San Francisco Giants podcast with Daniel Dullum: Yastrzemski HR and Giants use six pitchers to shutout Rockies

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San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning at Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Daniel:

#1 San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski was hitting .207 after Tuesday’s contest he came into Thursday’s game and slugged a much needed home run and was relieved to make contact with the baseball once again. There had been talk whether he would come back next season or not.

#2 The Giants Joc Pederson and LeMonte Wade both hit for an RBI single to contribute to the Giants two other runs in the 3-0 win.

#3 The win for the Giants helped get their first four game sweep over the Colorado Rockies since Jul 15-17, 2019.

#4 The loss Thursday was the Rockies fifth straight loss and this was the 12th time they got shutout this season.

#5 The giants open a three game series in Arizona Friday night Carlos Rodon starts for the Giants (13-8, 2.84) no pitcher announced for the Arizona Diamondbacks a 6:40pm PDT first pitch.

Join Daniel for the Giants podcasts Thursday nights at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Mariners beat A’s 9-5 to win finale of three-game series; Met’s and Chris Bassitt face A’s Friday night at Coliseum

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Chris Bassitt pitcher of the New York Mets faces his old teammates the Oakland A’s Fri Sep 23, 2022 at the Oakland Coliseum for game one of a three game series. Here Bassitt pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sat Sep 17, 2022 at Citi Field in New York. (AP file photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The Seattle Mariners salvaged the third game of the three-game series Thursday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum. The Oakland A’s pitching had kept the M’s offense in check on Tuesday and Wednesday. The M’s knew they needed to win. They jumped out to an early 3-0 lead.

The A’s plated five runs in the third to go ahead 5-3. The M’s refused to wilt. The M’s scored one in the fourth, three in the sixth, one in the seventh, and one in the eighth to win the game 9-5. Neither starter figured in the decision. The difference was the bullpen. The A’s bullpen gave up four runs, and the M’s bullpen stopped the A’s cold.

The Mariners, down in the dumps after losing the first two games of the three-game series, put together four hits, including two doubles and two walks, to grab an early 3-0 lead in the first inning.

The M’s Rookie of the Year candidate, Julio Rodriguez, doubled to get things going for Seattle. Mitch Haniger singled to drive in Rodriguez with the M’s first run. Martinez struck out Carlos Santana for the first out. Ty France singled, sending Haniger to second.

M’s catcher Cal Raleigh doubled to drive in Haniger, and Ty France stopped at third. Martinez walked Travis Kelenic to load the bases. France scored the M’s third run when Martinez walked Jessie Winker. The inning ended when Dylan Moore hit into a 5-4-3 double play. The M’s lead 3-0 midway through the first.

The A’s sent 11 men to the plate in the bottom of the third. They put together a rally that featured five runs, five hits, and three walks. Vimael Machin started the rally with a double. Sean Murphy singled, sending Machin to third.

Mariners’ starter, George Kirby, walked Seth Brown to load the bases. Stephen Vogt’s line drive went into the corner in right-field that cleared the bases. Kirby retired Jordan Diaz for the first out. Conner Capel walked.

Shea Langeliers followed with a double to drive in Vogt. Capel stopped at third. Nick Allen walked to load the bases. Tony Kemp singled to drive in Capel with the fifth run of the innings. The A’s led 5-3 after three.

The Mariners put their fourth game run on the board at the top of the fourth. M’s centerfielder, Jarred Kelenic, led off the inning with his fifth home run to make it a 5-4 game. 

In the top of the sixth, Seattle scored three times to retake the lead 7-5. Ty France started the rally with a triple. A’s manager Mark Kotsay replaced Martinez with lefty Kirby Snead. Jarred Kelenic doubled to drive in France with the tying run.

Kelenic went to third on a wild pitch. With two out, the A’s gave Dylan Moore an intentional walk. The strategy backfired as the left-handed hitting Dylan Moore doubled to drive in two runs to put the Mariners ahead 7-5. 

The M’s added another run in the seventh. Mitch Haniger singled and went to second on a wild pitch. Carlos Santana grounded out 4-2, and Haniger went to third on the play. Ty France plated Haniger with a sacrifice fly to left to increase the M’s lead to 8-5.

The M’s scored an unearned run in the eighth. With two out, Dylan Moore singled. Moore went to third on Shea Langaliers’ throwing error. Adam Frazier singled to drive in Moore. The M’s lead 9-5.

The A’s failed to score in the eighth and ninth. The M’s win 9-5.

Game Notes: With the loss, the A’s are now 55-95. Oakland has 12 games left to play. The M’s improved to 82-67.

The line score for Oakland was five runs, nine hits, and one error. Seattle’s line was nine runs, eleven hits, and no errors.

Mariners’ manager Scott Servais had to be pleased with the M’s bullpen. The M’s relievers kept the A’s off the scoreboard for the last six innings of the game.

A’s starter Adrian Martinez went five-plus innings. His line was five runs, six hits, two walks, and seven strikeouts. Martinez gave up the home run to Jarred Kelenic in the fourth.

The M’s Julio Rodriguez left the game in the bottom of the first with lower back tightness.

A’s veteran catcher Stephen Vogt announced his retirement at the end of the season.

The A’s will host the New York Mets for three games starting Friday night. Former A’s starter, Chris Bassitt, will be on the mound for New York. Bassitt is having a good year with a record of 14-8 and an ERA of 3.32. Bassitt would love nothing better than beating his old mates. The A’s will counter with lefty Cole Irvin. Irvin is 9-11 and has an ERA of 3.79. The game will start at 6:40 pm. 

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: A’s Ballpark Soap Opera Episode No. 45

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Artists rendering of the new Howard Terminal ballpark in downtown Oakland (file photo SF NIMBY)

A’s Ballpark Soap Opera Episode No. 45

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

OAKLAND–This is for sure. The Oakland A’s will finish the 2022 season at the Oakland Coliseum with the game on Wednesday October 5, at 1PM against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, But, the next few months could bring us the final chapter of this long running soap regarding the proposed Howard Terminal ballpark in downtown Oakland, or a possible move out of town.

City of Oakland and the Oakland A’s are negotiating the $12 billion waterfront park and surrounding area. They will have to figure how to pay for the upgrades in infrastructure which includes affordable housing.

They are securing $320 million in public money for the A’s ballpark, but some expect $320 million will not be enough. The City of Oakland has applied for more than $180 million in federal grants and also looking for other regional, state and federal grants. The city doesn’t expect to be awarded the $180 million federal grants. It is all about money, what else is new?

At stake: -$1 billion privately financed ballpark of 35,000 seats (A’s will pay for the park) -$11 billion development -3,000 residential units -1.5 million square feet of commercial space (retail and outdoor) -3,500 seat performance center -400 hotel rooms -18 acres of open spaces for the public to enjoy.

Do not “tune out”. Soon, more votes to come and by November the expected conclusion!

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

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: M’s and A’s conclude four game series at Coliseum today

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Oakland A’s starter Adrian Martinez gets the start Thu Sep 22, 2022 against the Seattle Mariners at the Oakland Coliseum he’ll face the Mariners George Kirby (Mercury News file photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Jerry if you like watching rookies making first appearances this is your season as Conner Capel made the 33rd rookie appearance for the A’s. The previous record for rookie appearances in a season was 21.

#2 Also 18 of the rookies who made appearances were making their MLB debut that previous record was 15. The most rookie debut appearances since the 1943 Philadelphia A’s with 22.

#3 The A’s leftfielder Tony Kemp has been key defensively and at the plate on Tuesday night he belted a three run homer and on Wednesday night got the go ahead hit that put the A’s past the Seattle Mariners.

#4 Kemp has also played in 57 errorless games as a second baseman which is the most in Kemp’s career.

#5 Jerry, talk about the starters for today’s conclusion of the four game series between the Mariners and A’s at the Coliseum. The M’s are going with George Kirby (7-4, 2.98) and starting Adrian Martinez (4-5, 5.77) a 12:37pm PDT

Join Jerry for all A’s podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Buster Posey joins Giants ownership group

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San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey talks with a friend as he hugs his children Addison and Lee with his wife, Kristen, right, Thu Nov 4, 2021 Posey said he was retiring from baseball but has announced he is joining the Giants ownership team as of Tue Sep 20, 2022 (AP News file photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

#1 Former San Francisco Giant catcher Buster Posey will become one of the first former players to join the ownership group does this come as a surprise to you?

#2 Giants chairman Greg Johnson said that it was Buster who approached the ownership group and the group noted that they were excited that he would become part of the ownership group. That said will Buster be the face of the ownership much like Derek Jeter was for the Miami Marlins or Magic Johnson was for the Los Angeles Dodgers?

#3 Posey who moved to Georgia and said that he feels a connection to the Bay Area, the Giants organization, and said being a former player he would be beneficial to growing he game.

#4 Mike Yastrzemski’s numbers have slipped after hitting 21 home runs in 105 games in 2019 has dropped to a .225 batting average with 25 home runs and 71 RBIs in 2021 and currently is hitting .207 as of Tuesday. Is his status of returning to the Giants in 2023 in jeopardy?

#5 Michael the Giants conclude their four game series with the Colorado Rockies in a day game today at 12:10pm at Coors Field. Starters for the Giants John Brebbia (6-2, 2.86) and for the Rockies Jose Urena (3-6, 5.49) a 12:10 pm PDT.

Join Michael for the Giants podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Webb Gem: Giants’ ace deals for five innings then disappears in 6-1 win over the Rockies

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By Morris Phillips

Among Gabe Kapler’s biggest tenets is protecting his Giants starting pitchers, knowing their importance to the teams’ success, as well as the industry-wide competition to secure and retain their services.

Logan Webb received Kapler’s grand treatment on Wednesday night, but not in the manner one might expect.

After retiring 16 of the first 17 batters he faced, Webb allowed his first hit, a one-out single to Sean Bouchard in the sixth. Kapler then shot out of the dugout and removed his 25-year old ace after throwing 66 pitches.

Kapler did what? Well, there are two, obvious metrics: the Giants began the night 31 games out of first place in the NL West with 14 games remaining, and Webb has thrown a career-high 181 1/3 innings this season. Decision made.

“We didn’t have any plans of letting him get a sixth up in this game, so even giving him that sixth up was a diversion from the game plan,” Kapler said. “So good for Logan. He pitched his ass off and was absolutely excellent tonight.

“At this point we’re managing 2022 and ‘23 and beyond,”

Webb has a significant stack of achievements over this season and last, enough to establish himself as the organization’s most prominent player going forward. But he’s never thrown a no-no or a complete game. That’s just how the game works these days at a position where the elite command $20 million a year, and arm trouble is always a concern. Given that, Webb didn’t fuss and was quite pragmatic about the situation.

“I want to throw 200 innings for the next 10 years, not just this year,” he said.

In an interesting bit of foreshadowing, Webb recounted a conversation with his father and teammate Tyler Rogers before the game in which they implored Webb to test his workload restriction by throwing no-hit ball through five innings. Again, Webb’s reaction was tinged with pragmatism.

“It’s Coors Field,” Webb said. “I’m going to give up a hit.”

While Webb dealt, the Giants’ hitters followed the typical Coors’ script, pounding out 15 hits in a 6-1 win that followed a 65-minute rain delay before the first pitch.

Immediately, Coors things were happening when a potential inning-ending double play turned into the Giants’ first run as first baseman C.J. Cron’s glove unraveled, allowing the relay throw from second base to pass right through the glove’s webbing. Lamonte Wade Jr. scored from third on the play and the Giants held a 1-0, first inning lead.

“The laces just ripped in two spots,” Cron said.

The Giants went on to score two runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and two in the ninth inning to build a 6-0 lead. A rare Coors Field shutout was derailed in the bottom of the ninth when Elehuris Montero homered off Thomas Szapucki, the fourth Giants’ reliever in support of Webb.

The Giants go for the four-game sweep on Thursday afternoon with John Brebbia in the openers’ role. Recent acquisition Jharell Cotton, the former A’s starter, is expected to assume the bulk innings role following Brebbia. Jose Urena is the announced starter for the Rockies.

REMEMBER KRIS BRYANT?: A year ago the Giants’ drew considerable praise for their trade deadline acquisition of Kris Bryant from the Cubs. The 6’5″ Bryant was the second overall pick in the 2013 Draft and went on to be a centerpiece of the Cubs drive to winning the 2016 World Series. But when the Cubs declined in 2021, Bryant was made available via trade with value as a slugger along with being a versatile defender with an expiring contract.

After a fast start with the Giants, the warts in Bryant’s game began to show and he found himself more and more frequently out of Gabe Kapler’s starting lineup as the Giants raced to the NL West title. In the off-season, the Giants faced a difficult choice to resign the 30-year old Bryant to a pricey, multi-year deal. When the Giants declined, the Rockies stepped up with a 7-year, $182 million deal that didn’t figure to age well given Bryant’s age and his steady decline in production following the 2016 season.

The Giants appear to have made the right choice after the Rockies announced that Bryant will rejoin the Rockies for their final road trip, but he has not sufficiently recovered from a foot injury to resume his third base duties. If Bryant fails to return to the field, his first-year in Colorado will end with a stat line of .306 with 5 home runs, 14 RBI in just 42 games as he spent time on the injured list with back issues followed by foot issues.





Kemp comes through again with 7th inning hit to score run that stands up in A’s win over M’s 2-1 at Coliseum

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James Kaprielian deals as the Oakland A’s starter allowing two hits in seven innings against the Seattle Mariners at the Oakland Coliseum on Wed Sep 21, 2022 (@Athletics photo)

Seattle (81-67). 1. 4. 1

Oakland (55-94). 2. 6. 0

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–At game time, your (for the time being) Oakland Athletics had played 148 games this season. They needed to win nine of the 14 remaining contests to avoid losing 100 for the year. There is just a hint of a glimmer of hope that they might achieve this.

They’d gone 5-12 in September in spite of their wonderful victory over the apparently playoff bound Seattle Mariners last night.

The A’s managed to increase their slim chances of avoiding the infamy of triple digit loss column when they won a thriller, 2-1.

They sent right hander James Kaprielian to the mound with a record of 3-9, 4.70. Hidden in those doleful digits is his disappointing, to say the least, numbers for his last six starts, 0-4, 5.76 and an opponents’ batting average of .283, higher than the BA of any of the Athletics’ hitters with more than a handful of at bats.

After throwing the first pitch of the night at 6:42, Kaprielian showed that the past isn’t always a reliable indicator of future performance. After yielding a two out single to Haniger in the first and a base on balls to Cal Raleigh in the second, Oakland’s starter didn’t allow a Mariner to reach base safely until there were two away in the top of the sixth when Julio Rodríguez touched him for a clean single to center.

Kaprielian ended up hurling seven frames of two hit ball, striking out six and walking one. 62 of his 93 pitches were considered strikes. He earned the win and improved his numbers to 4-9, 4.43.

Toeing the rubber for the M’s was veteran southpaw Robbie Ray. The 30 year old portsilder came to work at 12-10, 3.72, which is consistent with his lifetime mark of 74-68, 3.96. Against the A’s, he was 1-1, 2.41 for ’22 and 2-1, 2.30 for his career.

Although Ray experienced some trouble with his control in the opening frame, he stymied the A’s offense for xx innings, allowing only three hits and an equal number of walks before being relieved by Erik Swanson . Ray threw 101 pitches, 63 of them qualifying as strikes. The game was a scoreless tie when he exited, so the M’s starter’s won-lost record remained 12-10, but his ERA dropped to. 3.60.

The two teams traded goose eggs for six and a half episodes. In the bottom of the seventh, Erik Swanson took over on the mound for the M’s and walked leadoff hitter Jordán Díaz. Vimael Machín pinch hit for Sheldon Neuse and whalloped a double to left that sent Díaz to third.

When the ball got away from Winker, Díaz scored on the error. Cristián Pache then singled to right, sending Machín to third and Swanson to the showers. His replacement, Andrés Múñoz fanned Allen but surrendered an RBI single to Kemp before retiring the side with the A’s ahead 2-0.

AJ Puk pitched the top of the eighth in relief of Kaprielian. Kemp, who had moved from left field to second base, made a tremendous catch in shallow right to capture pinch hitter Sam Haggerty pop fly for the second out of the inning, but Chad Pinder’s leap at the right field fence wasn’t enough to prevent Luis Torres’s pinch hit homer from going into the stands and close the gap between the teams to 2-1.

Diego Castillo put Oakland down to a conga beat in the eighth, and Domingo Acevedo came on for the A’s in the ninth to try to nail down what had become a reprise of last night’s cliff hanger.

Julio Rodríguez led off with a bouncer to the mound that got past Acevedo and died before Kemp could field it. That infield single was wiped out by the tailor made 6-4-3 double play that Acevedo induced from Ty France.

The count on Mitch Haniger went to 3–2 before Acevedo struck him out to give the Athletics their second straight win and keep alive their hopes for 99 or less loss season.

Swanson was charged with the loss, making his balance sheet for the season 2-1, 1.49. Acevedo earned his fourth save in seven opportunities and lowered his earned run average to 3:34.

Tomorrow afternoon at 12:37 the Mexicalense Adrián Martínez (4-5, 5.77) will try to complete the trifecta. His opponent will be George Kirby (7-4, 2.98).

Stanford Cardinal podcast with Michael Roberson: Cardinal hoping to rebound at UW after tough loss to USC

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The USC Trojans wide receiver Jordan Addison (3) takes off on a 22 yard run against the Stanford Cardinal in first half action at Stanford Stadium on Sat Sep 10, 2022. The Cardinal had a bye last week Sat Sep 17, 2022 and head for Husky Stadium in Seattle for a battle with the Washington Huskies on Sat Sep 24, 2022 in week 4 of the NCAA season. (AP News photo)

On the Stanford Cardinal podcast with Michael:

#1 Michael, USC quarterback Caleb Williams didn’t have any secrets about the winning results against the Stanford Cardinal on Sun 11th as the Trojans defeated the Stanford Cardinal (1-1) big 41-28.

#2 The USC defense looked like they gave Williams all day to throw for 341 yards and four touchdowns.

#3 Williams also threw to wide receiver Jordan Addison twice for touchdowns and the Trojan move into tenth in the college rankings.

#4 Head coach David Shaw said Stanford could have gone into the half with the lead but a turnover nullified that just simply a tough way to lose for Shaw and Stanford.

#5 The Cardinal try it again as they battle the Washington Huskies at Husky Stadium in Seattle this Sunday. The Huskies have been going well (3-0) and won by 11 points defeating Michigan State in their last contest last Saturday 39-28. Can Tanner McKee and the Cardinal get things going this Saturday in Seattle?

Join Michael Roberson for the Stanford Cardinal podcasts Wednesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers with David Zizmor: 49ers prepare for Wilson and Broncos this Sunday in Denver

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Denver Broncos Russell Wilson (3) trots out to the field at Empower Stadium in Denver last Sun Sep 18, 2022 to battle the Houston Texans. Wilson and the Broncos host the San Francisco 49ers this Sun Sep 25, 2022 in Denver. (AP News photo)

On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 Dave the injury to quarterback Trey Lance and his not being able to play for the rest of the game and the season did not have a psychological effect on the team as the 49ers pushed forward to defeat the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday 27-7.

#2 Lance who had the surgery to fix his broken ankle doctors say was successful on Tuesday and that Lance should be ready to play and work out after the Super Bowl.

#3 The Denver Broncos (1-1) host the 49ers this Sunday at Empower Stadium. The Broncos picked up their first win of the season last Sunday with a win over the Houston Texans (0-1-1) in Denver 16-9. The Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson threw for 219 yards going 14-31 and threw for one touchdown and an interception.

Join David for the 49ers podcasts Wednesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants score early and often in 6-3 win over Rockies

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Top of the third inning San Francisco Giants hitter Joey Bart watches the flight of his triple against the Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland at Coors Field in Denver on Tue Sep 20, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The San Francisco Giants, behind s timely nine-hit attack and a solid effort from the bullpen, defeated the Colorado Rockies 6-3 Tuesday at Coors Field in Denver.

Tyler Rogers (3-4) picked up the win in relief, throwing two scoreless innings after replacing Giants opener John Brebbia. Sean Hjelle gave up two runs on six hits in four innings, and Thomas Szapucki gave up the other Rockies run in the eighth.

Yunior Marte worked 2/3 of the ninth, and Jarlin Garcia got the final out for his first save of the season,

Colorado starter Kyle Freeland (9-10) took the loss, giving up three runs on five hits over six innings,

The Giants never trailed in the NL West contest. Mike Yastrzemski’s RBI single opened the scoring in the top of the third. In the San Francisco sixth, the Giants got run scoring doubles from Thairo Estrada and Evan Longoria. C.J. Cron’s solo home run in the bottom of the sixth put the Rockies on the scoreboard at 3-1.

San Francisco made it 5-1 in the top of the seventh on a solo home run by David Villar, and an RBI double by Austin Slater.

The Rockies pulled to within 5-3 in the bottom of the eighth when Cron doubled to deep center, driving in Alan Trejo and Yonathan Daza. But the Giants tacked on one more run in the top of the ninth on Estrada’a RBI single.

San Francisco and Colorado meet again on Wednesday. Logan Webb (13-9, 3.02) starts for the Giants, facing the Rockies’ German Marquez (8-11, 5.14).