Giants Haniger breaks up Cubs Hendricks no hit bid; Cubs top Giants 4-0 at Oracle

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Chicago (28-36). 001 120 000 – 4. 5 0

San Francisco (32-32). 000 000 000 – 0 1. 0

Time: 2:13.

Attendance: 35,452

Saturday, June 10, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–Gabe Kapler and his brains trust decided to make this afternoon’s 4:30 encounter between the struggling Cubs and the hot and cold Giants a bullpen game. They chose middle and late inning reliever John Brebbia as their opener for the sixth time in 2023 and then moving on to Jakob Junis after Brebbia had given them two perfect frames. Sean Manaea followed him with one on two down in the fifth.

David Ross and his staff sent right handed starter Kyle Hendricks and his 0-2, 4.70 record to the mound. He took a no hitter into the eighth inning, allowing only a second inning walk to Michael Conforto before Mitch Haniger drove an 89 mph four seamer 378 feet deep into left field for a double.

He died on second, and in. the end, San Francisco lost, 4-0, leaving them flat footed at 32-32 for the season. Hendricks ended up pitching eight innings, shutting out the Giants one one hit and no base on. balls. He threw 94 pitches, 61 for strikes, and earned the win, upping his won-lost record to 1-2and lowering his ERA to 3.09. Julian Merryweather set the Giants down in order in the ninth.

Chicago got the first hit and the first run of the game. They came on Matt Mervis’s lead off home run to right on Junis’s third offering. Christopher Morel doubled the Cubs’ advantage in the fourth with another lead off homer, this one off the Levi’s Landing wall beneath the right field fence.

They doubled that lead an inning later on a walk to Nick Madrigal, Mike Tauchman’s double that fell just fair in left, and Morel’s seeing eye single up that middle that drove Junis from the box, relieved by Manaea, who got the third out. By then, the Northsiders were up, 4–0.

Junis was the losing pitcher. His. record now stands at 3-3, 4.58.

San Francisco hasn’t yet named their starting pitcher for tomorrow, Sunday’s, 1:05 game. Whoever he is, he will go against right hander Ryan Wesneski (2-2, 4.72)

Arcangelo wins Belmont, trainer becomes first female to win third leg of the Triple Crown

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Trainer Jena Antonucci, center, hoists up the August Belmont Trophy alongside jockey Javier Castellano, right, and owner Jon Ebbert, left, after their horse Arcangelo won the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 10, 2023, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (AP News photo)

History was made at the 155th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, with the first female trainer to win the third leg of the Triple Crown.

National Treasure, whose trainer is the controversial Bob Baffert and won the Preakness Stakes, had an early lead in the race in Elmont, New York. National Treasure held a full length lead at one point, then Arcangelo trained by Jena Antonucci caught up alongside.

Arcangelo, who had 8-1 odds in the race, pulled ahead in the final stretch and comfortably claimed the victory. 

It was the first time that a horse with a woman trainer, Antonucci, 47, has won the race. 

“If you can’t find a seat at the table, make your own table,” she said. 

“Build your team and never give up.”

Antonucci broke through the glass ceiling in a sport dominated by a small number of trainers. 

“I want to thank you everyone for the opportunity. A dream come true,” said Castellano. “My first Belmont Stakes win.”

Arcangelo’s victory added to jockey Javier Castellano’s success. Castellano has won the Preakness Stakes two times and in May won his first Kentucky Derby riding Mage.

“I just believed in my horse, and the horse gives us that confidence,” said Jon Ebbert of Blue Rose Farm, which owns Arcangelo. “It’s a great team. We’re just the best together.”

Forte, who had 2-1 odds entering the race, came in second. Tapit Trice, who had 5-1 odds, finished third.

Baffert’s National Treasure wound up finishing sixth in the field of nine.

The Belmont Stakes is a 1 ½ mile race, which is the longest in the Triple Crown.

Here is the order of finish as well as the payouts for the top three:

1. Arcangelo $17.90, $7.20, $4.90

2. Forte x, $4.30, $3.30

3. Tapit Trice x, x, $4.10

A’s win their fourth in a row take down Brewers 2-1

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Milwaukee Brewers catcher Victor Caratini tags out Oakland Athletics’ Jonah Bride during the second inning at American Family Park in Milwaukee on Sat Jun 10, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The Oakland A’s won their fourth game in a row as they defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 in ten innings. The A’s starter Paul Blackburn was on the top of his game. Blackburn was in All-Star form as he went six innings and allowed four hits and no runs.

Blackburn threw 95 pitches, and 64 were for strikes. The A’s bullpen performed well except for just one pitch that Milwaukee’s DH William Contreras sent out of the ballpark in the eighth inning. The game summary follows below. 

The A’s put a run on the board in the top of the fifth. A’s second baseman Jace Peterson singled to start the rally. The Brewers’ starter Julio Teheran struck out Jonah Bride for the first out. A’s shortstop Aledmys Diaz singled, sending Peterson to third. Teheran retired J J Bleday on a fielder’s choice, and Bride scored. The A’s led 1-0. 

Blackburn held the Brewers scoreless in the sixth. Austin Pruitt pitched a scoreless seventh inning. In the eighth, A’s skipper Mark Kotsay brought in left Richard Lovelady to pitch. Lovelady retired the first two hitters.

The Brewers manager Craig Counsell sent in William Contreras to pinch-hit for the DH Rudy Tellez. Contreras came through for the Brewers with a blast that went over the centerfield wall to tie the game at 1-1. It was Contreras’ eighth home run of the year.

 Neither team scored in the ninth, and the game went into extra innings.

In the tenth, with Tony Kemp running for Jonah Bride, Aledmys Diaz singled up the middle to drive in Kemp with the winning run. It was Diaz’s third hit of the game. Left Sammy Long pitched a scoreless tenth to preserve the win for the A’s. Oakland wins its fourth straight game 2-1.

Game Notes: With the win, the A’s are now 16-50 for the year. The Brewers, tied for first place in the NL Central Division with the Pittsburgh Pirates, fell to 34-31. The A’s have beaten the Pirates twice and the Brewers twice in the last four games.

The hitting star for the A’s was Aldemys Diaz, with a double and two singles. 

The winning pitcher was Shintaro Fujinami. Fujinami pitched a scoreless ninth inning to get the win. He is now 3-6 for the year. Lefty Sammy Long earned his first save. Brewers’ reliever Joel Payamps, who was with Oakland last year, was the losing pitcher.

The Line score for Oakland was two runs, seven hits, and no errors. The Line for Milwaukee was one run, six hits, and one error.

Oakland will play the Brewers on Sunday. The game will start at 11:10 am.

Lefty J.P.Sears will go for Oakland. Sears is 0-3 with a 4.20 ERA. The Brewers will counter with righty Freddy Peralta (5-5, 4.55 ERA).

Headline Sports podcast with Stephen Ruderman and Augie Mesenburg: Belmont Stakes and the dangers to horses lives; Nuggets can put it away on Monday night; plus more

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National Treasure trains ahead of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Friday, June 9, 2023, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (AP News photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Stephen Ruderman and Augie Mesenburg:

#1 Stephen tonight is the Belmont Stakes a the third of the three big horse races but the talk and focus going into tonight’s Belmont has been about that eight horse that had died last month at Churchill Downs at the Kentucky Derby. Is this part of the sport of the dangers of the sport or the care for the horse have just taken a dive in the last year or so.

#2 The Denver Nuggets chalked up another win against the Miami Heat and are up 3-1 in the series it just looks like a series where the Nuggets are just cruising and they could wrap this NBA Finals up Monday night in Denver.

#3 Tuesday night will mark a historic night in Oakland A’s history as they will be holding a reverse boycott to show MLB that the A’s do have fan support and that the fans are not at fault for the A’s having to leave Oakland for Las Vegas. Tuesday could be the day that the Nevada Legislature could vote on the $380 million in tax credits to help for Tropicana ballpark on the Vegas strip.

#4 The San Francisco Giants are coming off a sweep in Denver against the Colorado Rockies and opened this three game series with the Chicago Cubs with a 3-2 loss on Friday night. The Giants sit in third place 6.5 games back of the first place Arizona Diamondback coming into Saturday night’s game.

#5 The Oakland A’s put together their longest win streak of the season at three straight taking the last two games of the three game series in Pittsburgh and taking the first game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday and it may not set the world on fire but you can feel the incentive in the A’s clubhouse.

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

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Knights-Panthers face off tonight for game 4

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Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel (9) defends Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe (23), as goaltender Adin Hill (33) protects the net during the first period of Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Marko Ukalovic for Matt Harrington:

#1 The Panthers got a little pressure off when they won game 3 in Florida in overtime it would have been a nightmare for Vegas having to go into game 4 down 0-3 but they recovered and they could tie this thing up tonight 2-2.

#2 The Vegas Golden Knights have dominated in the first two games of this Final but the Panthers in game 3 were a determined bunch and going into that overtime they had to find a way.

#3 The Panthers Carter Verhaeghe scored the overtime winner on a wrister at 4:27 in the overtime stanza in Thursday night’s game 3 thriller talk about how that gamer was set up.

#4 Verhaeghe said the Panthers are the cats and they have whatever lives they have and said that Florida has no quit in them.

#5 Marko, how impressive are the Panthers just to get this far coming back 1-3 in round one against the Boston Bruins then going onto advance in rounds two and three against the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Carolina Hurricanes to get to these finals.

#6 Game 4 tonight in Sunrise and the Panthers still face another critical game they have to avoid going down 1-3 going back to Vegas on Tuesday night.

Marko Ukaloivic filled in for Matt Harrington who does the NHL Stanley Cup post season podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stroman has dominant outing against Giants leads Cubs to win 3-2

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Photo courtesy of San Francisco Giants. Patrick Bailey points to the mound on 6/9/23.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN FRANCISCO- The Giants opened a weekend series against the Cubs with a loss after a rough seventh inning by a final of 3-2.

Getting the start for San Francisco was Anthony DeSclafani while for Chicago Marcus Stroman got the nod.

The first inning saw some early trouble for DeSclafani who walked the first batter but thanks to great defense from Thairo Estrada and Patrick Bailey the Giants escaped unscathed.

In the bottom of the first Stroman also walked the first batter he faced but Chicago’s defense also held up turning a double play and ending the inning quickly.

The second inning went by quietly as only one hit was recorded with Mike Yastrzemski getting the lone single.

Then in the bottom of the third the Giants offense woke up Lamonte Wade Jr. walked with two outs already on the board. Joc Pederson then came up and singled putting runners on the corners for the Giants. Estrada did not pass up on the opportunity as he doubled on a line drive to left field bringing home Wade and making it 1-0.

After the burst of offense both Stroman and DeSclafani went on cruise control resulting in a pitchers duel until the seventh inning.

The fourth inning through the sixth saw some dazzling defense on both sides with Stroman making his defense work quite a bit. As in total Chicago’s defense recorded 14 groundouts with Stroman on the mound though surprisingly no fly outs.

The seventh inning opened with DeSclafani still on the mound but after a hit and a walk Gabe Kapler went to the bullpen and brought out Ryan Walker in relief. DeSclafani finished the night with a solid stat line of six innings pitched, two earned runs, two K’s, and four walks.

Walker did not help the situation much in the seventh inning as the first batter he faced flew out and then he hit the next batter with a pitch. With the bases loaded and only one out Nico Hoerner came in to pinch-hit for Patrick Wisdom. The substitution paid off as Hoerner singled on a ground ball to center field that knocked home two runs making it 2-1.

Already having given up two runs Walker was struggling with his control and then threw a wild pitch that advanced both runners on first and second. Tucker Barnhart proceeded to single on a line drive to center field making it 3-1.

After getting his first out Walker was taken out and replaced by Tristan Beck who got the final out of the top of the seventh.

Hoerner would remain in the game staying at second base for the Cubs.

Despite the rough beginning to the seventh the Giants did get a response going in the bottom of the inning with Brandon Crawford getting a double. Wade advanced Crawford to third on a ground out and Pederson brought him home on a single. Originally the single was called a ground out but after Kapler challenged the play the call was reversed meaning it was now a one run game.

After the seventh though the Giant’s offense went cold as both Mark Leiter Jr. and Adbert Alzolay helped to close it out ending in a final score of 3-2.

Of note Pederson went 4-4 and for Chicago Seiya Suzuki went 3-3 with a run and walk.

The Giants play the second of this three game home series against the Cubs at 4:35 p.m.

NBA Finals podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson: Nuggets up 3-1 can finish off series on Monday night in Denver

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Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon (50)dunks the ball during the first half of Game 4 of the basketball NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Miami. (AP News photo)

On the NBA Finals with Jeremiah:

#1 The Denver Nuggets move up to 3-1 against the Miami Heat after taking game 4 on Friday night in Miami 108-95 this has been a dominating series for the Nuggets.

#2 For the Nuggets Aaron Gordon scored 27 points followed by Nikola Jokic with 23 points and Bruce Brown off the bench with 21 it was an offense that the Heat had trouble handling.

#3 The Nuggets with the lead in the series just have to win only one game in three ties maximum to finish off this series.

#4 Jamal Murray whose been a huge help for the Nuggets all season had 15 points and 12 assists his offense has helped the Nuggets get this far.

#5 The Heat have their backs to the wall and need this game 5 win on Monday night at Ball Arena in Denver or they just go home. They had scoring help from Jimmy Butler with 25 points and Bam Adebayo who followed up Butler with 20 points. The Heat will need to turn it up a notch if they want to get back in this series.

Jeremiah Salmonson covered the NBA for http://www.sportsradioservice.com for the 2022-23 season.

A’s Hold on for a 5-2 Win Over Brewers

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Luis Medina pitched five strong innings to lead the Oakland A’s to a victory in Milwaukee against the NL Central-leading Brewers. It was Medina’s first major league victory. Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports. Photo from athleticsnation.com.

By Mary Anne

After a much-needed day off, the Oakland Athletics took on the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Friday night. The A’s looked to string three wins together, while the Brewers wanted to win their third straight series against the A’s. But the A’s prevailed and defeated the Brewers 5-2 in the series opener. Oakland improved to 15-50, and Milwaukee dropped to 34-30.

The A’s starting lineup in Milwaukee featured Esteury Ruiz, Ryan Noda, Seth Brown, Ramón Laureano, Jace Peterson, Jonah Bride, JJ Bleday, Shea Langaliers, Kevin Smith, and Sam Moll. Moll pitched just one inning and gave up one hit and three strikeouts for a 4.37 ERA.

The A’s overcame adversity in the top of the first inning. Ramón Laureano tripled on a fly ball to Blake Perkins, and Esteury Ruiz and Ryan Noda scored for a 2-0 lead. The Brewers challenged the A’s triple for a tag play, but the umpire upheld the call on the field. Jonah Bride singled on a ground ball to Christian Yelich, and Laureano scored for a 3-0 lead.

The A’s extended their lead in the top of the second inning. Esteury Ruiz singled on a ground ball to Christian Yelich, and Shea Langaliers scored for a 4-0 lead.

The Brewers got on the board in the bottom of the second inning. Blake Perkins doubled on a fly ball to JJ Bleday, and Joey Wiemers scored to cut the A’s lead to 4-1. Luis Urias doubled on a fly ball to Ramón Laureano, and Perkins scored to cut the A’s lead in half 4-2 after a call on the field was upheld after the umpire reviewed a double from a home run.

The A’s added to their lead in the top of the fifth inning. Jonah Bride was out on a sacrifice fly that went to Joey Wiemer, and Seth Brown scored for a 5-2 lead as Ramón Laureano went to third base with one out.

The A’s and Brewers will square off in a middle game on Saturday, June 10, at 1:10 pm Pacific.

Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel Dullum: A’s might not have enough votes to pass Nevada ballpark bill in the Assembly

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From left to right, Community Benefits Planning Consultant Yolanda King, Oakland A’s vice president Catherine Aker and A’s president David Kaval sit at a committee meeting regarding SB1 the public funding for the A’s ballpark at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino on Wed Jun 7, 2023 at the Nevada State Legislature in Carson City NV (photo from the Nevada Independent)

On the A’s podcast with Daniel:

#1 Daniel, the Nevada State Assembly who were supposed to vote on Thursday on using public funds to tax credit the proposed Tropicana ballpark but once again the vote has been delayed and is expected to resume on Monday.

#2 Both members of the senate and assembly after haggling all day on SB1 have adjourned extending the special session. The Senate and Assembly had adjourned last Monday without an initial committee vote and no vote had taken place all of last week.

#3 Throughout the day at the Assembly Legislature assembly members and lawmakers were around with Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo who was signing bills. SB1 is still being debated as no decision and no vote as of yet. Democratic senators are looking for health care benefits for kids, food for the poor and elderly and school subsidies.

#4 Democrats who make up a majority of the Legislature 13-8 have expressed frustration over the lack of changes in the A’s ballpark bill Sen. Rochelle Nguyen (D-Las Vegas) said “To say I’m extremely disappointed that no work has been done on this bill over the past 10 days is an understatement.”

#5 Daniel, among some of the changes that Democratic lawmakers are pushing for is entertainment tax that would need to be applied at A’s home games. The NHL’s Las Vegas Golden Knights, the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders and the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces are exempt from the entertainment tax which would have been 9 percent. Also the A’s would need to make the same contributions like they had in Oakland to food banks in Las Vegas.

Join Daniel Dullum for the Oakland A’s podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: The Homeless A’s

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The Oakland A’s could abandon the Oakland Coliseum ahead of their lease expiring which is at the end of the 2024 season. The A’s could play at Las Vegas Ballpark home of the triple A Las Vegas Aviators after this season if the Nevada State Assembly approves the Tropicana Ballpark on the Vegas Strip. (photo from thegreatgame.com)

The Homeless A’s

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

Oakland is as diverse as any other city in its size in the country and has a much larger media market than Las Vegas. Yet Oakland is currently going through a serious slump and seems to be more often than not in the news with a plethora of negative news and many challenges (as listed below); trying to keep the A’s is just one of those challenges.

-Homelessness. According to recent surveys of Oakland residents, it is the most urgent issue facing the city of Oakland. Conservative estimates list at least 5,000 homeless people “living” in the streets and parks in Oakland. A’s night games at the Coliseum are averaging less than 5,000 per game. -Drugs in the streets.

According to the OaklandSide, Methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant drug, is on the rise in Oakland. In both its quantity on the streets and the number of people who die from using it, meth comes second only to opioids (including fentanyl and heroin) in Alameda County.

But unlike fentanyl and other opioids, which have buprenorphine as a medicated treatment option, there isn’t yet a drug on the market that can treat patients’ meth addictions. -Crime: Oakland, CA, is a city that unfortunately suffers from significantly higher rates of crime than the US average. For violent crimes, the rate in Oakland is 75.5 compared to only 22.7 incidents nationally.

Property crime is also alarmingly above the national average, with 81.2 occurrences in Oakland compared to 35.4 on a national level. Clearly, this city needs to take steps to ensure the safety of its citizens and reduce these high crime rates to improve the quality of life for its residents.

-Affordable housing: Once Oakland was a “reasonable city” regarding rental prices for apartments and real estate/homes. Not anymore. In February, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao fired Chief of Police LeRonne Armstrong from the city without a cause. Mr. Armstrong, an Oakland native, was one of the most popular chiefs of Police in recent history for the city of Oakland.

Oakland has had 12 chiefs of Police during the past 10 years. Oakland A’s and why the City of Oakland needs their baseball team to stay. It is good for their economy and good for the morale of not losing their third professional team during the last six years.

Considering all the stuff happening in Oakland in the last few years, Oakland needs the A’s more than ever today for financial and psychological reasons. Mayor Thao said she is “fighting for the A’s to stay in Oakland” this week.

During the negotiations in the Nevada Legislature, when lawmakers asked Oakland A’s representatives if they could not get the financing needed for their new ballpark, would the team reconsider going back to the table with Oakland, then Steve Hill, the CEO and President of Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, jumped in to clarify the A’s stance and said (quote) “If this agreement does not go through, they will look for other cities to move to.

They will not decide to stay, even if this does not go through”. The A’s moving to Las Vegas has the support of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and most of the biggest Labor Unions in Nevada, plus the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

Currently, the Homeless A’s are looking for a city to play their games, as they still hope to build a new park. Do the A’s need Oakland more than Oakland needs the A’S? Time will tell. Howard Terminal negotiations agreement with the baseball team expired during the month of May. Maybe owner Fisher will sell, maybe not.

MLB Commissioner Manfred has been very quiet during the past couple of weeks. The A’s are on pace to establish the new record for the lowest record during a season, that of the New York Mets in their inaugural season (1962), when Casey Stengel’s Mets ended with 40-120 (.250), finished tenth and last in the National League, 60 1/2 games behind the National League Champion San Francisco Giants, who went on to the World Series won by the New York Yankees in seven games.

Finally, but very important, about revenue sharing – The A’s would receive only a 25% share in 2022, a 50% share in 2023, a 75% share in 2024, and a total share in 2025. The shares in the last two years were contingent upon the A’s having an agreement in place for a new ballpark by 2024.

No agreement, no revenue sharing, My wife posed a very interesting question: With all of these back and forth, will the A’s be able to sign high-priced talent, to be competitive again? Las Vegas until next week: Joe Lombardo, Governor of the State of Nevada, has postponed the vote for the A’s stadium in Las Vegas and extended the vote until next week.

When lawmakers meet in these special sessions, a lot of horse trading goes on behind closed doors, like “if you scratch my back, I scratch yours”; they all want something. This recently elected Governor has publicly said he believes the A’s will be good business for Nevada. Did You Know?

The NFL Buffalo Bills, among the favorites to win the Superbowl next February, just got approved for a new venue under a cost of $1.4 billion, with $850 million paid by local and state taxpayers, for a franchise owned by multi-billionaire couple Terry and Kim Pegula. It is called the lure of professional sports.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead radio voice on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com