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Giants take Wednesday off before weekend set with Cubs

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San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski takes a hack against the Los Angeles Angels at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tue Jun 1, 2021 has a jammed thumb is questionable for Thu Jun 3, 2021’s game against the Chicago Cubs (photo from the Mercury News)

By Daniel Dullum
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

It’s a day off on Wednesday for the San Francisco Giants, who are locked up in a tight National League West Division race. The Giants lead San Diego by one-half game as they head into this weekend’s series against the Chicago Cubs in a battle of first-place ballclubs.

An area of concern for the Giants is the status of outfielder Mike Yastrzemski, who left Tuesday’s 8-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in the fourth inning after jamming his thumb in an attempted catch.

Yastrzemski slid into the padding on the brick wall, where his glove hand hit the wall as the ball bounced away. He remained in the game through the end of the Angels’ five-run rally. The team said the initial X-ray did not show a fracture, and called it a sprained right thumb. The injury was to be reevaluated on Wednesday.

The Giants are also keeping an eye on third baseman Evan Longoria, who is listed as day-to-day with a side strain.

Looking ahead, the Giants announced on Tuesday that they will be the first MLB team to wear custom pride-themed jerseys to honor the LGBTQ+ community. The Giants will wear jerseys incorporating the 11 Pride colors on Saturday, June 5, when they host the Cubs at Oracle Park.

In a statement, Giants CEO and president Larry Baer said, “We are extremely proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community as we kick off one of the best annual celebrations in San Francisco by paying honor to the countless achievements and contributions of all those who identify as LBGTQ+.”

The jerseys will have a Giants logo in Pride colors on their sleeve and cap. The custom uniforms will resemble those worn by the Giants’ High-A affiliate in 2019.

A’s offense comes alive six run rally in 7th helps beat Mariners 12-6

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Oakland A’s Matt Olson makes contact for a two run RBI single in the seventh inning against the Seattle Mariners at T Mobile Field in Seattle on Tue Jun 1, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The A’s downed the Seattle Mariners 12-6 Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. The way the game went for the first six innings seemed to be a replay of Monday afternoon’s game. Seattle won that game 6-5 in ten innings.

The A’s drew first blood when Matt Olson connected on his 14th big fly of the season to put the A’s ahead 1-0 in the third. Seattle rocked A’s starter Chris Bassitt for three runs in the third and one in the fourth. In the bottom of the third, with two out, M’s shortstop, J.P. Crawford singled. Doubles by Mitch Haniger, Kyle Seager, and Ty France put the three runs on the board for Seattle. In the fourth, left fielder Taylor Trammell took Bassitt deep to give the M’s the lead 4-1 after four.

The A’s inched closer as they scored their second run of the night in the fifth. With one out, Elvis Andrus walked. Second baseman Tony Kemp doubled to drive in Andrus. The A’s trailed 4-2 after five complete.

The A’s put the game away as they scored six runs in the seventh, two in the eight, and two in the night. In the seventh, the A’s sent ten men to the plate. They put together three singles, two doubles, two walks, and a sacrifice fly to put the runs across the plate.

Tony Kemp blasted a two-run dinger in the eighth to make it 10-6. The Mariners catcher, Tom Murphy, homered off lefty reliever Jake Diekman to close within four 10-6. The A’s responded with two more in the ninth to put the game out of reach. Oakland wins 12-6.

Game notes and stats- With the win, the A’s are 32-25 for the year. They remain 1/2 game ahead of the Houston Astros, who beat the Boston Red Sox for the second night in a row.

The Mariners are now 28-28.
Bob Melvin passed former A’s manager Tony LaRussa for most wins as an Oakland A’s skipper. Melvin recorded his 799th win. The Most wins by any A’s manager is Connie Mack, who managed the club for 50 years in Philadelphia.

Tony Kemp was the A’s hitting star Tuesday night. Kemp hit his second homer of the year and tied a career-high with five RBIs. Matt Olson hit his 14th of the season and had three RBIs. Sean Murphy knocked in two with a double in the seventh. Mariners’ first baseman, Ty France, had two doubles and a single. Their catcher, Joe Murphy, homered off Diekman to drive in two.


A’s starter, Chris Bassitt, worked four innings. He was charged with four runs and six hits. He walked one and struck out six. Lefty Jesus Luzardo, coming off the 10-day IL, pitched well in his three innings of work. He allowed two hits and no runs.

He struck out six and allowed one walk. Luzardo received credit for the win. The Mariners’ starter, Marco Gonzales, out since April 27th, went four innings and left the game after reaching his limit of fifty pitches. He gave up one run and two hits.


The A’s line was 12 runs, 13 hits, and no errors. Seattle’s line was six runs, 11 hits, and no errors.

The A’s and the M’s will play the rubber match Wednesday night at T-Mobile park in Seattle. The game will start at 7:10 pm. Seam Manaea will go for Oakland, and the A’s will face the M’s Chris Flexen.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: National Job Creators Network Suing MLB Say Commissioner is All Strikes and No Balls

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Workers remove the MLB All Star Game sign back in April 6, 2021 after MLB pulled the mid summer classic from Trust Park in Atlanta and moved the game to Coors Field in Denver scheduled for July 2021 (AP News file photo)

National Job Creators Network Suing MLB: Say Commissioner is All Strikes and No Balls

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By Amaury Pi-González

OAKLAND–Here in the Bay Area one of the main topics in the world of sports was the decision by Major League Baseball to the Oakland Athletics to start looking for another city in lieu of the impasse of the new Howard Terminal Ballpark. But there is another relocation battle going on in baseball right now.

More than 30 partners from the Nevada Chamber of Commerce to the National Restaurant Association and the Jobs Creation Network filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court this Tuesday. The national trade group founded by Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus, filed the lawsuit alleging that MLB decision to move the All Star Game from Atlanta to Denver, because of the new ID voting law in Georgia, has greatly hurt the business community who was hit very hard by the pandemic and was hoping to bounce back during the All Star Game.

Alfredo Ortíz, the President of Job Creators Network, a Hispanic, said that Rob Manfred, Commissioner of Baseball is “All Strikes and No Balls”. Ortiz, who is also a board member of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, noted that when it comes to identification, “Major League Baseball itself requests ID at will call ticket windows at Yankee Stadium in New York, Busch Stadium in St. Louis and at ballparks all across the country.”

Ken Blackwell, once Mayor of Cincinnati and Ohio secretary of state, a “mover and shaker” in Ohio politics, an African-American minority owner of the Cincinnati Reds said; “This action is not a surprise given the real damage that’s been done” and added “the Baseball Commissioner didn’t do his homework”.

The lawsuit will demand that MLB immediately moves the game back to Atlanta or pay damages to small businesses impacted by its decision. Spokesmen for the MLB and the players association had no comment. On April 6, Major League Baseball announced that Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, home of the Rockies, will play host to the 2021 All-Star Game after previously announcing that Georgia would not house the event.

Although it is unlikely at this late time (with just a month and a half for the ASG to take place) that the game will be moved back to Atlanta, this group of national business people hope to get a ruling in the Manhattan Federal Court where they will order MLB and the Players Association to pay damages to small businesses for the financial destruction they have caused.

The lawsuit will claim that Atlanta, Georgia like all the cities that get picked to host an All Star Game prepare for years, from the moment they get the rights to host the game and Atlanta (is not different) and has been preparing for the game for years prior to the event.

How early are cities picked by MLB to host and All Star Game? Here is an example: Philadelphia will host the 2026 All-Star Game as part of its celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence being signed. In 2020 for the first time since World War II an MLB All Star Game was postponed, due to the pandemic. It was to be held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The Dodgers are now on schedule to host the MLB Midsummer Classic next year, 2022.

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

Rendon picks up three hits and drives in five runs in Angels win 8-1

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Los Angeles Angels slugger Anthony Rendon gets a two RBI single in the top of the third inning off the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tue Jun 1, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

Alex Wood probably wishes that today was Groundhog Day, and it can start all over again; therefore, his start can be erased.

Unfortunately, it will not be erased from the record books, as Wood lasted just 3.2 innings, allowing seven runs on four hits, walking four and striking out two, as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants 8-1 at Oracle Park, ending the Giants four-game winning streak.

Wood threw a wild pitch in the top of the third inning that Andrew Heaney to score from third base with the first of three runs scored by the Angels in the inning.

Heaney singled with one out in the inning, and then advanced to second on a Fletcher walk and to third when Upton walk to load the bases, just prior to the Wood wild pitch that scored Heaney.

Anthony Rendon came up the big hit in the inning, as he singled off of Wood to score David Fletcher and Justin Upton.

The Angels blew the game wide open in the top of the fourth inning, as Taylor Ward was hit by a pitch and then scored on a Max Stassi double. After Heaney walked to put runners on first and second.

After Fletcher grounded out for the second out of the inning, then Upton walked for the second time in as many at-bats and that was end of the line for Wood on the evening, as Matt Wisler replaced Wood.

Kean Wong was called on to pinch hit for Phil Gosselin, was immediately walked by Wisler to score Stassi.

After the walk to Wong, Rendon came up with his second big hit in as many at-bats, as he doubled to left field that broke the game wide open, as Fletcher, Upton and Wong all scored to give the Angels an 8-0 lead after they scored five runs in the inning.

Rendon ended the night by going 3-for-5 with five runs batted in, as the Angels were able to go 3-3 on their six-game thru the Bay Area.

The Angels split with the Oakland As over the weekend, as they came back to win the final two games of the series after the As won the first games in the series

Heaney was solid, as he went 6.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits, walking one and striking out seven on his way to seeing his record improve to 3-3 on the season.

The left-hander out of Oklahoma State picked up his first major league hit since July 14, 2018, when he singled in the top of the second inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, and the pitcher who allowed the infield hit was none other than Wood, as the ball was deflected by Wood and Kole Calhoun went to third base on the play.

The Giants finally got on the board in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Steven Duggar, Wilmer Flores and Donovan Solano each singled before Heaney was able to retire a batter and Duggar scored from second base.

After Brandon Crawford struck out for the first out of the inning, Heaney was replaced by Steve Cishek, who stopped the rally, as he was able to get Mauricio Dubon to ground into a force play and then ended the inning, as Mike Tauchman flew out to Jose Rojas.

Dominic Leone made his Giants debut in the top of the ninth inning, as he went one inning, allowing one hit and striking out two.

NOTES: Prior to tonight’s game, Leone (#52) was selected from Triple-A Sacramento…RHP Nick Tropeano was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento…C Curt Casali was placed on the 10-day injured list (retro to May 31) with a left wrist strain…C Chadwick Tromp (#14) was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento…RHP Sam Delaplane was recalled and placed on the 60-day injured list (recovering from Tommy John surgery).

Prior to the game, the Angels reinstated Stassi from the injured list and following last nights game, LHP José Quijada was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake.

UP NEXT: After the day off on Wednesday, the Giants open a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.

The Angels will head home to host a four-game series against the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night.

That’s Amaury’s Sports and Commentary podcast: Opponents have studied film on A’s and how to pitch to them

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Seattle Mariners’ Jarred Kelenic, center gets a slide in to score a run after Kyle Lewis doubled for an RBI in the fourth inning at T Mobile Park in Seattle against the Oakland A’s on Mon May 31, 2021 (AP News photo)

On That’s Amaury’s podcast:

#1 The Oakland A’s (31-25) suffer another tough loss as they opened a three game series on Monday afternoon Memorial Day at T Mobile Park in Seattle and lost to the Seattle Mariners (28-27) by a run 6-5 in the tenth inning.

#2 The A’s were one of baseball’s hottest teams and had a 13 game win streak going earlier in the season but it seems a lot of their opponents have done a lot of studying and have cut the amount of wins by the A’s including how to pitch to the team who hit only .209 during the four game weekend series against the Los Angeles Angels (24-30).

#3 In spite of the current three game losing streak the A’s still maintain first place by a half game over the Houston Astros (29-24) both the Astros and A’s have lost six of their last ten games.

#4 Amaury, talk about A’s pitching on Monday starter James Kaprielian allowed four earned runs and allowed five hits in the bottom of the third inning which proved to be the bulk of the Mariners scoring.

#5 Oakland A’s pitcher Chris Bassitt (5-2 ERA 3.21) in his last outing threw a complete game shutout and struck out nine hitters will get the start tonight against the Mariners Marco Gonzalez (1-3 ERA 5.40) Gonzalez is coming off the injured list for a strained forearm this is his first start since April 27th.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish play by play lead announcer for the Oakland A’s on flagship station 1010 KIQI LeGrande San Francisco and does Sports and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Bonds-ian: Giants flash that 2001 look in 6-1 romp over the Angels

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By Morris Phillips

SAN FRANCISCO–The typical Giants hitter is nearly 31 years old–more than two and a half years older than the MLB average–has an injury history, and maintains a healthy appetite for hitting home runs. They’re discerning at the plate, draw walks at a high rate, and they rake when a pitch arrives they think can drive.

Sound like 2001 Barry Bonds? Well, yeah it does.

The Giants put it on the Angels, winning 6-1 on Memorial Day while hitting three home runs in the process, and achieving a feat that hadn’t been done by the franchise since 2001. The Giants hit multiple home runs for a sixth straight game, something that was last done by the 2001 club that had 36-year old Bonds hit 73 homers and draw 177 walks… and win 90 ballgames.

On Monday, it was 35-year old Evan Longoria hitting a two-run shot in the fourth to give the Giants the lead 2-1 which they would never relinquish with starter Johnny Cueto dipping and dealing in front of the home crowd. Mauricio Dubon and Lemonte Wade Jr. would add solo shots in the fifth and sixth innings to expand the lead.

Ironically, Longoria and Wade connected on first pitch sinkers delivered by Dylan Bundy. Dubon–improving as a hitter deep in counts–delivered on a slider six pitches into his at-bat. All three pitches left Bundy in a deeper funk as he fell to 0-6 with a 6.49 ERA on the season. One year after allowing five homers all season, Bundy has allowed 12.

“None of them were technically where you want them,” Bundy said of the three pitches that were launched. “You got to throw everything on the edges nowadays, so none of them were where I wanted them.”

Bundy wasn’t awful, but he made mistakes. After cruising through the first three innings, he appeared to be in a groove. But the Giants were playing their patient role to perfection, and when mistakes were made, they pounced. That put the home team in their wheel house from an offensive perspective. They finished the afternoon with six walks induced, the three homers, just seven hits, but six runs scored. Their 78 home runs over the season’s first 54 ballgames is the second best total in Major League Baseball behind the Braves’ 80.

The Giants (34-20) have suddenly won four straight and regained the top spot in the NL West with the Padres falling to the Cubs on Monday. After dealing with the menace of the World Champion Dodgers, the Giants appear ready to regain their winning ways. Manager Gabe Kaplan said he sees signs pointing in that direction.

“I thought this was a really important win for us because of the emotion and energy we spent to try to win the Dodgers series,” Kapler said. “We knew that Bundy would come out and throw a lot of strikes and force us to put the ball in play, which he did. I feel like it’s important because there can be an emotional letdown after a series like the Dodgers [series]. We know that the Angels are a great team, and we weren’t going to let that happen.”

Cueto improved his record to 4-1 on the season, going seven innings, allowing five hits and no walks. The crowd gave the veteran a nice ovation, and Cueto reciprocated, saying he enjoys the interaction, which has missing for more than a season now.

“It got me excited and emotional to see the fans getting behind me,” Cueto said.

The only negative on the afternoon involved Longoria, who departed after five innings with a sore muscle in his side. The veteran will have an MRI on Tuesday and miss at least one game.

The Giants conclude their brief two-game set with the Angels on Tuesday with Alex Wood attempting to break his two-game losing streak in a match up with the Angels’ Andrew Heaney.

Mariners score two in tenth to down A’s 6-5; Oakland’s third straight loss

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The Seattle Mariners Donavon Walton takes the Oakland A’s deep in the eighth inning as he hits one into the right field bleachers with A’s right fielder Seth Brown (15) watching it go at T Mobile Park in Seattle on Mon May 31, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The Oakland A’s (31-25) started a six-game road trip in Seattle Monday afternoon at the T-Mobile Stadium. The A’s were hoping to snap a two-game losing streak but it was not to be as the A’s lost in extra innings at T Mobile Park in Seattle 6-5.

The Seattle Mariners (28-27) had taken two out of three from the A’s last week. Oakland’s starter, James Kaprielian, earned his second big-league win downing the M’s at the Coliseum. The M’s sent righty Logan Gilbert to the hill. Gilbert had not yet recorded his first win in the Majors.

The A’s scored the first run of the game in the top of the third inning. Chad Pinder, sporting a new haircut and playing shortstop, doubled to lead off the inning. With two out, Gilbert issued a free pass to Matt Olson. Jed Lowrie followed with a ground-rule double. Pinder scored, Olson stopped at third. Gibert struck out Seth Brown for the third out. The A’s were ahead 1-0 in the third.

The M’s plated four runs in the bottom of the fourth. M’s shortstop, J.P.Crawford led off with a single. Rightfielder Jake Fraley singled to put men on at first and second with no out. Jose Godoy hit into a 3-6-1 double play.

Crawford went to third. Kaprielian had a chance to get out of the inning with no damage if he could retire the M’s DH, Jacob Nottingham. Kaprielian, who had hit Kyle Seager with a pitch in the third, hit Nottingham to put two men on with two out.

The next hitter was Donovan Walton. Walton was hitting way under the Mendoza line for the season. However, as baseball fans know, even guys with low batting averages can hit the ball out of the park. Walton sent Kaprielian’s fastball into the seats into the right-field seats make it 3-1.

Kaprielian then walked Jarred Kelenic and gave up a double to Kyle Lewis. Kelenic scored, and A’s manager Bob Melvin brought in Deolis Guerra to pitch. Guerra retired Seager for the third out. The M’s led 4-1 after four.

The A’s bullpen did a stellar job keeping the M’s off the board. Oakland plated a run in the sixth. Pinder led off the frame with his second double of the game. Matt Olson doubled to drive in Pinder to make it a 4-2 game. Guerra retired all seven batters he faced. Sergio Romo set the M’s down in order in the seventh.

Oakland tied the game in the top of the eighth. Lefty Anthony Misiewicz was on the hill for Seattle. Mark Canha reached on a walk. Matt Olson followed with a single. Canha went to third when Kelenic could not field the ball properly. Misiewicz struck out Lowrie and Brown.

M’s manager Scott Servais brought in righty J.T. Chargois to face Sean Murphy. The home plate umpire called a balk on Chargois that allowed Canha to score. Olson went to second. Murphy doubled to drive in Olson with the A’s fourth run of the game. The A’s bullpen kept the Mariners off the board the next two innings. The game ended tied at 4-4 after nine innings of play.

With the new extra-innings rules in effect in the tenth, Matt Olson was at second with no out. M’s reliever Daniel Zamora retired Lowrie and Stephen Piscotty, who was pinch-hitting for Brown. Aramis Garcia singled to drive in Olson with the A’s fifth run of the day.

The A’s brought in Lou Trivino to pitch the tenth. Jack Mayfield was on second base to start the inning. Trivino retired Kyle Seager for the first out. M’s first baseman. Ty France singled to tie the game at 5-5. J.P. Crawford hit a screamer that somehow bounced over Matt Olson’s glove to went down the right-field line for a double. France advanced to third on the play. M’s catcher Tom Murphy drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly. Seattle wins 6-5.

Game Notes and Stats- With the loss, the A’s drop to 31-25 for the season. It was their third loss in a row. The Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox in Houston and moved with 1/2 game of the lead in the American League West. The Mariners won their fifth game in a row to extend their winning streak to five. They are 28-27 for the year.

The hitting star for the A’s was Chad Pinder. Pinder had two doubles and a single Monday afternoon. Each team used six pitchers. Lou Trivino was the losing pitcher. Daniel Zamora picked up the win.

Kaprielian, who went seven innings against the M’s last week in Oakland, lasted three and 2/3rds innings Monday afternoon. He allowed four runs and five hits. He had control issues as he walked three batters and hit two. He recorded three strikeouts. M’s starter Logan Gilbert gave the M’s a quality start. He pitched six innings and gave up two runs, and allowed five hits. He struck out five and walked one.

The A’s will send Chris Bassitt to the hill Tuesday night. Bassitt shut out the Angels last week in Oakland. He had his first complete game ever. Bassitt is 5-2 with an ERA of 3.21. Lefty Marco Gonzales will be making his first start since April 27th. The game will start at 7:1- pm.

The time of the game was three hours and thirty-four minutes. Eleven thousand one hundred twelve fans were in attendance.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Angels-Giants open two game series today at Oracle Park

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LaMonte Wade arrives at first base after hitting a single against the Colorado Rockies in second inning as he talks things over with first base coach Antoan Richardson (00) on Apr 11, 2021. Wade had played first base on Fri May 28th in Los Angeles from his usual outfield position (file photo from the San Francisco Chronicle)

On the Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 Morris talk a little about the addition of the San Francisco Giants LaMonte Wade who was put into the role of first baseman on Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wade normally is a lead off hitter and plays outfield. Wade scored twice and had a hit and two walks to help the Giants in an extra inning 8-5 win.

#2 The Giants have three first baseman who were hurt in the Dodgers series in LA, Brandon Belt who out with a oblique strain, Darin Ruf out with a hamstring and Wilmer Flores just returned on Saturday night from a hamstring injury.

#3 Giants manager Gabe Kapler talking about the Ruf and Flores injuries saying that hamstrings are tricky and said the team doesn’t want to go to far out in advance. The Flores return Saturday was observed by Kapler and the training staff as Flores got through the game alright. Flores he had some good at bats during his return on Saturday three at bats, three hits, two runs scored, one RBI.

#4 The Giants Austin Slater and Mauricio Dubon took Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw deep which helped the Giants just get by the Dodgers 5-4 Sunday and take three out of four from LA in the series.

#5 It’s back to Oracle Park for a Memorial Day game as the Los Angeles Angels come to San Francisco to open up a two game interleague series with the Giants. Pitching match ups for the Angels and Giants have not been announced as of Monday morning yet. Morris set this series up for us.

Join Morris for the Giants podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason: A’s open up three game series in Seattle tonight

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The Oakland A’s Mark Canha (20) seen here after scoring on a double by Matt Olson against the Los Angeles Angels on Sat May 22, 2021. Canha has a career high of being hit by pitches 64 times most recently by Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani on Fri May 28, 2021 at the Oakland Coliseum (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason:

#1 The Oakland A’s just wrapped up their series against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday but all the talk in this series focused on pitcher Shohei Ohtani who pitch into the seventh innings against the A’s on Friday night at the Oakland Coliseum in game 2 and when went up and inside on A’s batter Mark Canha which nearly started a bench clearing brawl. Disclaimer no punches were thrown.

#2 In Canha’s next at bat he was hit by Ohtani and Ohtani went down on the mound to show Canha no hard feelings and nothing intentional. Ohtani was not tossed out of the game and Canha peacefully took his base. The hit by was Canha’s 64th career.

#3 Kind of a unusual pomp and circumstance on Thursday night when Ohtani was suppose to pitch but arrived late to the ball park saying traffic was so bad on the Bay Bridge that he took BART which he said was late. After checking with BART there were no delays going to the Coliseum from the San Francisco on Thursday afternoon.

#4 The A’s after taking the first two games of the four game series faced Angels pitcher Alex Cobb in game 3 on Saturday. Cobb pitched seven innings of three hit shutout ball against the A’s before being lifted and the A’s who couldn’t Cobb out lost it 4-0. The A’s hit only .209 during the four game series.

#5 The A’s open a three game series in Seattle tonight at T Mobile Field a 1:10 pm Memorial Day first pitch. The last time the A’s and Mariners met back on May 24-26 the Mariners took the series two out of three. The A’s won the third game 6-3 on May 26th A’s pitcher James Kaprielian started and went seven innings and gave up two hits.

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

Dubon and Slater go deep against Kershaw in Giants win 5-4

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The San Francisco Giants Mauricio Dubon connects for a two run home run in the top of the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles Sun May 30, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

After being swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers last weekend at Oracle Park, and then losing the opener on Thursday night, people were probably thinking, this season will change immediately.

Fortunately for Giants fans it changed in a good way, as the Giants scored three runs in the top of the first inning, with the big blow, being a two-run home run by Mauricio Dubon and the Giants hung on late to defeat the Dodgers 5-4 at Dodger Stadium. With the victory, the Giants won three out of four in the series and are now a season-high 13 games over .500.

Flores, who hit his third home run of the season hit the first pitch he saw from Clayton Kershaw and planted it off the left field foul pole. It was the second career home run for Flores against Kershaw, and both home runs hit the left field foul pole at Dodger Stadium.

The first Flores home run came on September 6, 2019 off of Kershaw, and joins Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner and Austin Slater as Giants who have multiple home runs off of Kershaw.

Los Angeles area native Evan Longoria, who grew up in Downey before going to Cal State Long Beach drove in the first Giants run of the afternoon, as he grounded out to Gavin Lux to score Slater.

When the Giants scored three runs off of Kershaw in the first inning, it marked the first time that they scored three or more against him in the first inning.

Slater joined that club with Posey, Bumgarner and Flores as players who have hit two or more home runs against Kershaw, as he hit his seventh home run of the season over the center field in the top of the third inning.

Kevin Gausman continues to show why he is now the ace of the Giants pitching staff, as he went six innings, allowing just two hits, walking no one and striking out seven on his way to his sixth win of the season against zero losses.

Gausman also helped himself out at the plate, as he drove an opposite field single to left field in the top of the fourth inning that scored Dubon to lengthen the Giants lead up to 5-0.

The right-hander will get an MRI on his hip, that has been an issue for a few weeks and felt it on the base hit and then again on the great play that ended the sixth inning.

It was a tough day for Kershaw, as he went six innings, allowing five runs on seven hits, walking three and striking out six and allowed two home runs, as his record fell to 7-4 on the season.

Things were rolling for the Giants, as they entered the bottom of the eighth inning, when new nemesis, Max Muncy hit a two-run home run off of Zack Littell to narrow the Giants lead down to 5-2.

It was the fifth home run for Muncy in a single-season six game span versus the Giants, as he joins Paul Lo Duca in 2001, and Reggie Smith (2 overlapping spans), this according to Sarah Langs on Sports.

The home run for Muncy was the 100th career home run of his career, and he his third home run of the series.

Jake McGee closed it out for the Giants, as he picked up his 12th save of the season, despite the fact that he allowed a two-run home run to Albert Pujols, as the future Hall-of-Famer hit a ball that landed in the Dodger bullpen.

It was the eighth home run of the season for Pujols, and the 670th home run of his career, as he fifth on the all-time list, 26 behind Alex Rodriguez for fourth place on the all-time list.

McGee also committed a throwing error in the bottom of the ninth inning, as his throw on a Cody Bellinger dribbler that saw Lemonte Wade, Jr., unable to stay on first base.

After Bellinger reached Lux struck out, but then Pujols cut the Giants lead down to one; however, McGee was able to strike out Will Smith looking and then Austin Barnes, who tied up the game on Friday night came up with a chance to tie up the game again, but he flew out to Mike Yastrzemski in right field to preserve the Giants win.

NOTES: Caleb Baragar was placed on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to May 29) with left shoulder inflammation) and Nick Tropeano was recalled from Sacramento.

By scoring the 11 runs on 16 hits, it was the most runs at Dodger Stadium since September 14, 2013, when they scored 19 runs and picked up 22 hits in a 19-3 victory and it was the 10th win of the season for Tim Lincecum.

The Giants improved their record in day games to 15-6, tying the Tampa Bay Rays for the best record in the majors in day games.

UP NEXT: Johnny Cueto opens up the home stand against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Monday afternoon, who will send Dylan Bundy to the mound. Cueto is looking to improve his record to 4-1 on the season, while Bundy looks for his first win of the season, as he is 0-5.