Sacramento A’s Jeff McNeil (22) is greeted by teammates after scoring on a sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on Sun Jun 28, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Daniel Dullum:
#1 How did Henry Bolte perform at the top of the A’s lineup, and what impact did he have on the team’s offense?
#2 What contributions did Shea Langeliers make behind the plate and at bat during the game?
#3 How effective was Jonah Heim as the designated hitter, and did he deliver any key offensive moments?
#4 What defensive or offensive plays by Lawrence Butler and Max Muncy stood out during the matchup?
#5 How did A’s starting pitcher Aaron Civale handle the Angels’ lineup, and what were the biggest factors in his outing.
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Cole Ragans had surgery to repair an injured elbow and was placed on the 15 day IL. Ragans last pitched May 8, 2026 agianst the Cleveland Guardians but had to leave in the third inning due to the elbow injury. (AP News photo)
MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:
#1 Kansas City Royals left hand pitcher Cole Ragans had surgery to repair his injured elbow. The surgery was on Saturday. Ragans was placed on the 15 day IL with an left elbow impingement on May 8. Ragans pitched three innings but had to leave the May 6 game against the Cleveland Guardians.
#2 Pitching injuries are piling up for the Chciago Cubs as left hander Hoby Milner suffered major stomach pain in the middle of the night Saturday morning according to Cubs manager Craig Counsell and had to be ubered to the hospital for appendicitis surgery. Milner was placed on the 15 day IL and replaced by right hand pitcher Tyler Ferguson who was called up from Triple A Iowa.
#3 Former Chciago White Sox Ron Kittle got married to his girlfirend Barbara at Guarantee Rate Field during a ten run third inning against the Kansas City Royals in an eventual 22-1 win. Kittle’s wedding was officiated by White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf in Reinsdorf suite. Former White Sox Harold Baines and his wife and Greg Walker and his wife were also there for the wedding. Also attending the wedding was former White Sox manager Tony LaRussa, and former players Richard Dotson and Greg Luzinski.
#4 The Los Angeles Angels who most likely will be playing in their 11th consecutive losing season ended up firing their general manager Perry Minasian Friday night before their game against the Sacramento A’s which they ended up losing at the Big A 9-3. Minasian was in the sixth year of his final year of his contract with the Halos. The Angels have announced that executive John Mozeliak who was the St Louis Cardinals former GM will be brought in to help search for a new general manager.
#5 Former San Francisco Giants and current Atlanta Braves outfielder Mike Yastrzemski was honored by the Giants during the game at Oracle Park in San Francisco with a scoreboard tribute showing his highlights during his Giants days. Yastrzemski was traded last season to the Kanas City Royals from the Giants, at the same time with pitcher Tyler Rogers who went to the Toronto Blue Jays and pitcher Camilo Doval to the New York Yankees. Charlie did you find that trade at this time last season took the soul out of the Giants and they’ve never really recovered since?
San Francisco Giant Heliot Ramos returned to action after being on the 10 day IL, Ramos went 1-3, with run scored, a hit, and a walk against the Atlanta Braves at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Jun 28, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Oracle Park
San Francisco, California
Atlanta Braves 2 (49-32)
San Francisco Giants 3 (35-48)
Win: Robbie Ray (7-6)
Loss: Chris Sale (8-6)
Save: Caleb Kilian (6)
Time: 2:33
Attendance: 33,138
By Stephen Ruderman
SAN FRANCISCO–Robbie Ray threw eight strong innings, and the San Francisco Giants caught a couple of breaks, as they were able to come away with a 3-2 win to take the series over the Atlanta Braves Sunday.
After an impressive 5-0 win Saturday night, the Giants looked to take the series behind Ray, who was coming off a pair of good outings. (I say outings, because he came in to pitch during the resumption of the June 16 game in Atlanta on June 17).
It was a matchup of two old left-handers in Ray and Chris Sale. Ray set down the first 12 men he faced. Sale was solid over six innings, but the Giants finally got to him in the bottom of the sixth.
Luis Arraez and Heliot Ramos started off the bottom of the sixth with base-hits, and Rafael Devers got Arraez in when he raced on an infield to third that third-baseman Austin Riley skipped off the glove of first-baseman Matt Olson. With two outs, Jung Hoo Lee legged out an infield hit to second, and then Ozzie Albies’ throw sailed by Olson, which allowed Ramos to score.
Arraez got Drew Gilbert in with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh to make it 3-0. It turned out to be a run the Giants would absolutely need.
The Braves manufactured a run in the top of the eighth. The run scored on a fly out by Michael Harris II to foul territory in left field.
Some of us in the press box discussed whether Victor Bericoto should have let the ball fall. My opinion is that if the Giants were up by a run, the game was tied or the Giants were down, then yes. Since the Giants were up by three, Bericoto was wise to catch it.
Ray went eight innings in total, and the fact that he only struck out two allowed him to go that deep. He gave up just four hits, and walked just one.
Now, it was up to the bullpen, and Caleb Kilian was the man whom Tony entrusted with the top of the ninth. Of course the Braves would not make it easy.
Olson led off the inning with a double, and then scored on a groundout by Riley two batters later. The Giants were now an out away, but Dominic Smith got a base-hit, and got to second on a wild pitch. Mike Yastrzemski of all people was at the plate, and it would have been so perfect for Yastrzemski of all people to get the big hit. It didn’t get any easier with the big boy, Rowdy Tellez, on deck. That meant Kilian needed to get Yastrzemski.
Fortunately, Kilian was able to strike Yaz out, and the Giants came away with the win. At the end, the Giants won a series against one of the best teams in baseball, and they were able to get a 4-2 homestand.
I do want to point out that Erik Miller was warming up during the top of the ninth. While Miller has struggled as of late, he does have the stuff, build and demeanor of a major league close. I sincerely hope Tony gives him a shot to close at some point this season.
You know, I can’t figure this team out. They are now 4-1 against the Braves, just as they are 4-3 against the Dodgers. They just can’t beat the teams they are supposed to beat, and therein lies why this season has gone the way it has.
As for this one, Robbie Ray got the win. Chris Sale took the loss. Caleb Kilian picked up his sixth save of the season.
The Giants improve to 35-48, and they will now head to the Valley of the Sun to play a Diamondbacks’ team whom the Giants have not beaten all season. The Diamondbacks swept the Giants, both at Chase Field, and here at Oracle Park, in May.
Well, the Giants can only hope for better luck when they open their three game series at Chase Field Monday night. I mean, at least win a game down there.
For San Francisco Tyler Mahle (1-7. 5.49 ERA) will take the ball for the Giants Monday night. Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez (6-2, 2.27 ERA) will make the start for Arizona.
San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos returns to the line up after spending time on the 10 day IL (AP file photo)
San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman:
#1 Rafael Devers had himself a Saturday night hitting two home runs in the Giants’ 5–0 victory?
#2 Logan Webb pitched seven innings allowed just one hit and struck out six batters.
#3 Talk about Victor Bericoto whose been slashing the baseball with a .250 average.
#4 Talk about the return of Heliot Ramos who makes his return since coming off the ten day IL and what impact that has for the line up.
#5 Talk about today’s starting pitching pitchers for Atlanta LHP Chris Sale (8-5 ERA 2.14) for San Francisco LHP Robbie Ray (6-6 ERA 3.70) first pitch 1:05pm PDT.
Los Angeles Angels Oswald Peraza (2) feels like he’s number one after hitting a RBI single in the top of the eighth inning against the Sacramento A’s at Angels Stadium in Anaheim on Sat Jun 27, 2026 (AP News photo)
Heim’s Blast Wasn’t Enough as Angels Tie The Series; Halos score late for 5-2 win
By Mauricio Segura
The Los Angeles Angels scored once in the seventh and twice in the eighth enough to get by the Sacramento A’s 5-2 at the Big A in Anaheim on Satuday night.
Runs were difficult to come by early as both starting pitchers settled into an impressive rhythm very quickly. Sacramento managed just one hit through the first three innings, but that hit traveled a long way. Jonah Heim opened the second inning by launching a solo home run to straightaway center field, giving the Green and Gold an early 1-0 advantage.
It was the only damage against Angels left-hander Reid Detmers through the opening frames as he piled up strikeouts and kept Sacramento’s lineup from putting together sustained rallies.
Jack Perkins matched him pitch for pitch for much of the early evening. The right-hander retired six straight batters after allowing a first-inning single and received some defensive help in the third when Colby Thomas made a diving catch in left field to rob Denzer Guzman of extra bases.
Perkins also showed off the new Automated Ball-Strike challenge system, successfully overturning a ball call into a strikeout against Wade Meckler in the fourth inning.
The Angels finally cracked the scoreboard later that same inning. Nolan Schanuel drew a walk before Jorge Soler lined a single into left. With one out, Jo Adell ripped a ground ball into the left-field corner that rolled all the way to the wall for a two-run triple, scoring both runners and putting Los Angeles in front 2-1.
Sacramento answered in the sixth after Nick Kurtz lined a single to right. A wild pitch moved him into scoring position before Lawrence Butler worked a walk. Following another out, Thomas delivered again, lining a sharp single into left to score Kurtz and knot the game at 2-2.
The Athletics appeared ready for a bigger inning after another wild pitch advanced both runners, but Chase Silseth entered from the bullpen and struck out Max Muncy to leave the go-ahead runs stranded.
The missed opportunity quickly became costly. Justin Sterner escaped trouble in the bottom of the sixth by stranding Jo Adell at third base, but the Angels reclaimed the lead an inning later. Josh Lowe singled, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and raced home when Guzman’s two-out single glanced off Muncy’s glove at third base and rolled into left field.
Sacramento’s best chance to swing the game back came in the eighth. Shea Langeliers singled, Butler walked and Heim drew another free pass to load the bases with one out. The rally ended there, however, as pinch hitter Carlos Cortes struck out and Muncy lined out to center, allowing reliever Sam Bachman to preserve the one-run lead.
The Angels made certain the missed chance would loom even larger. Soler singled to begin the bottom of the eighth, and after Adell was hit by a pitch, pinch-runner Vaughn Grissom scored on Oswald Peraza’s sharp single to center. Logan O’Hoppe followed with another RBI single, extending the lead to 5-2 before Sacramento turned an inning-ending double play.
Kirby Yates handled the ninth without allowing a baserunner, retiring Jeff McNeil, Joey Meneses and Henry Bolte to close the game. Bolte endured a difficult afternoon, finishing hitless while striking out three times. Heim supplied Sacramento’s biggest offensive spark, reaching base three times with his home run and a walk, while Thomas contributed an RBI single and highlighted the defense with his diving grab in left.
Perkins deserved a better outcome after limiting the damage over his outing, but Sacramento’s offense managed only five hits and went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position. The Athletics also left the bases loaded in the eighth, a missed opportunity that proved to be the turning point as the Angels scored twice in the bottom half to put the game away.
The rubber match offers Sacramento an opportunity to leave Southern California with another series victory. Aaron Civale (5-4, 4.88 ERA, 46 strikeouts) is scheduled to start for the Athletics against Angels left-hander Sam Aldegheri (2-3, 5.47 ERA, 16 strikeouts), with first pitch set for 12:15 p.m. Pacific.
Costa Rican-born Mauricio Segura has been covering sports in the Bay Area since 2001 for a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as his own publication, Golden Bay Times.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
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San Francisco Giants’ Rafael Devers (16) flips his bat after hitting a three-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game between against the Braves, Saturday, June 27, 2026 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Justine Willard)
By Ryan Hannagan
San Francisco – The Giants took on the Braves for game two of a three game set Saturday night. After dropping game one, the Giants had a rebound game in mind. Giants manager Tony Vitello gave veteran right hander Logan Webb the nod. The Rocklin native came into Saturday night’s ball game sporting a 4-5 record and a 3.35 ERA to go along with it.
On the other end, Walt Weiss and the Braves staff went with righty Bryce Elder. Elder came into Saturday night’s game at 5-5 with a 3.71 ERA.
Webb worked his consistent magic again pitching seven shutout innings allowing one hit and walking two batters in the Giants 5-0 shutout of the Braves on Saturday night at Oracle Park.
The first inning passed by in a breeze with both teams going scoreless. In the second, Rafael Devers went deep for a solo shot, a treat to the Giants faithful on his bobblehead night. The Giants weren’t done offensively in the second inning after Devers’ solo shot. Drew Gilbert drove in the inning’s second run with a sacrifice fly, doubling the Giants’ lead.
Following a two-run second, the Giants had more offense in mind in the third. After back-to-back Arraez and Schmitt singles, Devers stepped back up to the plate and delivered once again. Devers hit a three-run shot off the right field foul pole for his second home run of the night.
Devers wasn’t the only player who had a strong game, starting pitcher Logan Webb left his mark. Webb went 7.0 innings pitched, allowing just a single hit and no runs en route to the win decision. The Giants bullpen went spotless as well, only allowing a singular walk with no hits in 2.0 innings.
Following the game, Vitello mentioned that Webb was “feeling under the weather” coming into Saturday’s game, which played a factor in him not going deeper into the ball game. Not to mention, Vitello noted Webb also was initially made to go six innings tops, but his consistency kept him out there longer than expected.
Only the second and third innings brought offense Saturday night, a lot of three-up, three downs provided a quick two hour, two minute contest. The Giants went on to win 5-0.
With Saturday night’s win, the Giants now move to 34-38 on the season as of July and the MLB Allstar Break linger. Sunday brings the closing game of the series, first pitch 1:05 pm. The expected starters are nine-time all star and former Cy Young winner, Chris Sale (8-5, 2.14) for the Braves and for San Francisco two-time all star and former Cy Young winner, Robbie Ray (6-6, 3.70).
Sacramento A’s Nick Kurtz (16) is greeted in the dugout after scoring on a single by Shea Langeliers (23) in the top of the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at the Big A in Anaheim on Fri Jun 26, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Harvey:
#1 The Sacramento A’s Shea Langeliers got their sixth straight single in the top of the fifth inning during a seven run rally that help defeat the Los Angeles Angels 9-3 on Friday night. This coming after the Angels fired general manager Perry Minasian (Ma-Nah-ssian) on Thursday.
#2 A’s pitcher JT Ginn pitched six innings allowed eight hits, three earned runs, struck out five and walked a batter. Ginn was key in holding off the Angels. Ginn had a rugged June with a 6.14 ERA allowing 44 home runs overall Ginn 6-4 ERA 3.25.
#3 Angels starter Walbert Urena was perfect until the fifth inning. Urena threw for 15 straight strikes doing it over 36 pitches 31 of those for strikes and he retired the first 12 hitters he faced.
#4 Max Muncy got an infield hit that ended Urena’s perfect game and the eventually loaded the bases. The A’s built a 7-1 lead and did most of the damage in the fifth inning.
#5 The A’s and Angels due battle again at the Big A in Anaheim taking a look at the starting pitchers for Saturday night for Sacramento RHP Jack Perkins (2-3 ERA 6.26) for Los Angeles LHP Reid Detmers (3-5 ERA 3.93) first pitch 6:38pm PDT
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Atlanta Braves’ Ozzie Albies, center, runs to first after hitting an RBI sacrifice fly in front of San Francisco Giants pitcher Trevor McDonald (72) during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
By Lincoln Juarez
SAN FRANCISCO – Last week in Atlanta the Giants took the first two games out of three from the Braves in the same day due to inclement weather that pushed the final half of game one a day later. San Francisco swept the partial doubleheader scoring a total of 14 runs in those two games including a combined six home runs. Friday night in the city by the Bay the Braves got a hold of the Giants offense and didn’t let go, holding them to just one run which came in the first inning.
A short while past 24 hours since the Giants’ bullpen blew a ninth inning lead to the A’s, Trevor McDonald (2-5, 4.93 ERA) toed the rubber on Orange Friday at Oracle Park. McDonald held the Braves scoreless in the first but proceeded to allow a run in three of the next four innings. Atlanta had a 3-1 lead when McDonald was pulled after 5.1 innings, giving up seven hits and three earned runs. Former Giants Dom Smith and Mauricio Dubon were in on the action for Atlanta, Smith with an RBI and Dubon with two runs scored.
Three members of San Francisco’s bullpen relieved McDonald after a disastrous Thursday afternoon where they gave up seven runs across the final three innings of the game to blow a four-run lead and cost Landen Roupp his sixth win of the season.
Friday night was different and the bullpen kept the Braves scoreless after McDonald’s departure. Gage, Hentges, and Houser combined for 3.2 scoreless, one-hit innings.
With the bullpen doing their part, the Giants’ offense had countless opportunities to cash in and tie the game or even take the lead. Instead the team went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position, left nine runners on base, and failed to score after the first inning. Capped off by Luis Arraez making a poor read on a ground ball and getting thrown out at third base after his leadoff double in the first, and Willy Adames getting doubled up at first base on a shallow fly ball to center, it was a brutal night for the Giants’ offense.
The only bright spot in the batter’s box for the Orange and Black was catcher Drew Cavanaugh’s first big-league hit in his Major League debut. He went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
Atlanta used six pitchers, including starter Reynaldo Lopez (3-1, 3.50 ERA) to carve up the Giants’ order and secure game one to start their weekend in the Bay. Raisel Iglesias earned his 16th save of the season and Trevor McDonald fell to 2-6. Saturday night ace Logan Webb (4-5, 3.35 ERA) will try to get the Giants back in the win column against the Braves’ Bryce Elder (5-5, 3.71 ERA). First pitch at 6:05pm.
San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer (pictured) spoke with KNBR Talk Show hosts John Dickinson and Dieter Kurtenbach on Thu Jun 25, 2026 regarding team president Buster Posey’s press conference on Tue Jun 23, 2026 and his thoughts on how Posey is doing on the job. (San Francisco Chronicle file photo)
San Francisco Giants podcast Lincoln Juarez:
#1 Lincoln just wanted to get the latest from the San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer who said on the air with KNBR talk show hosts John Dickinson and Dieter Kurtenbach on Thursday that Baer said that Oracle Park is a place where everyone and anybody of any ethnic or sexual orientation is welcome. In light of what took place on Fri Jun 5th on Pride night from what you have heard are the LGBTQ community asking for an apology from the players who wrote on their caps or more than that?
#2 Baer said that the Giants have created an experience for all fans that are welcoming saying that’s a north star and that will not change. Did Larry’s KNBR kind of answer any confusion there might have been about how the players who expressed their religous expression that might have offended anyone?
#2 Baer said that ownership has a lot of trust in Buster Posey who by the way who is a part owner himself. Even after the press conference where Posey said he only wanted to answer baseball questions.
#3 Baer was asked where does Posey stand in his job as team president and Baer said the Giants have a lot of trust in Buster but does that reflect with what has happened on the field and where the Giants are in the standings.
#4 Does giving the players an option to wear either the pride hat or the regular hat give them a way out if they choose not to wear the hat.
#5 Larry didn’t take any follow up questions after addressing the pride hat issue and went onto take other questions on other subjects. Is that seen as something that he wanted to move past this subject or that was all he had to say about?
Sacramento A’s Lawrence Butler (4) scores safely on a slide under the glove of San Francisco Giants catcher Eric Haase (18) after a base hit by Jeff McNeil in the top of the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francsico on Thu Jun 25, 2026 (Golden Bay Times photo)
By Mauricio Segura
SAN FRANCISCO–The Sacramento A’s mirrored the weather at Oracle Park. They opened the game cold and slow before settling into a steady rhythm through the middle innings. Then, as the sun finally broke through in the ninth, so did their offense. The bats heated up, their focus became crystal clear, and they seized the day with a dramatic 9-6 victory over the Giants.
For six innings, the Giants looked ready to continue their recent dominance over the Athletics. Then the Green and Gold reminded everyone that they did not need to adhere to the line written in the infield dirt by their rivals or accept an easy sweep.
Trailing by one run entering the ninth inning, the Athletics erupted for four hits, a walk, a stolen base, a wild pitch, and four clutch RBI knocks to storm back for a dramatic 9-6 victory. The comeback snapped a four-game losing streak, spoiled what appeared to be a comfortable Giants afternoon, and gave the Athletics a much-needed boost as they reached the halfway point of the season.
The game opened as a pitchers’ duel between Jeffrey Springs and Landen Roupp. Neither offense could solve the starters through the first three innings, although Henry Bolte and Jeff McNeil created a few opportunities that never turned into runs. Roupp repeatedly escaped trouble by striking out Nick Kurtz twice and Shea Langeliers twice during the early frames, while Springs matched him by retiring nine of the first 11 Giants he faced.
San Francisco finally broke the scoreless tie in the fourth when Willy Adames launched a solo home run into the left-center field seats. It was the only mistake Springs made through his first four innings, and it briefly gave the Giants the upper hand.
The Athletics answered immediately in the fifth. McNeil reached after being hit earlier in the game and later singled before Alika Williams delivered one of the biggest swings of the afternoon, lining a double to left that brought McNeil home to even the score. Moments later, Nick Kurtz hit a ground ball that produced a force play but still allowed Williams to cross the plate, putting the Athletics ahead, 2-1.
Williams continued to make an impact after replacing the injured Zack Gelof before the game. His RBI double ignited the comeback, and he later scored while adding solid defense at shortstop.
Springs carried the lead into the sixth, but everything unraveled after two outs. Bryce Eldridge drew a walk, Casey Schmitt followed with a single, and after Matt Krook entered from the bullpen, the Giants loaded the bases. Jung Hoo Lee then ripped a bases-clearing triple into center field, turning a one-run deficit into a 4-2 San Francisco advantage. Victor Bericoto followed immediately by crushing a two-run homer to center, capping a five-run inning that suddenly put the Giants in command, 6-2.
The Athletics refused to disappear.
In the seventh, McNeil and Williams reached again before Langeliers lined a two-run single into center, trimming the deficit to 6-4. An inning later, Lawrence Butler doubled and eventually scored when McNeil lined another single into right, bringing the Athletics within one run entering the final inning.
Then came the decisive rally.
Henry Bolte opened the ninth with a single and advanced on a wild pitch. After Kurtz struck out, Langeliers hit a grounder that moved Bolte no farther, leaving the Athletics down to their final out after Tyler Soderstrom earned a walk following a successful challenge.
Jonah Heim answered with the biggest hit of his afternoon, sending a ground-ball single into left to score Bolte and tie the game at six. Butler followed with another sharp single that scored Soderstrom and suddenly flipped the scoreboard in the Athletics’ favor. After Butler stole second, Max Muncy delivered the knockout punch with a two-run single to left, bringing home Heim and Butler to complete a breathtaking seven-run swing from the sixth inning onward.
Bolte quietly fueled the offense all afternoon with three hits and strong defense in center field. McNeil also collected three hits and scored twice while driving home a run. Williams finished with two hits and two runs scored, Butler contributed two hits, two RBI, two runs scored, and a stolen base, Heim delivered the game-tying RBI single, Langeliers drove in two, and Muncy’s late two-run hit provided valuable breathing room. Soderstrom added three hits and reached base four times.
Mason Barnett handled the ninth with authority, striking out Victor Bericoto before retiring Eric Haase and Drew Gilbert to seal the comeback.
The victory carried extra significance for an Athletics club that had dropped 10 of its previous 12 meetings against the Giants and entered the afternoon having scored two runs or fewer in three of its previous four games. Instead of another frustrating finish, the Green and Gold authored one of their most memorable rallies of the season.
Next up, the Athletics head south to face the Angels, where right-hander J.T. Ginn (5-4, 3.16 ERA, 74 strikeouts) is expected to oppose Los Angeles right-hander Walbert Ureña (5-5, 2.41 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 6:38 p.m. Pacific as the Athletics look to carry their comeback momentum into a new series.
Costa Rican-born Mauricio Segura has been covering sports in the Bay Area since 2001 for a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as his own publication, The Golden Bay Times.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
