Keaton Winn Wins in MLB Debut as Giants Blow out Cardinals 11-3

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By: Mary Anne

The San Francisco Giants looked to win two straight games against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night. The Giants defeated the Cardinals 11-3 at Busch Stadium. San Francisco improved to 35-32, while St. Louis dropped to 27-41.

Before the game, San Francisco wished their assistant coach, Alyssa Nakken, a Happy 33rd Birthday. Nakken’s a boundary-breaking coach who became the first woman to coach in an MLB regular season game in April 2022.

The Giants’ starting lineup featured LaMonte Wade Jr., Thairo Estrada, Joc Pederson, J.D. Davis, Michael Conforto, Mitch Haniger, Mike Yastrzemski, Patrick Bailey, Brandon Crawford, and Alex Cobb. Cobb pitched four innings and gave up five hits, two earned runs, two walks, and five strikeouts.

The first inning ended in a 2-2 tie.

The Giants got on the board in the top of the first inning. Michael Conforto doubled on a sharp fly ball to Tommy Edman. Thairo Estrada and Joc Pederson scored for a 2-0 lead.

The Cardinals tied the ballgame in the bottom of the first inning. Paul Goldschmidt singled on a ground ball to Conforto but deflected by LaMonte Wade Jr. Brenden Donovan scored to cut the Giants’ lead in half, 2-1. Dylan Carlson grounded to a force-out, and Thairo Estrada went to Brandon Crawford. Goldschmidt tied the game 2-2 as Nolan Gorman went to third base, Nolan Arenado was out at second base, and Carlson went to first base with two outs.

The Giants regained their lead in the top of the third inning, but they had to overcome some adversity. The Cardinals challenged Michael Conforto’s play for a tag play, but their call was overturned. Conforto singled on a line drive to Jordan Walker. Joc Pederson scored for a 3-2 lead as J.D. Davis was out at third base on the throw, and Walker went to Nolan Arenado with two outs.

The Giants poured in the runs in the top of the fifth inning. Casey Schmitt singled on a ground ball to Dylan Carlson. Blake Sabol scored for a 4-2 lead as Michael Conforto went to third base. Patrick Bailey singled on a line drive to Carlson. Schmitt scored to make it 5-2, as Mike Yastrzemski went to third base. Brandon Crawford was out on a sacrifice bunt as Genesis Cabrera went to Paul Goldschmidt. Yastrzemski scored to extend the Giants’ lead to 6-2 as Bailey went to second base with two outs.

The Giants extended their lead in the top of the sixth inning. Mike Yastrzemski homered on a line drive to left-center field. Michael Conforto scored for an 8-2 lead. Patrick Bailey homered on a line drive to left field to expand the lead to 9-2.

The Cardinals scored in the bottom of the eighth inning, but it was “too little, too late.” Jordan Walker doubled on a ground ball to Blake Sabol. Willson Contreras scored to cut the Giants’ lead to 9-3 as Dylan Carlson went to third base.

The Giants expanded their lead to double digits in the top of the ninth inning. Thairo Estrada singled on a soft ground ball to Tommy Edman. Brandon Crawford scored for a 10-3 lead as LaMonte Wade Jr. went to third base. Blake Sabol was out on a sacrifice fly to Dylan Carlson. Wade Jr. scored for an 11-3 lead as Thairo Estrada went to third base with one out.

The Giants and Cardinals will close their series on Wednesday, June 14, at 10:15 am Pacific.

Oakland A’s podcast with Titus Wilkinson: It’s a safe bet Fisher won’t sell; Senate passes the bill with Assembly next to vote on Vegas ballpark

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Oakland A’s fans will be wearing their green “Sell” T shirts on Tue Jun 13, 2023 on Reverse Boycott night. This fan is sitting behind a sign with pictures of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, A’s president David Kaval, and A’s owner John Fisher at the Oakland Coliseum during a previous game. (USA Today file photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Titus Wilkinson:

#1 Tonight’s thriller is predicted to be close to a sell out for the “Sell” T Shirts A’s fans who are attendance before the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland A’s at the Oakland Coliseum. Fans are trying to make a statement tonight for A’s owner John Fisher to sell the team.

#2 That won’t happen anytime soon as Fisher is hoping to move his club to Las Vegas. That came a little closer tonight with the Nevada Senate voting in favor of building a park on the Vegas Strip.

#3 Back on the field the A’s brought a five game win streak to Monday night’s game at the Coliseum after return from winning two out of three in Pittsburgh and a three game sweep in Milwaukee and played a mostly scoreless game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday that later became a one run game.

#4 One of the keys during the A’s win streak is they were getting some much needed pitching once you have that in place they were able to stay ahead and not look over their shoulders.

#5 Titus, the Rays and the A’s match up tonight in game 2 of this four game series the Rays started Jalen Beeks (2-3 ERA 6.12) and for the A’s right hander Shintaro Fujinami (3-6 ERA 11.12) pitched an inning and was replaced by Hogan Harris a 6:40 pm PT first pitch at the Coliseum.

Titus Wilkinson covers MLB and MLS for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Senate passes A’s ballpark bill 13-8; Assembly to vote next; A’s fans reverse boycott at Coliseum

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Las Vegas A’s Tropicana Hotel and Casino Ballpark near the Las Vegas Strip under the lights (Renderings from the Oakland A’s)

On the A’s podcast with Stephen Ruderman:

The Nevada State Senate passed SB1 the Oakland A’s ballpark at Tropicana Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip worth $380 million in tax credits. The next step is the 42 person Nevada Assembly who could take a vote as early as tonight and if that were to happen they’d send the bill to Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo’s desk.

The passing of the bill comes at the same time as the A’s fans reverse boycott a protest to show that the A’s fans are not the fault for the A’s having no choice to move. The chances now minimal that the A’s and Mayor Sheng Thao will come back to the table to negotiate a deal for Howard Terminal.

The mood at the Oakland Coliseum on Tuesday night was melancholy as A’s fans who were waring their green “Sell” shirts but from the looks of things that A’s owner John Fisher is not selling the team soon but just about to move them out of Oakland.

The new park in Las Vegas could see the start of construction as soon as 2024 and the project would be finished as late as 2029. The ballpark is to be built on nine acres with a retractable roof and home plate is facing the Las Vegas Airport and the renderings show that home plate faces the strip.

The MLB owners are scheduled to vote on the A’s relocation after Governor Lombardo signs SB1 bill and the MLB owners vote could be before Jun 15th this week. The A’s who were questioned about their community fund raising during the Nevada Assembly team vice president Catherine Aker said the A’s spent $1.1 million in community fund efforts in Oakland and hope to do more community fund drives in Las Vegas.

Join Stephen Ruderman Tuesdays for the MLB podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: Purdy looks like the leading candidate for first string

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San Francisco 49ers’ Trey Lance, left, speaks with fellow quarterback Sam Darnold, right, during an NFL football practice, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at the 49ers practice facilities in Santa Clara (AP News photo)

On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance who is competing for that first string job. Lance missed most of 2022 playing just just two games. How ready do you see him coming into camp after having surgery.

#2 49ers quarter Brock Purdy also will be competing for the starter job this season. He has the inside track for the starter position that’s all despite of missing workouts and recovering from elbow surgery.

#3 Some have watched Sam Darnold and Lance have to their share of first team reps. It was reported that Lance or Darnold haven’t done enough to beat Purdy for the starter job.

David Zizmor does the San Francisco 49ers podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB The Show podcast with Mauricio Segura: A’s fan reverse boycott tonight; Rangers deGrom still out with elbow injury; plus more

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Oakland A’s fans display “Sell” T shirts at the Oakland Coliseum. The A’s fans are planning a reverse boycott to show that the A’s have their support in Oakland and it is their hope that it would impact MLB so that they might rethink allowing the A’s to move from Oakland to Las Vegas (USA Today photo)

On the MLB The Show podcast with Mauricio Segura:

#1 Oakland A’s fans have made the top headlines from coast to coast the battle cry is one word as they hand out green t shirts that say “Sell” on them. They plan to hold a reverse boycott tonight handing out the T shirts to the first 7,000 fans at the Oakland Coliseum. It’s been reported that this contest is sold out.

#2 Mauricio, after the Milwaukee Brewers were swept by the Oakland A’s in three games they have fallen from first to second and are now one game behind the Pittsburgh Pirates it has to be surprising circumstances for the Brewers who had the last place A’s come into American Family Field and sweep them in their own park.

#3 Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom who clocked pitches 99.4, 99.5, 99.7, 100.1 and 101.0. On opening day deGrom lasted just 73 pitches later he was taken out and had to have elbow surgery. deGrom has a five year $185 million deal and there could be some fear the Rangers will be on the hook for the money if deGrom is damaged goods.

#4 Mauricio, talk about three All Stars who will be making their first appearance at the mid summer classic this July first Atlanta Braves catcher Sean Murphy who hitting .287, 54 hits, 12 homers and 42 RBIs, from the Tampa Bay Rays Yandy Diaz .313, 65 hits, 12 home runs, 34 RBIs, and third from the St Louis Cardinals Nolan Gorman .257, 52 hits, 15 home runs, and 46 RBIs.

#5 It’s going to be a special time for fans visiting the great Northwest for the All Star game in Seattle Tue Jul 11, 2023 they’ll be seeing the best in baseball and what a great host the city of Seattle is, there are the great points of interest Pioneer Square, Chinatown, Westlake District and of course T Mobile Field the home of the All Star Game.

Join Mauricio for the MLB The Show podcasts Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Waldichuk gets first career save in A’s 4-3 win; Oakland gets 6th straight win over Tampa Bay

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The Oakland A’s catcher Shea Langeliers (23) gets interviewed after the A’s sixth straight win over the Tampa Bay Rays at the Oakland Coliseum on Mon Jun 13, 2023 (@Athletics photo)

Tampa Bay (48-21). 000 003 000 – 3. 7. 0

Oakland (18-58). 000 040 00x – 4. 6.0.

Time: 2:31

Attendance: 4,848

Monday, June 12, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–On this day in 1899, the Cleveland Spiders lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-3, in front of an estimated 100 paying customers in the Steel City’s Exhibition Park. The loss gave the Spiders a season’s record of 8-36, .182.

On this day in 1962, the New York Mets, dropped a 3-2 decision in Houston when their fellow first year expansion team, the Colt 45s, walked them off, 3-2, leaving the visiting Metropolitans at 16-39, 2.91.

On this day, the Oakland Athletics extended their winning streak to six, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in a tense 4-3 battle and winding up the day at 18-50, .265. The green and gold may yet escape the ignominy of winding up the season with the worst winning percentage in major league history and have to settle for only having the worst one in what’s called the modern era.

The A’s starting pitcher, James Kaprielian, came to work a 1-6, 7.21, but he pitched well in his last outing, getting the win in the Athletics’ 11-2 shellacking of the Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium on June 6 . He went six innings and threw 101 pitches and gave up both of Pittsburgh’s runs, only one of which was earned, on five hits and a walk.

Tonight, he pitched well for five shutout innings before melting down and yielding three runs, all earned, in the sixth. He allowed a total of five hits , one a homer, and three walks during his tenure, striking out four. His pitch count reached 93, 64 going into the books as strikes. His ERA fell to 6.89. He earned the win, making his won-lost record 2-6.

Tampa Bay’s opening moundsman was Zach Elfin, boasting an 8-1, 2.97 record over 11 starts in 2023. His last appearance also was on the sixth, when he held the Twins to three hits over 6-2/3 frames. The Rays won that game, 7-0, so you don’t have to ask about his runs or earned runs allowed.

The AL East leading Rays and the subcellar dwelling Athletics matched zeroes over and Jonah Bride opened the bottom of the fifth with walks. Jace Peterson followed with a single that Randy Arozarena bobbled in left, but Rooker stopped at third, which gave the A’s a golden opportunity but no cigar.

Tampa Bay looked as if they might escape the East Bay threat when Kevin Smith grounded into a 5-2 force out. But Shea Langeliers came through with a bases clearing triple to deep center, and Ryan Noda’s single to center brought him home with the home team’s fourth tally.

That spelled “el fin” for Elfin. He had lasted a mere 4-2/3 innings and surrendered four runs, all earned, on five hits, and two bases on balls. He threw 94 pitches, 58 for strikes, and his ERA ballooned to 3.26. He was charged with the loss, his second against eight victories this season.

Kevin Kelly closed the door on the A’s in the fifth and put them down in order in the sixth

The A’s outburst didn’t keep Tampa Bay from narrowing their deficit to 4-3. Kaprielian yielded a bunt single to Luke Raley and a walk to Josh Lowe. both of whom scored on José Siri’s homer over the 408 foot sign in the top of the sixth.

Ken Waldichuk replaced Kaprielian on the mound for the top of the seventh and survived a runners on the corners with two doon threat to pitch a scoreless inninng.

Shawn Armstrong took over for the St. Petersburg crew after the intimate gathering finished singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” He set the Rays down in order, fanning two of them.

It was Robert Stephenson who pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth for Tampa Bay

Waldichuk stuck around to face the Rays in the top of the ninth. He struck out Taylor Walls on a checked swing called third strike., retired Christian Bethancourt on a ground out to short, and finished the job with a gr0under to second that earned Waldichuk his first career save.

A large crowd is expected for tomorrow, Tuesday’s, 6:40 game, in which the Rays will send Hogan Harris (1-0, 6.46) against an Oakland hurler yet to be named. The crowd is not expected because of the promise that the A’s will continue their recent winning ways but because tomorrow is the night of the counter boycott.

Another Comeback Win For the Giants Beating St. Louis 4-3

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San Francisco Giants’ Patrick Bailey, right, scores past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras during the eighth inning at Busch Stadium in St Louis on Mon Jun 12, 2023 (AP News photo)

Another Comeback Win For the Giants Beating St. Louis 4-3

By Barbara Mason

Sunday at Oracle Park in San Francisco the San Francisco Giants fans not only got a great win over the Cubs 13-3 but in the ninth inning they got to see SS Brandon Crawford take the mound allowing a single hit. Crawford pitched the final inning in the blowout win and became the only shortstop in MLB with a career 0.00 ERA.

Monday the Giants (34-32) traveled to St. Louis (27-40) and took the first game of the three game series 4-3 against the St Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Logan Webb took the mound for the Giants with a solid 3.09 ERA. Matthew Liberatore was on the hill for the Cardinals with a 6.00 ERA.

San Francisco took a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Austin Slater scored when J.D. Davis grounded out to third. There would be one more run for the Giants when Mitch Haniger doubled and Thairo Estrada scored for the Giants second run.

The Cardinals scored a couple of home runs, one in the fifth inning and one in the sixth Paul De Jong had a solo shot in the sixth and St. Louis would follow that up in the seventh with a Paul Goldschmidt two run home run to take a 3-2 lead.

In the seventh inning the Giants tied up the game 3-3. Mitch Haniger singled in Wilmer Flores. San Francisco would follow that inning with another run in the eighth inning to take a 4-3 lead. Patrick Bailey scored on a Brandon Crawford single.

Going into the bottom of the ninth, the Giants were three outs away from the win. They got two quick outs on a double play. Tommy Edman walked and the Cardinals were hanging on looking for a walk off. Brendan Donovan was hit by a pitch and the Cardinals had two on and two out. It was a nervous finish for the Giants but San Francisco got the job done.

Logan Webb went seven innings allowing seven hits and three runs. He had six strikeouts.

Tuesday’s game two is scheduled to start at 4:45 PM. Alex Cobb will take the mound with an impressive 5-2 win/loss record and a 3.01 ERA. Jack Flaherty will be on the hill for the Cardinals with a 3-4 win/loss record and a 4.15 ERA.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Oakland A’s Nevada Assembly vote could be razor close

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From left to right Jeremy Aguero, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Hill, and A’s President David Kaval, at the 35th Special Session of the Legislature regarding SB1 the $380 million in public funds for the Tropicana Ballpark in Las Vegas on Jun 7, 2023. The second special session reconvenes on Mon Jun 12, 2023 (Nevada Independent photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 The Nevada State Assembly are suppose to meet and vote today on SB1 the Tropicana ballpark initiative that will send the bill to the senate for another vote. Sources say that the votes are close the legislation were suppose to vote last Thursday but that vote was adjourned and now it’s supposed to be today.

#2 This is a second special session do you think the reason for the hold up on the vote is because some in the assembly are under pressure to get this bill through while other assembly people are holding out because they don’t want to vote for a $385 million bill that helps pay for a ballpark with public money?

#3 One of the other questions that has been weighing heavy was if the A’s were to get the Las Vegas ballpark they need to meet selling out every game plus concerts or shows at the Tropicana venue to meet the annual payments to pay for the ballpark. How big of an ask is to say that every game and every concert at the A’s Las Vegas ballpark needs to be sold out to meet the economic need?

#4 The issue of government involvement from Congresswoman Barbara Lee who represents Oakland and Alameda County the 12th Congressional District wrote a letter saying that she and many of her constituents are frustrated that MLB and the Oakland A’s failed to deal in good faith and that they had a deal with Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao that was almost ten percent complete.

#5 The A’s walked away saying they had a binding deal in Las Vegas fast forward they have moved again from the Wild Wild West location to the Tropicana location. Could congress make a move saying the A’s and MLB failed to let the process of the Howard Terminal deal works its way through but dropped the deal and took the offer in Vegas.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s lead announcer on the A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 1010 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Knights could wrap it up Tuesday at T Mobile Arena

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Florida Panthers defenseman Josh Mahura (28) and Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson (20) fight during the third period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Final with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The Vegas Golden Knights are on the cusp of winning their first Stanley Cup Final in their first six years of existence and Tuesday could be the night as they host the Florida Panthers in game 5.

#2 The Knights got a narrow 3-2 win over the Panthers on Saturday night in Sunrise Florida, the Knights were able to stop a shot and get a big save to win game four to go up 3-1.

#3 Marko, game 4 got physical and the Panthers who were on their home ice and needed this win bad didn’t want to go back to Vegas two games down and resorted to pushing and shoving and glove dropping in the last few seconds of Saturday’s game.

#4 Knights forward Nicolas Roy said the Panthers have been pushing and shoving all series long and that it’s not a surprise. With the Panthers down one goal they felt the frustration and it all came out in the final seconds of game 4.

#5 It’s a big night Tuesday in Vegas as the Knights host game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals at the T Mobile Arena needing just one game to become champions for the first time in the franchise history.

Marko Ukalovic did the NHL Stanley Cup Final podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason: Reverse Boycott kicks off Tuesday night; A’s hope to keep streak going host Rays tonight at Coliseum

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Oakland A’s Fan thumbs down the notion that the A’s could be moving to Las Vegas as the Nevada Assembly votes on the measure today in Carson City NV. The A’s fans plan a reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum Tue Jun 13, 2023 vs. the visiting Tampa Bay Rays (file photo by the Las Vegas Review Journal)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason:

#1 The Oakland A’s improved their record to 17-50 with a sweep over the Milwaukee Brewers (34-32) at American Family Field in Milwaukee on Sunday 8-6.

#2 Barbara did you get any indication after the A’s beat the Pittsburgh Pirates two out of three that they might go on a run on this road trip?

#3 In Milwaukee on Sunday the A’s got home run help from Seth Brown and Brent Rooker on back to back homers in the fourth inning?

#4 After losing 15 straight games which ended on Monday in Pittsburgh the A’s have gone on a five game run getting their first sweep of the season and first time putting five wins together.

#5 The A’s return back to the Oakland Coliseum to open a three series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. The Rays will start Zach Eflin (8-1 ERA 2.97) he’ll be opposed by the A’s James Kaprielian (1-6 ERA 2.71) a 6:40pm PT)