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Kings Fall to 0-3 as Grizzlies Capitalize on Defensive Struggles in 123-112 Loss

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Zach LaVine #8 of the Sacramento Kings is guarded by Jerami Grant #3 of the Memphis Grizzlies during the first half at Golden 1 Center on October 25, 2026 in Sacramento, California. (Mandatory photo credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento Kings welcomed the Memphis Grizzlies to town on Sunday night for their first meeting of the season at Golden 1 Center. The Grizzlies had started their season opposite the Kings, as they won their first two games of the year prior to the matchup with the Kings to start the year 2-0. On the other hand, the Kings entered the game 0-2 after losing to the Clippers on the road and the Blazers at home to start the year. On Sunday, the game tipped off at 6 p.m. PDT.

The Grizzlies defeated the Kings 123-112 on Sunday to improve to 3-0 as the Kings fell to 0-3 on the season.

In the first quarter, neither team jumped out to any big advantages, but the Grizzlies did jump out to an early six-point lead in the first. Domantas Sabonis led the Kings back in the first as he scored 10 points and added eight rebounds to give the Kings a 28-25 lead as the quarter came to a close.

In the second quarter, the Kings’ defense collapsed, and the Grizzlies took full advantage of it. From down three heading into the quarter, the Grizzlies outscored the Kings 42-31 in the second to take a 67-59 lead into halftime.

Doug Christie spoke after the game on the issues the Kings have been having in one quarter of the game, this time the second quarter.

“I have to figure out a way to help them through their fight, the way that they’re battling, they’re putting themselves in it. In the preseason it was a second quarter that was tough. And then it was the third quarter of the last game. It’s just one quarter that’s kind of getting away from us. Tonight it was the second quarter plus 11. And that’s usually the difference in the game.”

On the positive side for the Kings, Zach LaVine kept the Kings in the game with 16 of his 20 points in the second quarter and carried the lion’s share of the offensive load.

Ty Jerome scored 10 points for the Grizzlies in the quarter to lead them to the halftime lead.

Coming out of halftime, the Kings managed to get the game back under control and stopped the bleeding that happened in the second quarter. It was Ty Jerome again for the Grizzlies on offense as he scored 11 more points to bring his game total to 21 at that point. On the other side, it was Zach LaVine who continued to put on a show as he scored another 11 points to bring his three-quarter total to 31 and keep the Kings within striking distance. All in, the Kings outscored the Grizzlies 31-29 in the third quarter as the Grizzlies took a 96-90 lead into the final 12 minutes of the game.

In the fourth quarter, the Kings battled but were ultimately unable to come away with the comeback as they fell to the Grizzlies 123-112. In the final quarter, the Grizzlies finished off the game by outscoring the Kings 27-22. The Kings’ defense had one too many breakdowns in the game, and the offense couldn’t pick up the pieces. The Grizzlies killed the Kings on the offensive glass as they came away with 18 offensive rebounds.

Doug Christie spoke after the game on the offensive rebounding issues the Grizzlies presented to the team.

“We got to block out. Don’t sit down there fighting. Precious is fighting. And I really want the guards to come back and clean up some of those. You got to win the battle. You can’t turn and look at it. You got to hit a guy.”

Zach LaVine spoke after the game on how he feels the team is fighting but coming up just short early in the season.

“The fight is there from everybody, we just need a little more.”

The Kings will now go on the road for a four-game, seven-day road trip. The first game of the trip is in San Antonio on Tuesday at 5 p.m. PDT.

Judd’s equalizer preserves point for Earthquakes in 1-1 draw with Nashville

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The San Jose Earthquakes pose for a picture after their 1-1 draw with Nashville SC as the team celebrated clinching a playoff berth at PayPal Park on Saturday October 17, 2026. (San Jose Earthquakes)

By Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — Preston Judd is having a career year and is getting hot at the right time for the San Jose Earthquakes.

Judd scored his 16th goal of the year as San Jose came back for a 1-1 draw with Nashville SC on Saturday evening at PayPal Park.

San Jose has earned a point in nine straight matches. Nashville SC has earned a point in six straight matches as they continue their pursuit for the Supporter’s Shield.

The Earthquakes clinched a spot in the 2026 MLS Playoffs thanks to draws by San Diego with the Los Angeles Galaxy and Colorado with Portland.

The match featured the return of former Earthquakes striker Cristian Espinoza, who signed with Nashville this past offseason after playing the past six seasons for San Jose.

San Jose (13-8-9-48 points) had two quality scoring chances in the first 20 minutes. In the eighth minute Jack Jasinki’s cross into the middle of the box was headed just over the top of the net by Preston Judd. Then in the 19th minute, Jamar Ricketts pass to Judd along the end line hit the side of the net as Judd flicked the ball just wide with a quick back kick.

Nashville (20-3-7-67 points) drew first blood in the 34th minute. Hany Mukhtar took advantage of a misplayed ball just outside the box. Mukhtar dribbled in and his first attempt was stopped by Quakes goalkeeper Angus Gunn. The rebound came right back to the veteran striker who buried it top shelf for his 16th goal of the season.

San Jose had chance to tie the match in the 66th minute when Ricketts once again found Judd inside the box, but Nashville goalkeeper Brian Schwake gobbled up the chance from just outside the left post.

The Earthquakes scored the equalizer in the 70th minute after a set piece. Eduard Lowen sent a free kick into the middle of the box from 30 yards out and Judd was in perfect position to head the ball beyond the outstretched reach of Schwake into the far corner of the net for his team leading 16th goal of the season.

Nashville had a chance to gain its second lead of the match in the 89th minute, but Elias Saad’s shot attempt just sailed wide right and out for a free kick for San Jose. Then in the first minute of stoppage time, Gunn made a kick save on another attempt by Saad inside the box.

Gunn finished the match with three saves on four shots. Schwake made two saves on three shots in earning the draw along with gun.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished with four corner kicks. Nashville had zero.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels out the Lone Star State to take on FC Dallas on Saturday October 24 at 5:30pm at Toyota Stadium.

Roadrunners sweep Barracuda in 4-1 win

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San Jose Barracuda forward Anthony Vincent and Tucson forward Kevin Rooney tussle during a brawl in the first period at Tech CU Arean as the Roadrunners defeated the Barracuda 4-1 on Saturday October 10, 2026. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The Tucson Roadrunners scored three goals in the second period to rout the the San Jose Barracuda 4-1 on Saturday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has lost three out of four to start the season. Tucson swept the weekend series and is even at 500 after losing their first two games of the season.

Tucson (2-2) broke through with the game’s first goal late in the first period. Ben McCartney sent a shot from the left boards that Cuda goalie Matt Davis initially stopped. Vadim Moroz pounced on the rebound and put home his second attempt from in front of the crease for his team leading third goal of the season at the 14:02 mark.

San Jose (1-3) had a good scoring chance late in the opening frame when Carson Wetsch cross iced a pass over to Patrick Giles on a two-on-one odd man break, but Giles shot was saved by Roadrunners goalie Jaxson Stauber who dove out with an outstretched save to keep the Cuda off of the board.

Anthony Vincent and Kevin Rooney got into a spirited scrap earlier in the period at the 7:03 mark.

The Roadrunners doubled its lead with a power play goal early in the second period. Caleb Desnoyers scored his second goal of the season when he skated in from the neutral zone down the right wing before firing a shot into the crease that through the five-hole of Davis at the 3:01 mark.

Tucson scored its third unanswered goal just over three minutes later. Former Cuda defenseman Montana Onyebuchi’s shot from the point had seeing eyes as snuck past Davis for his second goal of the season at the 6:33 mark. Desnoyers and Yegor Borikov received helpers on the play.

Borikov scored the third goal of the middle frame for Tucson when he scored a short-handed goal on a breakaway after a turnover by San Jose in the neutral zone. Borikov beat Davis to the glove side for his first goal of the season at the 11:58 mark.

San Jose’s power play was absolutely anemic on the evening. They squandered two different 5-on-3 power plays and did not score with the man advantage on its first nine chances.

Roland McKeown spoiled Stauber’s shutout bid with a power play goal, too little, too late with 1:31 remaining in the game. McKeown tipped in Wetsch’s shot from the point for his second goal of the season.

Stauber (1-1) stopped 35 of the 36 shots he faced to earn his first win of the season. Davis (1-1) made 25 saves on 29 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-10 on the power play. Tucson went 1-for-4.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Desnoyers 2) Borikov 3) Stauber.

UP NEXT: San Jose hosts the Calgary Wranglers on Wednesday at 10:30am as part of the first Cuda Classroom of the season at Tech CU Arena.

Judd’s brace powers Earthquakes in 3-1 win over Timbers

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San Jose Earthquakes forward Preston Judd celebrates his second goal of the match against the Portland Timbers among the fans at PayPal Park on Saturday SEP 26, 2026 (San Jose Earthquakes)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — Preston Judd is becoming a scoring machine for the San Jose Earthquakes at the right time of the year.

Judd scored two goals in the first half as San Jose dominated the Portland Timbers in a convincing 3-1 victory on Saturday evening at PayPal Park.

San Jose has won two of its past three matches which includes a six-match point streak. Portland has lost three matches in a row.

San Jose (13-8-6-45 points) drew first blood early in the match. In the fourth minute, Eduard Lowen chipped over a high cross from right to left over to Judd inside the box. Judd headed over the outstretched reach of Timbers goalkeeper James Pantemis for his team leading 14th goal of the season. Daniel Munie received a secondary assist, his fifth of the season.

For Lowen it was his first helper in a Quakes kit and first goal contribution.

Portland (9-13-5-32) created the next three scoring chances in the 11th, 12th and 13th minutes. Quakes goalkeeper Earl Edwards Jr. denied all three chances with saves on shots by Ariel Lassiter, Kristoffer Velde and Vincent Janssen.

The Earthquakes doubled its lead in the 24th minute with Lowen scoring his first goal in a Quakes kit. A nice give and go between Beau Leroux and Timo Werner led to Leroux finding Lowen inside the box. Lowen dribbled down to the end line before roofing a shot into the middle of the net for his fourth overall goal of the season.

Judd recorded his brace five minutes later in the 29th minute. Paul Marie received the ball inside the box. He pirouetted around before sending a quick cross into the middle where Judd propped up his leg and knocked the ball out of mid-air past Pantemis for his 15th goal of the season. Lowen was on all three goal contributions with the secondary assist.

Judd has recorded a brace in back-to-back games.

Portland broke through the seal in the 86th minute to spoil Gunn’s clean sheet. Eric Izoita found David Da Costa down low on the right side of the box. Da Costa made a move around a Quakes defender before depositing the ball into the back of the net for his fourth goal of the season.

Edwards Jr. finished the match stopping seven out of eight shots on target to earn the victory. Pantemis made five saves on eight shots on target in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished with five corner kicks. Portland had nine.

Tonight’s match was scheduled to be the 9,000th match in the history of MLS, the New York Red Bulls-St. Louis CITY match that was scheduled earlier in the day was postponed due to inclement weather. Instead, it was the 8,999th match.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels out to the Rockies to take on the Colorado Rapids on Saturday October 10 at 6:30pm at DICK’s Sporting Goods Park.

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Giants come up short in 9th, lose 3-2 to Twins

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Photo: San Francisco Giants second baseman Jonah Cox is thrown out at home trying to score on an infield ground ball on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif. (Jay Choi/SF Bay News Lab)

By Vince Cestone

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants were so very close to a thrilling walk-off win against the Minnesota Twins, but they fell a run short in the ninth inning, losing 3-2 at Oracle Park on Tuesday night.

The game was tight, but the Giants could not get the big hit to tie the game late, making some costly baserunning errors in the eighth inning. Some of the Giants’ failures with runners on base could also be attributed to line drives that just found Twins’ gloves in the outfield.

San Francisco opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning. With one out, third baseman Shay Whitcomb and right fielder Scott Bandura hit back-to-back singles, with Whitcomb advancing to third on Bandura’s hit. The catcher Drew Cavanaugh played some small ball, executing a suicide squeeze bunt, bringing in Whitcomb and giving the Giants a 1-0 lead.

The Giants held the lead until the sixth inning. With one out, Twins shortstop and ninth-place hitter Ryan Kreidler singled. Then, right fielder Luke Keaschall tripled in Kreidler, tying the game at 1. The next batter third baseman Brooks Lee singled in Keaschall, giving Minnesota a 2-1 lead.

The Twins added an important insurance run on a solo homer by center fielder Walker Jenkins, his fourth of the year, making the score 3-1 Twins. This would end up proving to be the winning run, as the Giants came up just a run short in the ninth inning.

The Giants missed a golden opportunity to tie the game or go ahead in the seventh inning. With two on and one out, pinch hitter Osleivis Basabe hit a hard liner to right field, but the lead runner from second Andrew Knizner read the ball as being a base hit and kept on going even though the right fielder Keaschall caught the ball. Knizner was doubled off second and the inning was over with the Giants getting no runs.

The Giants made a valiant effort to tie or win the game in the bottom of the ninth, but they ultimately fell short. After Brett Harris led off the inning with a walk, Knizner was then hit by a pitch. Shortstop Christian Koss then advanced the runners to second and third on a sacrifice bunt. The next batter Basabe walked. With the bases loaded and one out, second baseman Jonah Cox lined a screamer off the glove of the third baseman Lee, but Lee was able to recover the ball and step on the bag at third for the unassisted putout. Harris came in to score to make it 3-2 Twins. The next batter Victor Bericoto struck out to end the game, and the Giants lost 3-2.

On the pitching side, Anthony Molina was superb for the Giants. He went six innings, giving up two runs on four hits, while striking out six and walking one. For the Twins, starting pitcher Taj Bradley also went six innings but gave up just one run on three hits. He walked three and also struck out six batters. Bradley earned the win, and Molina took the loss.

Up next, the Giants will try to take the series against the Twins at 12:45 p.m. at Oracle Park on Wednesday. Connor Prielipp for the Twins (6-7, 4.94 ERA) will take on Cesar Perdomo for the Giants (0-1, 3.72 ERA).

And then–the Giants will end the season with a weekend series against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers.

Reid’s last-minute goal helps Quakes earn a draw with LAFC

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The Starting XI for the San Jose Earthquakes pose for the media before their match against LAFC at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday SEP 19, 2026. (San Jose Earthquakes)

by Marko Ukalovic

SANTA CLARA — Reid Roberts’ instinct kicked in when his team needed it at the right moment.

Reid scored his third goal of the season in the eighth minute of stoppage time to help salvage a point for the San Jose Earthquakes in a 2-2 draw with LAFC on Saturday evening at Levi’s Stadium.

San Jose have earned a point in five straight matches. LAFC has earn a point in five of their past six matches.

San Jose (12-8-6-42 points) had the match’s first quality scoring chance in the 13th minute. Eduard Lowen found Beau Leroux near the top of the box. Leroux sent a ball into the middle where Nico Tsakiris got a touch on the ball but couldn’t control the possession as LAFC goalkeeper Hugo Lloris scooped up the ball after it hit Tsakiris.

LAFC (11-8-8-41 points) dangerous, dynamic duo attack of Son Heung-Min and Denis Bouanga created chances in the 14th and 15th minutes. Heung-Min’s shot attempt was blocked and then a minute later Bouanga shot was saved by Quakes goalkeeper Angus Gunn.

LAFC broke through with the match’s first goal in the 34th minute. Hueng-Min had a brilliant individual effort after receiving the ball just past the midfield circle. Hueng-Min dribbled down the pitch 20 yards before turning back into the middle as he fired a low shot just inside the left post past Gunn for his sixth goal of the season.

Two minutes later San Jose countered when Leroux sent a ball into the middle of box. Tsakiris got behind LAFC defender Aaron Long who pulled the arm of Tsakiris just outside the box prevents a possible breakaway chance. Referee Drew Fischer deemed the play a denial of a scoring chance resulting in a red card for Long and an automatic ejection.

San Jose had chances in the final five minutes of the first half but weren’t able to get a ball past Lloris.

LAFC doubled its lead in the 53rd minute thanks to a misplay by San Jose. Mark Delgado sent a long ball out to Hueng-Min who raced down the to the opposite end of the pitch. Hueng-Min crossed the ball over to Bouanga who one-timed the ball into the back of the net for his team leading 14th goal of the season.

The Earthquakes cut LAFC’s lead in half when Bruce Arena’s substitutes came in an injected life into San Jose. Timo Werner centered a ball into the middle of the box where Preston Judd’s header blew past Lloris for his team leading 13th goal of the season in the 70th minute. Tskiris received the secondary assist on the play.

Hueng-Min thought he had his second goal of the match in the 73rd minute when his shot deflected off of Reid Roberts’ leg inside the box, but VAR had a foul on Sergi Palencia before the goal happened wiping out what would have been the insurance goal for the team a man down.

Lloris played out of his mind as he finished with seven saves on nine shots on target, including some point-blank chances by San Jose. Gunn made one save on three shots.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished with 17 corner kicks. LAFC had three.

UP NEXT: San Jose hosts the Portland Timbers on Saturday September 26 at 7:30pm at PayPal Park.

Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason: A’s open six game road trip in Tampa Bay and Cleveland starting Tuesday

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Sacramento A’s Zack Gelof (20) connects with a bottom of the first inning pitch sending it 405 feet for Gelof’s 18th home run of the season as Seattle M’s catcher Jhonny Pereda (5) and plate umpire Andy Fletcher watch it fly at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Sun Sep 13, 2026 (Golden Bay Times photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason:

#1 Barbara, Lawrence Butler hit a game winning bottom of the ninth two run walk off home run to wrap up the game for a 8-7 win at Sutter Health Park. The A’s were down in the ninth 7-6 with Zack Gelof on base and Butler cleared the right centerfield fence for the walk off.

#2 A’s are going good they have now won four of their last five games and this team got hot going back to Aug 2 when they topped the Texas Rangers 9-2 avoiding a sweep at that time and have gone 7-3 since then.

#3 Butler hit two home runs in Sunday’s game and looking back on Aug 2 in Texas had a team meeting and that lit the fuse he was slumping in the first half of the season and now has come back with vengence and after hitting around .155 before the break and now in mid September has improved to .230 and has been one of the key guys in the line up.

#4 What can you also say about Henry Bolte whose been the lead off man scored a run in Sunday’s game where every run has counted to edge the M’s and take two out of three. Bolte even though he went 0-3 scored a crucial run and is hitting .275 in the lead off role.

#5 A’s take Mon Sep 14th off and open up a three game series in Tampa Bay against the Rays on Tuesday night Sep 15 in St Petersburg. Starting pitchers for Sacramento RHP Jack Perkins (3-11 ERA 6.53) for Tampa Bay RHP Griffin Jax (7-10 ERA 3.99) first pitch 3:40pm PDT.

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

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Bay FC match wrap: KC Current just get by Bay FC 2-1

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Kanas City Current Izzy Rodriguez (18) boots the futbol against the Bay FC at Pay Pal Park in San Jose on Fri Sep 4, 2026 (KC Soccer Journal photo)

By William Espy

SAN JOSE–Bay FC were back at PayPal Park on Friday night as they hosted the Kansas City Current, who brought a couple of familiar faces along with them, Kayla Sharples and Penelope Hocking. It was also a revenge game for Jordan Silkowitz, Claire Hutton and Alex Pfeiffer on Bay FC’s side of things, as they got an opportunity to face their old team. KC just got by the Bay FC in a close match with a 2-1 win.

Karlie Lema had a great run through the Current defense in the fifth minute, battling with the aforementioned Sharples in an attempt to get a shot on target. Lema’s shot ended up hitting the side netting, but she was making an early impact. Despite a strong start by Bay FC, it was Kansas City’s Izzy Rodriguez who scored the first goal of the night, kicking the ball into the net directly from a corner.

Kansas City’s Laney Rouse was shown a yellow card in the 37th minute, the first of the night, for a dangereous tackle on Alex Pfeiffer. Bay FC were clearly upset by the foul and thought it could have constituted a red card, but play continued regardless of their protests.

Bay FC tied things up in stoppage time as Karlie Lema was able to get her foot on a loose ball that was lying next to Current goalkeeper Marisa Jordan and put it in the back of the net.

By the halftime whistle, the game’s physicality had drastically become a key to success for both teams. Both sides were using heavy tackles and were committing fouls fairly regularly and it only seemed to increase as time went on. After 45 minutes, the game remained tied at a goal apiece.

The Current seemed very aggressive coming out of the break, leading to a few whistles. Roughly five minutes into the second half, there was a slight delay for Joelle Anderson who took an unfortunate hit to the head and exited the game. Aldana Cometti entered the game to take Anderson’s spot.

Lema tangled with Sharples again in the 67th minute, this time in a much more violent manner. After both players crashed to the ground, Lema was given a yellow card for her troubles.

In the 73rd minute, Emma Coates took Lema off the pitch, allowing Rachael Kundananji to make her return after an absence for international duty. Moments later, Croix Bethune was shown Kansas City’s second yellow card after she took down Cometti away from the ball.

Kundananji didn’t take long to make her presence felt, as her speed generated a scoring chance for Bay FC in the 83rd minute, but Jordan made the save to keep the game deadlocked. Hannah Bebar was shown a yellow card in the 84th minute.

Hocking made her return to PayPal Park in the 84th minute, while Bay FC brought on Dorian Bailey and Agostina Holzheier at the same time.

Kansas City broke the tie in the 89th minute, as Rocky Rodriguez was able to fire a shot from just outside of the box, which found the top corner of the goal and secured a 2-1 lead for the Current.

This time, Bay would be unable to find an equalizer and they suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Current, with the dagger coming in the closing moments.

A’s Take Rubber Game Against Twins 7-4 to Secure Series Win

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Mandatory Photo Credit: Mauricio Segura – The Athletics take on the Twins on Wednesday night at Sutter Health Park.

By Jeremiah Salmonson

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento A’s and Minnesota Twins wrapped up their three-game series on Wednesday night at Sutter Health Park as the A’s came away with a 7-4 win to take the series. It was the rubber game of the series, as both teams had won one of the previous two games, with the A’s looking to take their second series of the year from the AL Central (the first was against the Kansas City Royals earlier this season).

J.T. Ginn took home the win as he improved to 9-8 on the season. The A’s improved to 53-81 as the Twins fell to 64-70 on the year.

J.T. Ginn took the ball for the A’s to close out the series and the homestand for what was his 27th appearance and 24th start for the club this season. Ginn, who has been arguably the A’s best starter this season, came into the game on Wednesday with an 8-8 record and 3.60 ERA. He struggled early in the game but managed to settle in for a solid outing. Ginn tossed six full innings while giving up four runs (three home runs) on six hits while walking two and striking out three. Ginn gave up a solo home run in the first inning, followed by two solo home runs in the second inning that did the bulk of the damage against him. Otherwise, Ginn only allowed one other run and three hits aside from those first two frames.

“For him to go out and give us six innings tonight, I thought was exceptional,” Mark Kotsay said of Ginn after the game.

The A’s first turned to the bullpen in the seventh inning in relief of Ginn, who went the first six innings of the game.

Brady Basso was first out of the pen for the A’s as he pitched both the seventh and eighth innings. Basso was lights out for the A’s as he gave up one hit and nothing else during his two innings of relief. Basso needed only 15 pitches to get through his outing and created a nice bridge for the back end of the A’s pen.

In the ninth inning, it was Elvis Alvarado who came in to try and record the save for the A’s after getting the save one night earlier. It wasn’t easy for Alvarado as he gave up a hit and a walk in the ninth, but ultimately, Elvis didn’t allow any runs and shut the door on the Twins.

On the offensive side of the ball, the A’s scored seven runs off 12 hits and a walk to drum up enough offense to defeat the Twins.

The A’s first run came in the fourth inning when Michael Stefanic doubled home Lawrence Butler to pull the A’s to within two and make it a 3-1 ballgame. It was the first double and RBI for Stefanic this season with the A’s.

The A’s second run came later that same inning as [PLAYER] grounded out and scored Lawrence Butler from third base for the A’s second run.

The A’s had to wait until the sixth inning for their next runs as they would score four in the inning.

Jeff McNeil hit a pinch-hit RBI double for the A’s in the sixth that scored one run and put runners at second and third. It was the 18th double for McNeil so far this season.

One batter later, it was Alika Williams who cleared the bases with a two-RBI triple for the A’s to give them the 5-4 lead at the time. It was the first triple for Williams this season and RBIs 11 and 12 for the shortstop.

The last run for the A’s in the sixth inning came courtesy of Darell Hernaiz, who singled home Williams for the A’s sixth run of the game.

To cap the A’s scoring, it was Lawrence Butler in the seventh inning who drilled a solo home run over the wall in left-center field. It was the 12th homer for Butler and traveled 425 feet while leaving the bat at 104.3 mph.

The A’s will have an off day on Thursday prior to welcoming the Baltimore Orioles to Sacramento for a three-game series on Friday at 6:40 p.m. PDT.

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Giants lose another pitcher but still beat Reds 3-1

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Photo: Anthony Molina, who was traded from the Atlanta Braves to the San Francisco Giants for Tyler Mahle, made his Giants debut against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif. (Jay Choi/SF Bay News Lab).

By Vince Cestone

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants churned another impressive pitching performance on Tuesday night but lost yet another arm to the injured list.

After losing starting pitcher Carson Whisenhunt to a torn UCL on Monday night, the Giants lost Adrian Houser to an apparent right arm injury after he was taken out of the game in the top of the second inning. There is no word yet on the extent of Houser’s injury.

But despite the injured pitchers, the Giants marched on to a 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night. The bullpen picked up the slack, just like on Monday night, and was superb for 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball.

The Giants started the scoring yet again in the first inning. After Drew Gilbert was hit by a pitch, first baseman Rafael Devers walked. Designated hitter Jung Hoo Lee then walked to load the bases for rookie left fielder Turner Hill who flew out to shallow left field. With the bases still loaded and one out, catcher Drew Cavanaugh singled on a ground ball up the middle, bringing in two runs and giving the Giants a 2-0 lead. Cavanaugh ended up going 3-for-3 on the day. The 2-0 lead would prove to be enough to lead the Giants to victory.

San Francisco tacked on another run on a Devers home run, his 28th of the year, to give the Giants a 3-0 lead.

The Reds scored their lone run of the series in the top of the ninth inning against Carson Seymour. Seymour gave up the home run to Sal Stewart, an opposite field shot over the 24-foot-high right-field wall.

On the pitching side for the Giants, Anthony Molina relieved Houser and threw 4 1/3 innings of scoreless ball. He gave up just one hit and one walk, while striking out one. Molina was acquired from the Braves for Tyler Mahle.

For the Reds, Brady Singer had a solid start, but it wasn’t enough to beat the Giants. Singer went 5 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on six hits, while walking two and striking out five. Singer now has a 4.72 ERA on the year.

Up next, the Giants will go for their first series sweep of the year. Landen Roupp (7-13, 4.34 ERA) will take on Nick Lodolo (3-3, 5.04 ERA). Game time is at 12:45 p.m. at Oracle Park on Wednesday afternoon.

If the Giants were ever going to get a series sweep in 2026, Wednesday afternoon’s game will be their best chance.