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Sacramento A’s game wrap: Four Homers and One Wild ride; A’s getting the long ball and key hitting in 7-6 win

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Sacramento A’s Max Muncy circles the bases after hitting a top of the third inning home run against the Seattle Mariners at T Mobile Field in Seattle on Fri Sep 4, 2026 (AP News photo)

Four Homers and One Wild Ride

By Mauricio Segura

Max Muncy, Alika Williams, Jeff McNeil and Zack Gelof all homered in a five-run third inning, and the Sacramento A’s held off the Seattle Mariners 7-6 for their third straight victory. The four-homer frame matched the franchise record for home runs in an inning and was the club’s first such inning since 2002.

Seattle struck first against Kade Morris, in only his second major league start. Cal Raleigh drew a walk in the second, moved to second on Josh Naylor’s groundout and scored on Cole Young’s double to right. J.P. Crawford followed with a single that brought Young home for a 2-0 lead.

Then the Athletics changed the game in a hurry. Muncy opened the third with a solo homer to left. After Donovan Walton struck out, Williams sent another ball over the left-field wall. Henry Bolte drew a walk, and McNeil followed with a two-run homer to right that pushed the A’s ahead 4-2. Gelof then made it four homers in the inning with a solo shot to left. Seattle starter Logan Gilbert still struck out 10 Athletics, but he was charged with seven runs in 4 2/3 innings.

Seattle answered before the third inning was over. Brock Rodden singled and Randy Arozarena was hit by a pitch. Julio Rodríguez brought Rodden home with a groundout, then Raleigh tied the game 5-5 with a two-run homer to right-center. Naylor doubled next, ending Morris’ outing after 2 2/3 innings and five runs. Brady Basso got Young on a groundout and followed with three scoreless innings, giving the Athletics a chance to regain control.

They did it in the fifth without another homer. Williams drew a walk, stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch. Gelof drove him home with a triple to right, then Lawrence Butler singled up the middle to score Gelof for a 7-5 lead. Butler’s hit extended his hitting streak to 13 games after he began the game with the longest active streak in the majors at 12.

The Mariners kept pushing. Raleigh opened the eighth-inning threat with a ground-rule double, and Naylor singled him home to trim the margin to 7-6. Elvis Alvarado escaped the rest of the inning, and Hogan Harris handled the ninth. Harris struck out pinch-hitter Patrick Wisdom, worked around an Arozarena walk and finished the game when Rodríguez flied out to center. Harris recorded his 15th save and added another scoreless appearance against Seattle after beginning the game without allowing a run in 10 career outings against the Mariners.

Muncy finished 3-for-4, while Gelof had a homer, triple, two runs and two RBI. McNeil added two hits and two RBI, and Williams scored twice. The victory gave the Athletics their first three-game winning streak since June, after the club had gone nearly three months without winning more than two in a row.

The A’s list left-hander Jeffrey Springs (3-13, 6.37 ERA, 98 K) against Seattle right-hander George Kirby (9-10, 4.19 ERA, 128 K) in the next game, with first pitch set for 6:40 p.m. Pacific as Sacramento tries to make it four straight.

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

Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in. 

Sacramento A’s game wrap: A’s Erase Early Deficit and Sink Mariners 7-4

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Sacramento A’s reliever Hogan Harris (36) pitches to the Seattle Mariners line up in the bottom of the ninth inning at T Mobile Field Seattle on Thu Sep 3, 2026 (AP News photo)

Sacramento A’s game wrap:

By Mauricio Segura

The Sacramento Athletics watched a one-run lead disappear almost as quickly as they built it, then chipped away until the Seattle Mariners was the team chasing the scoreboard. Zack Gelof opened the scoring with a solo homer to right-center, and the Green and Gold eventually turned an early two-run deficit into a 7-4 victory behind Lawrence Butler’s two-run single in the fifth and a pitching staff that struck out 18 Mariners.

Seattle answered Gelof’s homer with three runs in the bottom of the first. Randy Arozarena drew a walk and stole second before Julio Rodríguez doubled him home. Cal Raleigh followed with a ground-ball single to right that scored Rodríguez, and Lazaro Montes added a two-out RBI single to left for a 3-1 lead. Jack Perkins finally escaped by striking out Brock Rodden with the bases loaded.

The A’s cut the margin to 3-2 in the second after Jeff McNeil walked, Michael Stefanic singled and Brian Serven singled to load the bases. Alika Williams then grounded into a double play that scored McNeil. The Athletics challenged the play, but the call was upheld.

Perkins kept Seattle scoreless over the next two innings and finished with seven strikeouts in three innings. His previous three career appearances against the Mariners had all been in relief, and he had not issued a walk in 8.2 innings against them before this game. This time he issued five, yet kept the A’s close after the rough first inning.

The game swung in the fifth. Henry Bolte drew a one-out walk, Gelof singled him to third, then stole second. Butler followed with a two-out single to center that scored both runners and put the A’s ahead 4-3. Butler began play with an 11-game hitting streak, tied for the longest active run in the majors, and his third-inning single had already pushed that streak to 12 games. Bolte also stayed hot after recording the first two-homer game of his career in the previous contest.

Donovan Walton added another run in the sixth, batting for Stefanic and sending a solo homer to right-center. A hit-by-pitch to Serven and an on-field delay followed, and Mariners manager Dan Wilson was ejected by home-plate umpire James Hoye. Seattle answered in the bottom half when Arozarena doubled, Dominic Canzone singled and Rodríguez brought Arozarena home on a force-play grounder. Rodríguez also stole second in that inning, one of his three steals in the game.

The Athletics never gave Seattle the tying run. Scott Blewett worked two scoreless innings after Perkins and struck out four. Chris Roycroft surrendered Seattle’s fourth run, but Luis Medina followed with three strikeouts while recording four outs, and Hogan Harris struck out two in a scoreless ninth. The staff’s 18 strikeouts were spread across five pitchers, with Perkins supplying seven of them.

The A’s added breathing room in the eighth. McNeil singled and Walton walked before Max Muncy lined an RBI single to left, scoring McNeil for a 6-4 lead. Bolte then reached on an infield single after an umpire review overturned the original call. In the ninth, Jonah Heim doubled and McNeil doubled him home to finish the scoring. McNeil began the game batting .348 since the All-Star break, third best in the majors, and his two-hit performance kept that second-half surge moving.

Gelof’s first-inning homer was his 15th of the season, and his fifth-inning steal gave him 11 stolen bases. Butler finished with two hits and two RBI, while Bolte reached base three times with two singles and a walk. The A’s began the game 25-58 against Seattle since 2021 and had lost five straight season series to the Mariners, making this a useful step toward changing a matchup that has treated them poorly for years.

Friday’s second game starters for Sacramento’s RHP Kade Morris (0-1 ERA 9.82, 10 strikeouts) for Seattle RHP Logan Gilbert (11-8, 3.42 ERA, 166 strikeouts), first pitch is set for 7:10 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

Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in. 

Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson: A’s getting strength from their game in recent moves

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The Sacramento A’s Henry Bolte runs the bases after hitting a two run home run off the Texas Rangers pitcher Cody Bradford in the top of the fourth inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Wed Sep 3, 2026 (AP News photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson:

#1 Jeremiah talk about some of the A’s switches in the line up on Wednesday with Jonah Heim at first, Michael Stefanic at third base, and Denzel Clarke returning in the ninth hole and getting hit and run scored which helped the A’s avoid getting swept beating the Rangers 9-2.

#2 The A’s Henry Bolte had his first career multi home run game no doubt Bolte has been getting around on the ball.

#3 The A’s also got home run help from Zack Gelof, Alika Williams and Heim talk about their success at the plate?

#4 The A’s also scored nine unanswered runs so the line up shake up helped in this game can they do that in their series coming up with the Seattle Mariners.

#5 Sacramento opens up a four game series Thursday night at T Mobile Field in Seattle. Starting pitching for Sacramento RHP Jack Perkins (3-10 ERA 6.42) for Seattle LHP Kade Anderson (0-0 ERA 4.50) first pitch 6:40pm.

Jeremiah Salmonson does the A’s podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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. 

Sacramento A’s podcast Bridget Mulcahy: A’s win 9-2 with Heim at first, Stefanic at third, Denzel back, and Lopez’s great command

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Sacramento A’s Henry Bolte slugs a fourth inning two run home run in front of Texas Rangers catcher Danny Jansen and plate umpire Nic Lentz at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Wed Sep 3, 2026 (AP News photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Bridget Mulcahy:

#1 Jacob Lopez started on the mound for the A’s. How effectively did he keep the Rangers’ offense under control, and what did you think of his overall outing?

#2 Denzel Clarke returned to the lineup in center field. How important was his return defensively, and did he make an impact at the plate?

#3 Michael Stefanic filled in at third base for the injured Tommy White. How well did Stefanic handle the opportunity?

#4 Jonah Heim played first base while Brian Serven caught. How did the A’s perform defensively with those lineup changes?

#5 The A’s won 9–2 to avoid a sweep. Which A’s player—such as Denzel Clarke, Michael Stefanic, Jonah Heim, or another contributor—do you think was most important to the victory, and why?

Bridget Mulcahy does the A’s podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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. 

Sacramento A’s game wrap: Bolte Times Two Sends Athletics Past Texas 9-2

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Sacramento A’s Zack Gelof (20) is congratulated in the A’s dugout in the top of the third inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Wed Sep 2, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Mauricio Segura

In four innings, Hery Bolte turned a two-run deficit into his own personal highlight reel. The rookie right fielder homered twice, drove in four runs and reached base five times as the Sacramento Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-2, snapping a five-game losing streak and avoiding a three-game sweep. Bolte also stole a base and finished 3-for-4, giving the Green and Gold the spark they had been missing through the first two games of the series.

Texas struck first against Jacob Lopez. Ezequiel Duran opened the bottom of the first with a solo homer to left, and Justin Foscue added another solo shot in the second for a 2-0 Rangers lead. Lopez never gave them anything more. The Athletics answered in the third after Denzel Clarke singled. Bolte followed with a two-run homer to right-center to tie the game, then Zack Gelof went deep to left for a 3-2 lead. Lawrence Butler also singled in the inning, extending his season-high hitting streak from 10 games to 11.

Bolte was not finished. Brian Serven doubled to begin the fourth and moved to third on Clarke’s groundout. Bolte then sent another two-run homer to right, stretching the lead to 5-2. The pair of blasts raised his season total from six to eight. His surge followed a strong August in which he hit .310 with 35 hits and 19 runs while leading all major league rookies in hits for the month. He also produced six three-hit games during August, and this performance gave him another three-hit afternoon when the Athletics badly needed one.

The fifth inning turned a good lead into a runaway. Jonah Heim homered to center off Robby Ahlstrom, making it 6-2. Jeff McNeil followed with a single, stole second and scored when Alika Williams launched a two-run homer to left. Williams struck again in the seventh with an RBI double that brought McNeil home and pushed the score to 9-2. Williams finished 2-for-3 with three RBI and a walk, while McNeil went 2-for-4, scored twice and stole a base. Heim’s homer carried a little extra history after he played for Texas last season.

Lopez made sure the early Texas homers became little more than a head start that disappeared. The left-hander worked six innings, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven. He retired Texas without another run after Foscue’s homer in the second and earned the victory, improving to 6-4. His performance extended a run that had already seen him allow two runs or fewer in nine consecutive starts before facing Texas. Geoff Hartlieb followed with two scoreless innings, getting Corey Seager to ground into a double play in the seventh, and Hogan Harris finished the ninth without allowing a runner.

The Athletics piled up 14 hits and five home runs, with Bolte, Gelof, Heim and Williams accounting for all five. The win did more than stop the losing streak. The A’s began the game tied 6-6 with Texas in the season series and needing one victory to take the matchup for the first time since 2021. They got it in emphatic fashion, finishing the season series 7-6 and leaving Texas with one of their best offensive performances of the late summer.

The Athletics now head to Seattle Thursday night at T Mobile Field, where Jack Perkins (3-10, 6.42 ERA, 109 K) is set to face Mariners left-hander Kade Anderson (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 8 K) at 6:40 p.m. Pacific, giving the A’s a quick chance to see whether their five-homer swing can travel north.

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

Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in. 

Sacramento A’s game wrap: Nimmo Keeps A’s Chasing in Texas; Sac falls 8-5 faces sweep Wednesday

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Texas Rangers Brandon Nimmo is thrilled after hitting a two run RBI single with the bases loaded against the Sacramento A’s at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Tue Sep 1, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Mauricio Segura

Rangers Brandon Nimmo kept putting more distance between the Texas Rangers and the Sacramento A’s all Tuesday night. Nimmo went 4-for-5 with a double and five RBIs, driving the Rangers’ offense in an 8-5 loss for the Green and Gold. The defeat dropped the A’s to 53-86 after they began play at a season-low 32 games under .500 and already assured of a fifth straight losing season.

Texas struck first when Corey Seager doubled in the opening inning and scored on Nimmo’s ground-ball double to left. The A’s answered in the third. Zack Gelof reached on an infield single and moved to second on Cody Freeman’s throwing error, then Lawrence Butler sent a single into center to bring Gelof home. Jonah Heim followed with another single, and Michael Stefanic drew a walk to load the bases, but Jeff McNeil flied out to end the threat. Butler’s hit extended his season-best hitting streak to 10 games after he had gone 12-for-30 during the previous nine.

The tie lasted only a few minutes. Seager doubled again in the bottom of the third, ending Brady Basso’s outing, and Nimmo greeted Scott Blewett with an RBI single for a 2-1 Texas lead. Basso worked 2 1/3 innings before the bullpen took over.

The A’s also lost first baseman Tommy White, who left because of a back injury, forcing Stefanic into the game and moving McNeil from second base to first. Denzel Clarke, reinstated from the 60-day injured list after a lengthy absence, started in center and went 0-for-2 before Carlos Cortes hit for him. Clarke had not played in the majors since April.

Texas broke the game apart in the fifth. Joc Pederson singled, Seager walked and Wyatt Langford singled to fill the bases. Nimmo then drove home Pederson and Seager with a single to right, and Ezequiel Duran’s groundout scored Langford for a 5-1 lead. One inning later, Evan Carter’s bunt single and Elias Díaz’s double set up sacrifice flies by Logan O’Hoppe and Seager. Langford then doubled, and Nimmo’s fourth hit scored him to make it 8-1.

There was at least one encouraging turn from the A’s bullpen. Yunior Tur, recalled earlier in the day, replaced José Suarez in the sixth and retired Nicky Lopez to end the inning. Tur then worked through the seventh and eighth without allowing a hit, finishing 2 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk. Before this outing, he had allowed 17 runs and 14 hits in the first 4 2/3 innings of his major-league career.

The A’s did not fold. Gelof walked to begin the seventh, Heim singled, and Stefanic delivered an RBI single. McNeil was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but Max Muncy grounded into a double play. In the eighth, Cortes and Henry Bolte singled before Gelof walked, and Butler’s sacrifice fly made it 8-3. The Athletics had 11 hits and drew seven walks, yet the bigger innings never followed.

The ninth gave the score a more respectable look and McNeil another productive night. Stefanic singled, and McNeil launched a two-run homer to right-center, cutting the deficit to 8-5. McNeil finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs, continuing a strong second half after batting .341 in his first 36 games following the All-Star break, a mark that ranked third in the majors before play. Donovan Walton was hit by a pitch after the homer, but Darell Hernaiz and Bolte struck out to end the game.

Wednesday’s finale will decide the season series, with the A’s Jacob Lopez (5-4, 4.82 ERA, 96 K) facing Rangers fellow left-hander Cody Bradford (0-3, 3.42 ERA, 13 K); first pitch is set for 11:35 a.m. Pacific, giving the A’s one more chance to take the season matchup from Texas.

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

Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in. 

Sacramento A’s game wrap: deGrom Turns the A’s Bats to Static in Texas 8-1 win

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Texas Rangers starter Jacob deGrom had command of his pitches and the Sacramento A’s at Globe Life Field in Arlington in the opening of a three game series on Mon Aug 31, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Mauricio Segura

The Sacramento Athletics found almost nothing to hit against Jacob deGrom, and the Texas Rangers steadily turned his dominance into an 8-1 victory. DeGrom allowed one hit over seven scoreless innings, struck out eight, issued no walks and faced the minimum 21 batters. Lawrence Butler supplied Sacramento’s only hit against him with a leadoff single in the second, but Tommy White struck out and Max Muncy grounded into a double play, erasing Butler and letting deGrom move on without facing an extra hitter.

The two-time Cy Young Award winner needed only 85 pitches, 56 for strikes, and improved to 10-9 while lowering his ERA to 4.00. Texas gave him all the support he needed in the bottom of the second against rookie left-hander Gage Jump. Brandon Nimmo reached on an infield single, Jake Burger doubled him to third, and Elias Díaz grounded out to score Nimmo. Cody Freeman followed with a single to deep center that brought Burger home for a 2-0 lead.

The Rangers added another run in the third when Corey Seager drew a walk, advanced on a wild pitch and a Wyatt Langford fly ball, then scored on Nimmo’s RBI single. Justin Foscue made it 4-0 in the fourth with his 10th home run of the season, a solo shot to left.

Texas stretched the margin further in the fifth. Ezequiel Duran singled, Seager and Langford drew walks to load the bases, and Nimmo lifted a sacrifice fly that scored Duran. Jump’s outing ended after 4 1/3 innings when Chris Roycroft took over, but the Rangers added two more runs before the inning ended. Burger singled home Seager, and Evan Carter’s fielder’s choice scored Langford for a 7-0 advantage.

Jump was charged with seven runs on six hits and three walks, struck out two and fell to 6-9 as his ERA rose to 5.15. Roycroft gave Sacramento 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, before José Suarez handled the eighth.

Texas scored its final run against Suarez when Logan O’Hoppe doubled and Freeman singled him home, giving Freeman two hits and two RBIs. Nimmo also finished with two hits and two RBIs while scoring once, helping Texas total nine hits.

Sacramento’s offense finally stirred after deGrom and Robby Ahlstrom had combined to hold the A’s to one hit through eight innings. Carlos Cortes opened the ninth with a single off Ben Peoples, and Jonah Heim followed with a double to put runners at second and third. Darell Hernaiz then lifted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Cortes and preventing a shutout. Peoples retired Henry Bolte and Jeff McNeil to finish it.

Sacramento ended with three hits, no walks and 11 strikeouts. The loss dropped the Athletics to 53-85 and extended their skid to four games. They finished August 8-20, their poorest August since going 7-21 in 1978, while Texas improved to 68-70.

The series continues Tuesday with right-hander J.T. Ginn scheduled for Sacramento. Ginn is 9-8 with a 3.71 ERA and 121 strikeouts. Texas will counter with left-hander MacKenzie Gore, who is 7-10 with a 4.40 ERA and 165 strikeouts. First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 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

Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in. 

Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason: A’s open up series with Rangers in Arlington on Monday Night Baseball

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Sacramento A’s righthander Gage Jump will open the series as starting pitcher against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Texas in game 1 of the series on Mon Aug 31, 2026 (AP News file photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason:

#1 Lawrence Butler drove in two runs early for the A’s Sunday. What was the situation that led to Butler’s two-run hit in the first inning?

#2 Brian Serven hit a two-run home run in the third inning. How did his homer affect the A’s lead at that point?

#3 Jeff McNeil doubled in a run in the second inning. What did that hit give the A’s in terms of momentum against Orioles starter Chris Bassitt?

#4 Jeffrey Springs started on the mound for the A’s. What happened after he allowed Coby Mayo’s three-run homer and Gunnar Henderson’s second home run?

#5 The A’s open up a three game set to start the road trip in Arlington against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on Monday night. Starting pitchers for Sacramento LHP Gage Jump (6-8 ERA 4.69) for Texas RHP Jacob deGrom (9-9 ERA 4.21) first pitch 5:05pm PDT.

Barbara Mason does the Sacramento A’s podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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. 

Sacramento A’s podcast Daniel Dullum: Butler and Serven get some offense but A’s fall short to O’s 8-5

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Saracmento A’s first baseman Tommy Tanks White (47) get the put out on Baltimore Orioles base runner Blaze Alexander (23) in the top of the third inning at Sutter Health Field in West Sacramento on Sun Aug 30, 2026 (AP News photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Daniel Dullum:

#1 Lawrence Butler drove in two runs early in the first inning for Butler has been making the difference of late?

#2 Brian Serven hit a two-run home run in the third inning. Serven has been seeing the ball very well of late talk about his hitting.

#3 Jeff McNeil doubled in a run in the second inning. What did that hit give the A’s in terms of momentum against Orioles starter Chris Bassitt?

#4 Jeffrey Springs started on the mound for the A’s. What happened after he allowed Coby Mayo’s three-run homer and Gunnar Henderson’s second home run?

#5 With Lawrence Butler, Brian Serven, Jeff McNeil, Zack Gelof, and Alika Williams among the A’s contributors, what ultimately went wrong for Sacramento as Baltimore scored seven unanswered runs to win 8–5?

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

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. 

Sacramento A’s game wrap: Henderson Hijacks A’s Early Lead in 8-5 Baltimore Sweep

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Baltimore Orioles first baseman Coby Mayo fields a Sacramento A’s grounder in the bottom of the first inning at Sutter Health Field in West Sacramento on Sun Aug 30, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Mauricio Segura

WEST SACRAMENTO–Gunnar Henderson needed only four at-bats to turn a promising Sacramento Athletics Sunday afternoon into a frustrating finish. The Baltimore shortstop went 4-for-4 with two home runs, a triple and five RBI, powering the Orioles past the A’s 8-5 and finishing a three-game sweep.

Henderson put Baltimore ahead first with a solo homer, but the Athletics answered immediately. Henry Bolte singled, Zack Gelof drew a walk and Lawrence Butler ripped a two-run double to bring both runners home. Butler’s hit pushed his hitting streak to eight games, continuing a stretch in which he had been one of Sacramento’s hottest bats. He had been batting .354 with five homers and 13 RBI over his previous 18 games, while Bolte had hit .317 during August and ranked among the major-league rookie leaders in hits.

The A’s kept stacking hits against former Athletics starter Chris Bassitt. Brian Serven singled and later scored on Jeff McNeil’s RBI double. Tommy White doubled, and Serven followed with a two-run homer to right-center, stretching the lead to 5-1. It was an especially productive swing for a catcher who had made the most of his chances with men aboard; before the game, Serven was batting .400 with runners in scoring position, and all four of his previous home runs had come with runners on base.

Then Henderson and Coby Mayo changed the game in a hurry.

Pete Alonso and Henderson opened Baltimore’s fourth-inning rally with singles, and Mayo followed with a three-run homer to left-center that cut the A’s advantage to 5-4. One inning later, Blaze Alexander singled, Alonso drew a walk and Henderson sent a three-run homer to right field for a 7-5 Orioles lead. Jeffrey Springs was removed after that swing, ending his outing at 4 2/3 innings with six hits, seven runs, one walk and six strikeouts.

The loss dropped Springs to 3-13 and extended his personal losing streak to 13 games. He had already been carrying one of the roughest stretches in Athletics history, with 30 home runs allowed over his previous 20 starts and a 12-game losing streak that was tied for sixth-longest in franchise history before this outing. His day also followed a season-long problem for Sacramento pitching: the A’s had allowed a major-league-high 205 homers before the game.

Once Baltimore moved ahead, the Athletics never found another run. Butler drew a leadoff walk in the fifth, but Donovan Walton grounded into a double play. Alika Williams singled with two outs in the sixth and was stranded. Anthony Nunez, Josh Walker and Yennier Cano handled the final outs for Baltimore, with Cano retiring Jonah Heim, Bolte and McNeil in order in the ninth.

Henderson was not finished after the two homers. Pete Alonso was hit by a pitch in the eighth and replaced by Jackson Holliday, and Henderson drove Holliday home with a triple to center for the final run. Henderson also had his fingerprints on the defensive side, fielding Butler’s bases-loaded grounder to end an Athletics threat and helping turn a double play later in the game.

Sacramento finished with nine hits but only five runs, while Baltimore scored eight times on seven hits. Serven went 2-for-4 with two RBI, Bolte had two hits, Butler drove in two and McNeil supplied an RBI double.

The A’s closed the month at 8-19 after beginning the day with the lowest winning percentage in the majors for August, and the defeat dropped them to 25-44 at home. Baltimore improved to 68-69 and moved within one game of the final American League wild-card spot.

The A’s now head to Texas, where left-hander Gage Jump (6-8, 4.69 ERA, 97 K) gets the opener against Jacob deGrom (9-9, 4.21 ERA, 159 K), with first pitch set for 5:05 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.