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Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel Dullum: Will MLB owners relocate A’s in mid November relocation vote?

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New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner will be one of the 30 owners to vote on the Oakland A’s relocation in mid November. Sources say Steinbrenner is not too favorable to the A’s leaving a big TV market for the smallest TV market in MLB. Will the other owners feel the same way? (AP file photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel Dullum:

#1 Thursday MLB owners have decided to vote on the future of the Oakland A’s and their relocation to the Las Vegas Tropicana location. They have decided to hold the vote in mid November.

#2 Daniel, talk about the first step of the process with the MLB owners three man committee Milwaukee Brewers chairman Mark Attanasio, who is chairing the committee, Philadelphia Phillies CEO John Middleton and Kansas City Royals CEO John Sherman. They will be reviewing the A’s application and will send it for review to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.

#3 After Manfred reviews the application he will send it to an MLB eight man executive council with his recommendation. The eight man council will be reviewing the environmental impact reports, the financial benefits, the TV market, the funding of the park, and weigh the benefits of moving to Las Vegas and moving out of Oakland.

#4 After the eight man council review the application they will then send it to the 30 Major League teams where the owner of each team will vote on the A’s relocation. The A’s need 75% of the vote in order to move the team to Las Vegas.

#5 Taking all things into consideration Daniel with what’s in front of the three steps at MLB to make this happen do you see any outside chance that MLB can get at least eight MLB teams to say no and get on board against the relocation? The minimum that would stop the move of the A’s.

Daniel Dullum does the Oakland A’s podcasts Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson: A’s have won 12 of last 22 games; Oakland has shown improvement despite picking up 100th loss

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Former Atlanta Braves starting pitcher now with the Oakland A’s Sean Newcomb works in the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Truist Park in Cobb County GA on Sun Jul 29, 2023. Newcomb had to apologize after the game for sending sexist, racist and homophobic tweets six years ago. On Sat Aug 5, 2023 Newcomb kicked a garbage can into a fire extinguisher sending chemical spray all over the Braves clubhouse after a 10 inning loss. Newcomb had to apologize for both incidents. Newcomb starts tonight for the A’s against the San Diego Padres (AP file photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson:

#1 The A’s who went 3-3 on the last road trip in Arlington and Houston, lost two out of three in Texas and won two out of three in Houston. The A’s have played improved baseball going 12-10 in their last 22 games.

#2 The A’s were nearly no hit on Wednesday night in Houston by a combination of five Houston Astros pitchers. The A’s avoided getting no hit when Ryan Noda broke up the no hit bid with a single and later scoring in the inning.

#3 The A’s just couldn’t come back and fell to the Astros by four runs. The A’s lost their 100th game of the season with the 6-2 loss on Wednesday. This is the second year in a row they’ve lost 100 games.

#4 A couple of notes on tonight’s A’s starting pitcher Sean Newcomb, he comes over from the Atlanta Braves and nearly threw a no hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Jul 29th. After the game Newcomb also had to apologize during a post game presser with the media not about losing the no hitter but about sexist, racist and homophobic tweets he sent out six or seven years ago. Later Newcomb on Sat Aug 5th kicked a garbage can that hit a fire extinguisher in the Braves clubhouse in frustration that sent chemical dust up in the clubhouse while a large fan was running, the team couldn’t come in the clubhouse to change out of their uniforms this was after a long ten inning game. Newcomb was angry for giving up the game winning hit to the Miami Marlins for the 7-6 loss. Do you think these might have been some of the reasons why Newcomb was dealt to the A’s?

#5 Jeremiah talk about tonight’s match ups to open the series Seth Lugo(6-7, 3.80 ERA) will go for the Padres and will be opposed by the A’s lefty, Sean Newcomb (0-1, 0.75 ERA). First pitch at 6:40pm PT.

Join Jeremiah for the A’s podcasts Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Weather Dampens Start of Giants vs Rockies Series In Colorado

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Grounds crew members pick up covers from the field after the postponement of a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, in Denver. The game has been rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Saturday. (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (75-71) and the Colorado Rockies (53-92) four-game series was postponed Thursday evening due to inclement weather. The opening game of the series was postponed about three hours before the 5:40 scheduled first pitch.

A closer look at the weather channel showed 55 degrees that felt more like 52 degrees Thursday evening with rain pouring continuously since late afternoon. Just more crazy weather that seems to be world-wide.

A scheduled double-header will be played on Saturday September 16 with the first pitch at 11:20 AM. The second game of the double-header will take place Saturday evening at 5:10 PM.

As San Francisco heads into this series, they face a critical situation. Every game going forward is vitally important since the Giants are in the thick of an incredibly tight National League Wild Card race.

San Francisco has won 16 of their last 17 games against Colorado. A sweep would indeed be a beautiful thing. The Diamondbacks (76-72) , the Reds (76-72), the Cubs (78-69), the Marlins (75-72) and the Phillies (79-67) are all contenders in this closely contested race.

The Giants with a 75-71 record are close to the bottom of the heap in a packed field of rivals. Following this four game series with Colorado, San Francisco will play a two-game series with the Diamondbacks.

This will also be a huge series. Looking ahead, the Los Angeles Dodgers await the Giants in a four-game series starting on September 21. A series win or even a sweep for the Giants over the last-place Rockies is critical to San Francisco’s playoff hopes.

Friday night’s game which will hopefully be played is scheduled for 5:40 PM PT. The weather maps show rain stopping Friday morning in the early hours. There is a 40% chance of rain Friday but it does show clear at first pitch and hopefully it will hold for the duration of the ball game.

Logan Webb who was supposed to take the mound Thursday will start for the Giants on Friday night. He has a 10-12 win/loss record and a 3.40 ERA. There is good news for San Francisco. Michael Conforto will be back in the lineup after suffering a left hamstring strain giving the Giants outfield a boost.

Chase Anderson will start for the Rockies looking for his first win. He has a 0-5 win/loss record and a 6.49 ERA. The 35-year-old right-hander has really struggled this season.

The Giants Wilmer Flores has the hot bat right now for San Francisco. He has been on fire with a .288 batting average and 22 homers. Thairo Estrada and J.D. Davis have also been playing well. They are coming off an extra inning win over the Cleveland Guardians Wednesday night. Davis hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning to tie up that game with LaMonte Wade Jr. hitting a game -winning sacrifice fly.

The strength in the San Francisco lineup should propel them through this series. Friday night the Giants head into the final leg of the season with 16 games left. They will be facing the Dodgers seven times, the Padres three times and two against the Diamondbacks.

They have to at least win this upcoming series with the Rockies although a sweep would go a long way for these guys because they face some dangerous foes in their final five series. It will for sure be an exciting photo finish this year for the San Francisco Giants.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: MLB-Owners will vote in November regarding A’s Relocation

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Milwaukee Brewers chairman Mark Attanasio is part of a three owner relocation committee that will review the Oakland A’s relocation application and will forward the application to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. The relocation vote is expected to take place in mid November amongst the 30 baseball owners. (file photo by Bally Sports)

MLB-Owners will vote in November regarding A’s Relocation

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

OAKLAND–It is now official. The major league baseball owners are scheduled to vote in November regarding authorization for the A’s to move from Oakland to Las Vegas. This vote is expected during the owners’ meeting in mid-November. The A’s need 75 percent of the owners to vote Yes, which is scheduled after the A’s submitted their relocation papers in August, according to what A’s owner John Fisher told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The MLB relocation committee is currently reviewing the A’s relocation papers. This committee includes Milwaukee Brewers chairman Mark Attanasio, Philadelphia Phillies CEO John Middleton, and Kansas City Royals CEO John Sherman.

Once they are finished reviewing this application, it will go directly to the Office of Commissioner Rob Manfred and the eight-man executive council with a recommendation.

Then the executive council will review their findings and make their recommendation to the 30 MLB clubs, before the vote in November. MLB expects all this to be resolved before their MLB Winter Meetings which will take place in Nashville, Tennessee from Dec 4 – 7,2023, which mostly deals with  the teams administrative business, trades, players contracts and so on.

If all this “committee business” sounds to you like something politicians do in Washington,D.C., it is because of all the major professional sports leagues in the country. Major League Baseball Is the oldest of the major American leagues and in cases of this importance (relocation) they do operate like the US Congress.

Note: The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with millions of items a variety of formats. The world’s largest collection of things related to baseball is housed at the Library of Congress,in Washington, D.C.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the vice president of the Major League Baseball Hispanic Heritage Hall of Fame Museum and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s Preview: A’s open 10 game homestand at Coliseum Friday

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Oakland A’s pitcher Sean Newcomb will get the start on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at the Oakland Coliseum against the visiting San Diego Padres (photo by clutchpoints.com)

By Jerry Feitelberg

OAKLAND–The Oakland A’s (46-100) come to the Oakland Coliseum Friday night to host the San Diego Padres (69-78) for three games. The A’s finished the six-game road trip against the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros with a record of 3-3. The A’s are 12-10 in their last 22 games. The team has done better in all three phases of baseball lately. The pitching has been good, the offense has come to life, and the A’s defense has been solid.

The A’s will welcome their former skipper, Padres manager Bob Melvin, back to the Coliseum for the first time since leaving Oakland after the 2021 season. Melvin managed the A’s starting midway through the 2011 season and was with the club for ten and 1/2 years.

Melvin took the A’s to the playoffs six times in his tenure at the helm. Melvin was named manager of the year in 2012 when the A’s won the AL West division title on the last day of the season, and in 2018 when the team won 97 games.

Unfortunately for Melvin, his 2023 Padres team has been a disappointment. The Padres finished second in the NL West in 2022 with a record of 89-73. The Padres superstar Fernando Tatis, Jr. was suspended for 80 games for using an illegal substance.

The Padres signed free agent Xander Bogaerts to an eleven-year contract in the off-season to bolster the Padres infield. The Padres, in the 27th largest market, have a payroll of $251.1 million, the third highest in baseball. The Mets are number one with $336 Million, and the Yankees are second with a payroll of $268.

All three teams are underachieving this year. The Padres are 69-78 in fourth place in the NL West. Bob Melvin is in the second year of a three-year contract. There have been rumors that Melvin is on the hot seat, and his days as the Padres manager might end at the end of the season.

The Padres, like many other teams in baseball, have had injuries to key players. Two starting pitchers, Joe Musgrove and Yu Darvish, are out for the season. Catcher Gary Sanchez will not play again this year due to a wrist injury. First baseman Jake Cronenworth is also out for the year. However, the Padres have several key players that can be productive.

Their key players are third baseman Manny Machado, Shortstop Xander Bogaerts, and outfielders Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis. Soto leads the club with 30 homers and 90 RBIs. Machado is right behind with 28 dingers and 84 runs batted in.

Tatis, who missed the early part of the season due to his suspension, has belted 24 homers and knocked in 74. Bogaerts helped the offense with 18 big flies and 50 ribbies. Other players that can do damage include second baseman Ha-seong Kim, outfielder Trent Grisham, and first baseman Garrett Cooper.

As mentioned above, the injury jinx has hit the Padres pitching staff hard. However, starters Blake Snell and Michael Wacha have performed well for San Diego. Neither pitcher will face the A’s this weekend. The probable pitchers for the series will be Seth Lugo(6-7, 3.80 ERA) will go for the Padres and will be opposed by the A’s lefty, Sean Newcomb (0-1, 0.75 ERA).

On Saturday, The A’s Mason Miller, who pitched two scoreless innings against the Astros last Monday, will be opposed by Matt Waldron. Sunday’s game will feature Lefty Ken Waldichuk against the PAdres’ Pedro Avila. Waldichuk no-hit the Houston Astros for six innings last Monday, and it was Waldichuk’s best outing of the season.

The A’s, as mentioned above, have been playing better lately. Second baseman Zack Gelof has helped the A’s gain respectability with his outstanding play. Other players contributing to the A’s recent success include first baseman Ryan Noda, catcher Shea Langeliers, and outfielders Brent Rooker and Seth Brown.

Neither team has much to play for except bragging rights. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see how the teams perform. A’s manager, Mark Kotsay, has his team playing hard until the final out. They may be down, but there is no quit on this young team. The Padres are a mystery. With all their talent, the question is, why are they floundering? On paper, they should easily handle the A’s. Will it happen? That’s why they play the games.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Good pitching beats good hitting; A’s can’t sweep nearly no hit by Houston

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The Oakland A’s Ryan Noda (left) runs past Houston Astros Yanier Diaz (right) for the A’s first run of the game in the bottom of the ninth inning at Minute Maid Field in Houston on Wed Sep 13, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerrry F:

#1 The Oakland A’s were prepared to sweep the Houston Astros on Wednesday night but as the old baseball saying goes good pitching beats good hitting. The Houston Astros used five pitchers who narrowly no hit the A’s. The Astros wound up with a two hit 6-2 win at Minute Maid Field.

#2 The Astros pitching into the ninth inning coughed up two runs but it wasn’t enough for the A’s to come back falling four runs short. Astros pitcher Ryan Pressly gave up the two hits and two runs in the failed no hit attempt.

#3 Jerry, talk about the Astros four run third inning off A’s pitcher Paul Blackburn who exited after the inning. Blackburn’s line three innings, four hits and four earned runs, three walks and two strikeouts.

#4 Jerry talk about Ryan Noda’s single on the bottom of the top of the ninth inning off Pressly to end the Astros no hit bid.

#5 The A’s will open up a ten game homestand against the San Diego Padres on Friday night. Starting pitcher for San Diego Seth Lugo (6-7 ERA 3.80) for Oakland Sean Newcomb (0-1 ERA 0.75) a 6:45pm PT first pitch at the Oakland Coliseum.

Jerry is a A’s reporter and does A’s podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Astros almost no-hit A’s beat the Green and Gold 6-2 at Minute Maid

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Houston Astros pitcher Ryan Pressly thanks the almighty after striking out the Oakland A’s Brent Rooker to end the ball game in the top of the ninth at Minute Maid Field in Houston on Wed Sep 13, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The Oakland A’s were set to sweep the Houston Astros Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park . The A’s won the first two games by shutting down the Astros’ potent lineup. The A’s had Paul Blackburn on the hill. His task was to give the A’s a quality start and hope the A’s offense could come through for the third straight game.

Unfortunately for Oakland, the Astros’ pitchers turned the tables on the A’s. The A’s recorded their first hit of the game with one out in the ninth. Had the Astros no-hit the A’s, the A’s would have been the second team in Major League history to have been the victims of a perfect game and a no-hitter in the same season. The only team to have that happen was the 2010 Tampa Bay Rays. As it was, the Astros beat the A’s 6-2.

With one out in the bottom of the third, Blackburn walked Jose Altuve and Jeremy Pena. The next hitter, Yordan Alvarez, who had hit 21 home runs against the A’s since 2019, stepped to the plate. Alvarez launched a missile that left the park traveling 117.7 miles per hour. It was Alvarez’s 27th big fly of the season. Astros third baseman Alex Bregman followed with his 23rd home run of the year to give the Astros a 4-0 lead. Blackburn labored through the inning. He threw 34 pitches and was done for the night. 

The Astros added a run in the fifth to make it 5-0. Lefty Kyle Muller was pitching for Oakland. With two out, Michael Brantley singled.. Astros’ catcher Yainer Diaz doubled to drive in Brantley. The Astros made it 6-0 in the seventh.

Lefty Easton Lucas, acquired from Baltimore in the trade for Shintaro Fujinami, retired the first two Houston hitters. Lucas had to face Kyle Tucker now. Tucker was hitless in ten trips to the plate in the series. However, Tucker had owned A’s pitching before this series.

Tucker found one of Lucas’ pitches to his liking and sent it out of the park to make it a 6-0 game. For Tucker, it was his 105th run batted in. Tucker leads the AL in that department. It was his 27th home run of the year and his 100th career homer.

The A’s put two runs on the board in the ninth. Astros’ closer Ryan Pressly was on the mound to finish off the A’s. Four Houston pitchers had held the A’s hitless for eight innings. Pressly retired Tony Kemp for the first out. Zack Gelof walked. He was the fourth base runner of the game for the A’s. All Pressly had to do was get the next two outs without a hit.

Ryan Noda, who hits from the left side, broke up the no-hitter with a single up the middle, sending Gelof to third. Seth Brown singled to drive in Gelof with Oakland’s first run. Noda went to third on the play and scored on Shea Langelier’s sacrifice fly. Pressly struck out Brent Rooker to end the game. The Astros won 6-2.

Game Notes: With the loss, the A’s are now 46-100 for the year. This is the second consecutive year that the A’s will have lost 100 or more games in a season. The Astros improved to 83-64. The Astros needed the win as the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Seattle Mariners beat the LA Angels. The Astros have a one-game advantage over the Rangers and a game and 1/2 lead over Seattle. With 15 games left in the season, the race will go down to the wire.

The Line for Oakland was two runs, two hits, and no errors. Blackburn was the losing pitcher. He pitched three innings, allowing four runs, four hits, and two home runs. 

The line for Houston was six runs, nine hits, and no errors. The Astros hit three home runs. The winning pitcher was Hunter Brown. Brown went five innings, allowing no hits and no runs. He struck out seven and walked two. 

The A’s are off on Thursday. The A’s will host the San Diego Padres for three games starting Friday night. Former A’s manager Bob Melvin will return to the Coliseum for the first time after leaving in 2021. Melvin took the A’s to the playoffs six times in the ten years he managed the club. Lefty Sean Newcomb (0-1 ERA 0.75) will go for Oakland. Seth Lugo (6-7 ERA 3.80) will go for San Diego. The game will start at 6:40 p.m.

Late Game Heroics LaMonte Wade Jr. Strikes Again; Giants Beat Rockies In Extras 6-5

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San Francisco Giants’ Patrick Bailey, bottom, scores the winning run against Cleveland Guardians catcher Bo Naylor during the tenth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Sep 13, 2023 (AP News photo)

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

By Troy Ewers

San Francisco, CA – The series finale to this three game series with the San Francisco Giants (75-71) and Cleveland Guardians (69-78) comes in the form of a 66 degree day game in Oracle Park overlooking a beautiful McCovey Cove.

On the mound today starters, Kyle Harrison for the Giants and Logan Allen for the Guardians. The Giants win after a review that showed runner Patrick Bailey was ruled safe scoring on a sacrifice fly. Bailey scoring from third base that was hit by LaMonte Wade Jr. in the 6-5 win in ten innings.

The game Tuesday night snapped a four game winning streak by a 3-1 Cleveland victory and today’s game started exactly where last night’s game picked up. After a lead off Steve Kwan walk, Jose Ramirez would smack a 1-1 pitch to the left field bleachers for a two run home run and with no outs, Guardians 2-0.

The first inning rally for Cleveland wasn’t done yet as an error for Casey Schmitt off a hit by Gabriel Arias would lead to scoring both Josh Naylor and Andres Gimenez, 4-0 Guardians. 

The Giants wouldn’t concede this early though as they jumped on Cleveland the same way Cleveland jumped on them. Luis Matos hits a single that scores Austin Slater and moves over Thairo Estrada. After Matos’s hit, Allen walked Patrick Bailey and loaded the bases, but that would be stopped and Guardians got out of the jam, but the score would be 4-1. 

In the second inning the Guardians would add another one to their onslaught as Josh Naylor hit a single that scored Steven Kwan, making it 5-1 Cleveland.

The Giants took Kyle Harrison out in the fifth and he walked away with three strikeouts, seven hits, and five runs which he’d probably want to forget for his first career day game. From the third inning on it was a scoreless pitching duel, with the score still in favor of Cleveland, but San Francisco broke that stalemate in the seventh inning with a Wilmer Flores scored Thairo Estrada who got on with a double, 5-2.

The Giants were coming down to their final chances and to give themselves better chances, the Giants had Joc Pederson pinch hit and he was hit by pitch so the eighth inning started with Joc on base, but that was just the set up. Patrick Bailey followed him up with a single and moved Joc to third.

Then J.D. Davis erupted the crowd with a home run that Steven Kwan couldn’t snag in left field. This three run home run would’ve blown the roof off this place if it had a roof and just like that, the score was tied 5-5 with no outs. After a DeJong grounded out to second, Lamonte Wade Jr. who was the hero in Monday’s game, hit a single making him the potential go ahead runner on first base.

Estrada almost electrified Oracle Park with a deep fly ball to left, but that was the inning and we headed into the ninth inning with a tie game. 

The Guardians scared the Giants fans with two hits on Tyler Rogers that put runners on second and third, but Camillo Doval came in and got the last out of the inning, now it was the orange and black’s turn in the ninth inning. Wilmer Flores started the inning at bat and singled to left.

Blake Sabol pinch ran for Flores and Mitch Haniger went to the box. Haniger would strike out, but Sabol would make it to second with a steal and Pederson next in the box. Joc would fly out to center and two outs Bailey was the one to possibly be the hero, but he would be struck out swinging and we have extra innings. 

Cleveland’s go at the 10th inning was three up, three down from Doval and now the pressure was on the Giants. A lead off walk for Davis made it a runner on first and the extra innings runner in second and pinch hitting was Brandon Crawford and the crowd was on their feet.

Crawford would flash bunt majority of the at bat and got on base on balls and now the bases loaded with no outs and Wade Jr. at the plate. Lamonte hit the ball to left field and it was caught, but Bailey would tag third and go home, at first sight it looked like Bailey beat out the throw, but after further review Bailey was safe and the game was over 6-5 Giants!!! 

The Giants walked away from this homestand 5-1 and won the series against Cleveland. The winning pitcher is Doval (6-4) and the losing pitcher is Xzavion Curry (3-4) who gave up the walk-off hit. No time to celebrate for SF as they play a brand new four game series against the Colorado Rockies in Colorado at Coors Field September 14th. It’s unknown who will start for the Giants in the first game of the series, but they know they will face Chase Anderson (0-5, 6.49) on the mound for the Rockies.

MLB The Show podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Ex-Brewers pres baseball operations Stearns takes job at Mets; Braves Olson hits HRs 49 & 50 but loses game; plus more news

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David Stearns has joined the New York Mets as president of operations. The Mets after dealing some of their superstar players players are looking to Stearns to replace and improve on the team. (AP file photo)

On MLB The Show podcast with Stephen:

#1 The New York Mets have hired Milwaukee Brewers David Stearns as president of baseball operations. Stearns was hired by the Brewers as general manager in 2015. Stearns was promoted to the Brewers president of baseball operations in 2019. Under Stearns the Brewers made the playoffs four straight years in a row. The Brewers missed the post season by just one game in the NL Wild Card.

#2 The Atlanta Braves Matt Olson hit home runs 49 and 50 in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday night. Olson’s first offering for #49 was an upper deck shot and his second home run was to opposite away left field.

#3 All the murals were covered up and the locker of Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Juan Urias was cleaned out and the Dodgers are trying to leave no hint that Urias had been there. Urias was arrested for the second time for domestic violence. Fans at an MLS game between Miami Inter vs. LAFC in Los Angeles saw Urias get into a fight with his girlfriend during the Sep 3 game.

#4 The Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Jeff Siri was placed on the 10 day IL on Tuesday after receiving a fractured right hand. Siri is a critical piece to the Rays line up and has hit 25 home runs this season. Siri was hit in the fifth inning of Tuesday’s game and left after being a base runner.

#5 The Texas Rangers and manager Bruce Bochy has melted down from when they were all the rage Aug 15th in the AL West winning 12 of their last 14 games. What came next was a eight game losing streak, the Rangers lost 16 of 20 games. The Rangers had a 6.5 game lead in the West and wound up with a three game deficit. As of Tuesday night the Rangers are just two games behind first place Houston.

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

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Guardians-Giants duel in rubber game today at Oracle; SF remains 1.5 games back in NL Wild Card race

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San Francisco Giants first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr can’t handle a hot shot baseball hit by the Cleveland Guardian Kole Calhoun in the top of the sixth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tue Sep 12, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

#1 The San Francisco Giants took a tough loss and snapped a four game win streak on Tuesday night to the Cleveland Guardians at Oracle Park in San Francisco in a 3-1 loss.

#2 Key to the win was the Guardians Tyler Freeman slugged a two run single in the top of the sixth inning and that figured in as the game winner later. It was enough to get the Guardians over the top.

#3 The Giants are having a tough time fielding on Monday night they committed three errors and on Tuesday night they committed their 100th error of the season tying their 2022 season total.

#4 The Giants have now scored one run or fewer 34 times for the season that ties them with the Oakland A’s for the most in MLB.

#5 Rubber game match ups for the Wednesday matinee at Oracle Park. For Cleveland left hander Logan Allen (7-7 ERA 3.68) and for San Francisco left hander Kyle Harrison (1-1 ERA 4.87) first pitch 12:45pm PT.

Join Michael Duca for the Giants podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com