.

Slater hit his fourth home run of the season, a two-run blast deep over the center field wall that also scored Mauricio Dubon, who reached on a fielders choice. It was the second hit in as many at bats for Slater, who came on to pinch hit for Mike Tauchman in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Musgrove, who tossed the Padres first ever no hitter on April 9 against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field lasted five innings, allowed four runs on eight hits, did not walk a batter and struck out seven and saw his record fall to 2-4 on the season.

Mike Yastrzemski made his return to the lineup and took a collar, as he went 0-for-4 on the afternoon.

The Giants put an end to the streak that saw them five hits or fewer against the Padres, as they picked up 11 hits against Padres pitching. The six-game streak was the longest by a Giants opponent since 1901.

NOTES: Gausman was activated from the 10-day injured list prior to the game and Pitcher Aaron Sanchez was placed on the 10-day injured list with right bicep tightness.

With the victory, the Giants have won 12 out of their first 15 games at home this season, a .800 winning percentage, the best home record in the majors.

The Giants are fourth team in the major leagues this season to reach the 20-win plateau, as they join the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 20-win club in 2021. Also, the Giants have the best record in the National League by percentage points over the Cardinals and are tied with the Red Sox for the best record in the major leagues.

UP NEXT: Johnny Cueto makes his return to the Oracle Park mound on Sunday afternoon for the Giants, while the Padres have not announced their starter for the series finale.

Spurs end five game skid and Kings four game win streak with 113-104 win

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The San Antonio Spurs came up with a nine point victory over the Sacramento Kings on Fri May 7, 2021 at Golden One Center in Sacramento (@spurs photo)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

The Sacramento Kings were back in action on Friday night. They last played on Wednesday against the Indiana Pacers. The Kings would look to keep their momentum going having four in a row. The kings and Spurs entered the game both vying for the 10th spot and to get into the play in tournament. The Spurs held the spot and were multiple games up on the Kings entering play. However, before we talk about Friday’s game let’s discuss the Kings against the Pacers.

Flashback Wednesday: The Kings played the Pacers on Wednesday and played one of the better games of the season. Sacramento’s defense held the Pacers to only 93 points as the Kings offense put up a cool 104. It was the Kings fourth win in a row as they looked to inch closer in the playoff race.

Friday night recap: The Kings were set to take on the conference standing rivals on Friday at 7PM PST in Sacramento.

In the first half, the Kings held their own. In the first quarter the Kings were outscored 25-21, but looked solid and San Antonio didn’t have a lot of momentum. In the second quarter, the Kings managed to outscore the Spurs 28-27 but it wasn’t enough to grab the lead going into halftime. The Kings entered halftime down 52-49. If the Kings would want to stay in the playoff hunt they would need to win in comeback fashion.

In the second half, the Kings started off well. They managed to outscore the Spurs in the third quarter 32-26 to grab the lead heading into the final quarter of play. However, the Spurs mounted a comeback in the fourth quarter out scoring the Kings 35-23. That would put the Spurs over the top and defeating the Kings 113-104 in Sacramento. The game most likely marked the end of any playoff hopes for the Kings as this was the team they desperately needed to make ground up on. Leading the way for the Kings in defeat was Terence Davis who scored 24 points. The Spurs were led in victory by DeMar DeRozan who had 25 points.

Up Next: The Kings will stay home to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night at 7 PM PST.

Slater goes yard to give Giants huge win 5-4 over San Diego

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The San Francisco Giants Austin Slater (13) is congratulated by Brandon Crawford (35) after hitting a solo shot home run against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri May 7, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

Austin Slater came up with the biggest hit of the game when the San Francisco Giants needed it the most.

Slater hit an opposite field home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the Giants defeated the San Diego Padres 5-4 at Oracle Park.

It was the second home run of the night for the Giants, and the second by a right-handed to the Arcade section of the ballpark.

Buster Posey got the Giants on the board in the bottom of the third inning, as he hit his seventh home run of the season that gave the Giants an early 2-0 lead.

Evan Longoria lengthened the Giants up to 4-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he singled to score both Slater and Posey and that looked like it would be enough, especially the way that Anthony DeSclafani was looking on the mound.

Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell the Padres that the Giants were going to win this game after just five innings, when it is a nine-inning game.

Trent Grisham cut the Giants lead in half, as he hit a two-run home run off of DeSclafani in the top of the sixth inning that also scored Jorge Mateo, who led off the inning with a single.

After Manny Machado doubled with one out in the frame, Sam Selman came on to replace DeSclafani and then Eric Hosmer tied up the game with one swing of the bat with his fourth home run of the season.

DeSclafani ended up with a no-decision, as he went 5.1 innings, allowing three runs on four hits, walking one and striking out three.

Blake Snell, who came over to the Padres after helping the Tampa Bay Rays to the 2020 World Series, went 4.2 innings, allowing four runs on just one hit; however, Snell walked six and struck out five.

This became a bullpen game, as the Giants bullpen of Selman, Zack Littell, Camilo Doval, Tyler Rogers and Jake McGee went the final 3.1 innings, allowing one run on two hits, walking one and striking out three. Doval pitched a perfect seventh inning with a strikeout to pick up his first major league victory.

Despite allowing a lead-off walk to Jake Cronenworth in the top of the ninth inning, McGee came back to strikeout the side to pick up the eighth save of the season, including getting Ha-Seong Kim on a called third strike to end the game.

The Slater home run off of Keone Kela in the bottom of the seventh inning was the only batter that Kela faced, as he was lifted for former Giants pitcher Pierre Johnson.

In all, the Padres bullpen went the final 3.1 innings, allowing one run on three hits, walking one and striking out five; however, that bad pitch by Kela cost them a chance to gain ground on the first-place Giants in the National League West.

With the victory, the Giants lead in the NL West jumped up to a 1.5 games over the Padres and 2.5 games over the Dodgers, who have lost four in a row, including a 9-2 loss in the opener of the Freeway Series to the Los Angeles Angels at Anaheim Stadium.

NOTES: Mike Yastrzemski and Jarlin Garcia were activated from 10-day injured list and Alex Dickerson was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement.

This was the sixth straight game that the Giants picked up five or fewer hits against the Padres, which is the longest streak for the Giants against any opponent since 1901, this according to STATS, INC.

The Giants are now 11-3 on the season at home, the best home record in the major leagues thus far this season.

Prior to the game, Willie Mays was driven around the field in a convertible, as the team celebrated the 90th birthday of The Say Hey Kid. Mays, who turned 90 yesterday is the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Giants Community Fund is proud to introduce Willie Mays Scholars a new program designed to address racial and educational inequities by providing Black youth in San Francisco with academic and holistic support, in addition to a scholarship of up to $20,000…with the expertise of local partners, 100% College Prep and Alive and Free, scholars will receive mentoring and tailored wraparound services, empowering them to achieve success in high school, college and beyond…in celebration of the Say Hey Kids 90th Birthday, please join the Giants and Willie in giving the gift of education at jrgiants.org/MaysScholars.

UP NEXT: Kevin Gausman looks for his third win of the season, as he takes the mound on Saturday afternoon, while the Padres will send Joe Musgrove to the hill.

Wondolowski’s late brace give Quakes 2-1 comeback win over Real Salt Lake

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(image from @TechtonicTakes)

by Marko Ukalovic

SANDY, Utah–Chris Wondolowski scored two goals in a four-minute span late in the second half to give the San Jose Earthquakes a thrilling 2-1 come from behind victory over Real Salt Lake on a drizzly Friday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium.

San Jose have won three games in a row. Real Salt Lake had its two game wining streak to start the season snapped.

Wondo’s late heroics started when he scored the equalizer in the 83rd minute. Shae Salinas sent in a cross to Carlos Fierro whose shot was saved by Real Salt Lake goalie David Ochoa. Wondolowski kept himself onside inside the box and chipped the rebound over Ochoa for his first goal of the season.

He then completed the brace with the game winning goal just four minutes later in the 87th minute. Fierro possessed the ball down along the right sideline. He made one look into the middle before sending a perfect cross between two RSL defenders and Wondo buried a header past Ochoa into the lower right corner of the net for his second goal of the match.

With his brace, the all-time MLS leading goal scorer now has 168 goals in his career. He missed last week’s game against DC United due to a one-game suspension for receiving a red card against FC Dallas.

“It was monumental for me,” said the Quakes captain. “The first two weeks, I probably had the two worst plays of my career back-to-back. I can’t be thankful enough for the teammates that I have that picked me up and also the coaching staff. I say Matias, and a lot of it is Matias, but it’s his coaching staff as well with Omar [Zarif] and Guido [Bonini]. Those guys really help propel me and I wanted to repay them. They’ve been the wind behind my back, and I needed them these last couple weeks but I’m proud of this group, proud to be a part of it.”

Real Salt Lake (2-1-0) first quality scoring chance came in the 16th minute. Justin Meram had a shot from 20 yards out that hit the cross bar. The Quakes were able to clear away rebound and no second chance opportunity for RSL.

RSL drew first blood late in the first half when Rubio Rubín made a spectacular acrobatic play in the 43rd minute. A throw in from the left side line went to Damir Kreilach where he headed the ball over to Rubín. The 25-year old native of Beaverton, Oregon played the ball off his chest and fired a bicycle kick all in one motion into the upper left side of the net past Quakes goalie JT Marcinkowski for his third goal of the season.

Marcos López made his first start of the season at left back for head coach Matias Almeyda. His errant pass set up RSL’s first goal

San Jose (3-1-0) had two quality scoring chances in the first half. A corner kick led to Tanner Beason’s header attempt flying high over the net in the 19th minute. Then in the 38th minute, Fierro’s shot attempt from the right side of the box was saved by RSL’s goalie David Ochoa.

Despite controlling the possession in the first half 65%-35% and getting four corner kicks, San Jose went into the intermission licking their wounds down by a goal.

Each team received a yellow card in the first 45 minutes. Kraeilich earned his in the first minute of play when he made a hard sliding foul on Florian Jungwirth. Eric Remedi earned his card in the 21st minute with a hard foul along the right wing on Andrew Brody.

San Jose had a chance to get on the board early in the second half. Tommy Thompson raced in from the right wing and centered a ball into the middle of the box but Cristian Espinoza’s shot was blocked by a Real Salt Lake defender at the 57th minute.

“Chris [Wondolowski] gets ready every day with the belief that he can keep scoring. He supports whoever is playing and gives everything when he is called up. He deserves to score these goals because he is our legend that continues to score,” Almeyda said.

RSL had one last gasp to tie the game in the fifth minute of stoppage time but Nick Besler’s header from the center of the box went ride to the right.

“We are happy for this win. The team never gave up and fought until the end. Our offense is really good, but I also think our defense did a great job. We are happy for them. As time passes, we are learning more about each other and that has helped the team develop, and we have seen that in every match,” said Fierro.

Marcinkowski finished the match with three saves on four shots to earn his third straight victory. Ochoa made four saves on six shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose had seven corner kicks. Real Salt Lake had four.

Salt Lake out fouled San Jose 11-9.

San Jose entered the game with a 0-3-3 record in its last six games at Rio Tinto Stadium.

UP NEXT: The Earthquakes return home to begin a three-game homestand when they host the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday 5/12 at 7:30pm at PayPal Park.

Brown hits one downtown for A’s walk off win 2-1 over Tampa Bay; Manaea just misses a no hitter

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In the first inning no one had any idea that Oakland A’s starter Sean Manaea seen here throwing to the Tampa Bay Rays line up would throw a near no hitter into the eighth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Fri May 7, 2021 (AP News photo)

Tampa Bay 1 – 3 – 1

Oakland 2 – 7 – 0

By Lewis Rubman

May 7, 2021

OAKLAND–The A’s have been facing some veteran hurlers recently, but none as veteran as 41 year old Rich Hill, their antagonist for tonight. Of all the players in the major leagues, only Alberto Pujols is older than he is, and yesterday Pujols was designated for assignment.

Hill’s pitching for Tampa Bay, i.e., St. Petersburg, reminds me that Ring Lardner, who wrote You Know Me, Al, which Virginia Woolf said contained “the best prose that has come our way,” and “a story about baseball, a game which is not played in England, a story written often in a language which is not English,” as well as “Golden Honeymoon,” a story that depicts St. Petersburg as a place where, like triples in Ramón Laureano’s glove, retired people go to die. (I’m 80 years old, so I can get away with this sort of morbid ageism).

Among his baseball travels during his 16 year major league career, was a sojourn with Oakland, for whom he started 14 games in 2016. Frankie Montás was one of the players the A’s got in exchange for sending Hill, along with Josh Reddick, to the Dodgers. Going into tonight’s fray at 1-1, 6.39, Rich hoped to show that despite his age, he’s on the hill, not over it. He, not incidentally, also hoped to extend the Rays’ five game winning streak, which has vaulted them into second place in the AL East, a game and a half behind Boston.

Sean Manaea, going for Oakland, is, at 29, not quite young enough to be Hill’s son, but easily could be his nephew. Like the rest of the A’s, he’s had a mixed season, taking the mound tonight was a record of 3-1, 3.48 over six starts. In his last three, he went 2-0,2.65. He received no decision in his most recent outing, giving up four runs on seven hits in five innings against Baltmore five days ago. Before that, he faced the Rays in St. Pete, going five innings and giving up four hits without a decision.

Manaea had a score to settle with Rays; he was the losing pitcher in the 2019 wild card game against them. Like Mike Fiers, who was ineffective against Toronto yesterday afternoon, he has a no-hitter to his credit. He accomplished that feat in April 2018, against Boston in the Coliseum. By the way, on this day two years ago, Fiers, after a pre-game delay of about an hour and forty minutes due to the misfunctioning of the left field light banks, threw his second no-no, defeating the Cincinnati Reds, 2-0.

The A’s mound corps, starters and relievers alike, has been bouncing around between being a concern and a cause for pride and back again to being a concern. For the first 19 games of the season, even including the horrendous 0-6 stretch that marred the opening week of the season, Oakland’s team ERA was 2.73.

Now it’s 4.33. Only three American League teams have a higher one. Opposing hitters are doing so at a .257. In this they lead the league. (Remember that this has not been a hitters’ year). The Janus like nature of the home team’s pitching staff can be seen in its league leading status in both shut outs and wild pitches. (All of these figures are as of around 2:00 0’clock this afternoon).

Before Wednesday,the A’s relievers hadn’t blown a save or been charged a loss. By today, they had done both. Yesterday and the day before, the bull pen surrendered 12 runs; in the dozen contests that preceded that two day melt down, they’d given up a mere 10.

A bright spot had been Yusmeiro Petit’s 12 inning scoreless streak, which he extended tonight in the eighth and ninth innings to preserve a 1-1 tie and Jake Diekman to get the win by striking out both batters he faced in the top of the ninth before Seth Brown’s walk off home run gave Oakland the victory.

Oakland almost jumped out to an early lead in the second when, on an 0-1 count, Stephen Piscotty pulled a 72 mph curve into the left field stands, just a few outside the foul pole. But Hill shut down Elvis Andrus and Tony Kemp to keep the scoreless tie intact for the nonce.

Hill benefited from some excellent defense behind him in he bottom the sixth. Yandy Díaz made a nifty scoop of a grounder Olson hit behind him and first and beat his fellow first sacker to the bag. Then Manuel Margot made a diving catch of Sean Murphy’s dying quail to left to end the inning.

It seemed as though Manaea were paying hommage Dallas Braden’s Mothers’ Day perfect game as he set down the first 18 batters he faced. Then he walked Randy Arozamena to open the seventh. He struck out Margot, and then allowed a mighty blast to right center by Margot. Piscotty caught it with a little dump at the wall, and Yandy Díaz grounded into a 6-4 force out to end that frame.

Hill didn’t come out for the Oakland seventh. He had pitched a beautiful game, one in which he reminded me of Ed Lopat, throwing fast balls in the 80s and lots of breaking pitches, with excelllent control. He allowed only two hits, two walks, and a hit batter on 79 pitches, of which 56 were strikes.

His succesor, Andrew Kittredge, wasn’t as successful. After Chapman fouled out to first, Jed Lowrie got his third hit of the night, a double to right center. Seth Brown, pinch hitting for the right handed Piscottiy against the righty Kittredge, hit a single through the shift to brng in Lowrie with the game’s first run.

The elation of that one run lead was deflated when Mike Brosseau opened the eighth with a double to right center and Mike Zunino brought him home with the tying run on a single to center. The no-hitter and the lead were gone, and, after he struck out Keven Kiermaier looking, so was Manaea. He had pitched magnificently and left the game with a line of one run on two hits and one walk. He struck out 10 Rays on 90 pitches. 63 of them were strikes. Yusmeiro Petit was called on to replace him.

In spite of a blown call on what should have been a 3-6-1 double play, a called that was left standing on review, Petit managed to wiggle out of the inning after a single by Willy Adames had put men on the corners. He also pitched to one batter in the ninth, Margot, who lay down a bunt to third and was thrown out by the slick fielding Chapman. Petit then gave way to Jake Diekman, struck out his two batters.

Kittridge gave way to Pete Fairbanks, who kept the A’s off the board the in eight and who yielded to Jeffrey Springs, who couldn’t in the ninth. Seth Brown, who had driven in the game’s first run in the seventh took Springs 392 feet to right to give Oakland a hard fought and well earned win.

Diekman’s win was his second and brought his ERA down to 1.93, exactly one run higher than Petit’s phenominal 0.93. The loss charged to Springs put his record at 2-1,2.45.

Today’s game is going to be a tough act to follow. Tomorrow’s is slated to start at 1:07, with Frankie Montás (3-2,5.87) going mano a mano against Tyler Glasnow (4-1,2.06)

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Yastrzemski, Posey and Cueto expected to return this weekend against Padres

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San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski who has been out with an injury is seen here in this Sep 9, 2020 photo is expected to return tonight against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park (AP file photo)

On the Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

#1 Johnny Cueto is expected to be back in the rotation recovered from the lat tightness injury according to San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler. Kapler certainly was looking forward to seeing Cueto back to help out.

#2 After the Colorado series this week the Rockies and Giants both had some offense and got some runs scored. The Rockies wound up taking the last two games of the three game set.

#3 Giants outfielder Mike Mike Yastrzemski is also expected back in the line up before his going on the injured list Yastrzemski was hitting .215 with 17 hits, four home runs and six RBIs.

#4 Catcher Buster Posey is also hopeful for this weekend after suffering a hamstring injury during Wednesday’s game. Posey has been important to have in the line up especially with the San Diego Padres coming in tonight.

#5 Michael, taking a look at the starters for tonight’s game at Oracle Park for the Padres Blake Snell (1-0 ERA 3.51) and for the Giants Anthony DeSclafani (2-1 ERA 2.00)

Join Michael for the San Francisco Giants podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sacramento Kings podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson: Kings bring in four game win streak/Spurs a five game losing streak for tonight’s game

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Sacramento Kings De’Aaron Fox (5) is expected to be back tonight after spending two weeks on the Covid-19 protocols list (NBA Analysis Network file photo)

On the Kings podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 The Sacramento Kings winners of seven of their last ten games and have won four straight a remarkable come back after losing nine straight games.

#2 The odds of the Kings making the post season not likely but when you consider the last seven wins and what they did to get them it seems like head coach Luke Walton had to rework the offense and defense.

#3 Marvin Bagley III led the way with 31 points in the Kings last game in Indiana. Bagley’s effort was key for the Kings win 104-93 against the Pacers.

#4 De’Aaron Fox whose been out for two weeks due to Covid-19 protocols is expected to return tonight against the San Antonio Spurs at the Golden One with the Kings playing the way they have been Fox would be another great addition to their charge.

#5 San Antonio head coach Gregg Poppovich is a competitor and as Walton knows he can be outsmarted too by Poppovich. The Spurs who are on a five game losing streak will be pushing hard to win this one tonight how do you see this match up as the Kings come in on a four game win streak?

Jeremiah does the Kings podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsrasdioservice.com