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Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Renteria: A’s open up series with Braves tonight at Sutter Health

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The Atlanta Braves Ronald Acuna Jr is one of the most successful lead off hitters in the game and will face off against the Sacramento A’s on Tue Jul 8, 2025 (Athlon Sports photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Renteria:

#1 The Sacramento A’s lost a tough series to the San Francisco Giants with a 6-2 loss on Sunday night. San Francisco takes the regular season series overall finishing, 5-1.

#2 Giant Willy Adames continues his batting presence going 1-3 at the plate with one run, one home run, two BB’s, and three RBI’s last Sunday evening. He now joins former legendary Giant Rich Aurilia with three or more RBIs in consecutive games since September 2000.

#3 A’s starting pitcher Jacob Lopez pitched 4.1 inning, allowed five hits, four earned runs, one walk and eight strikeouts. The Giants scored three runs off Lopez in the top of the fifth inning that caused most of the damage for Sacramento.

#4 The Atlanta Braves are in town to face off with the Athletics at Sutter Health Park. One of the most feared lead off hitters in the game the Braves Ronald Acuna Jr and is hitting .331, with nine home runs, 18 RBIs and 46 hits.

#5 It’s back to the drawing board for the A’s who host the Atlanta Braves Tuesday night at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. Starting pitcher for the Braves RHP Didier Fuentes (0-2 ERA 9.00) and for the A’s LHP Jeffrey Springs (6-6 ERA 4.07) first pitch 7:05pm PT.

 Tony Renteria does the A’s podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.

⚡Craft cocktails? Check.
🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah.
🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.

Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.

Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.

📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street

Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm

Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.

Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason: A’s Springs goes after seventh win, faces Braves Tuesday night

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Sacramento A’s pitcher Jeffrey Springs pitches to the Texas Rangers in the bottom of the first inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Thu May 1, 2025. Springs will be the starting pitcher against the Atlanta Braves on Tue Jul 8, 2025 at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. (AP News file photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason:

#1 The Sacramento A’s lost a tough series to the San Francisco Giants with a 6-2 loss on Sunday night. San Francisco takes the regular season series overall finishing, 5-1.

#2 Giant Willy Adames continues his batting presence going 1-3 at the plate with one run, one home run, two BB’s, and three RBI’s last Sunday evening. He now joins former legendary Giant Rich Aurilia with three or more RBIs in consecutive games since September 2000.

#3 A’s starting pitcher Jacob Lopez pitched 4.1 inning, allowed five hits, four earned runs, one walk and five strikeouts. The Giants scored three runs off Lopez in the top of the fifth inning that caused most of the damage for Sacramento.

#4 The Giants have won five of six against the Athletics this season, and the Giants home record at eight games above .500 as they return Monday night back to San Francisco. They finished their 10-game road trip with a 5-5 record on Sunday night. The A’s current home record drops to 16-29.

#5 It’s back to the drawing board for the A’s who host the Atlanta Braves Tuesday night at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. Starting pitcher for the Braves RHP Didier Fuentes (0-2 ERA 9.00) and for the A’s LHP Jeffrey Springs (6-6 ERA 4.07) first pitch 7:05pm PT.

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

Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.

⚡Craft cocktails? Check.
🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah.
🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.

Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.

Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.

📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street

Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm

Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in. 

San Francisco Giants podcast Marko Ukalovic: Giants open six game road swing to Colorado and Los Angeles Tuesday

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San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski belts a two run RBI double in the bottom of the fourth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Jun 8, 2025 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Mike Yastrzemski was getting around on the baseball pretty well on Sunday with three RBIs and stretched out his five game hitting streak as the Giants edged the Atlanta Braves on Sunday 4-3 at Oracle Park.

#2 The Giants win gave the Braves their seventh straight loss and the struggling Braves have now lost 14 of their last 17 games and are 27 for 37 and are now ten games below .500.

#3 Yastrzemski was key in the fourth inning for San Francisco with a two RBI double in right field. Yastrzemski scored on an error by the Braves Ozzie Albies who couldn’t handle a hot potato hit by Tyler Fitzgerald hit to second base.

#4 The Giants starter Landen Roupp who pitched six innings allowed five hits and three earned runs, walking two and striking out two which was enough to get the win.

#5 The Giants open a three game series in Denver Tues Jun 10th against the Colorado Rockies in what would look like a cakewalk for the Giants as the Rockies are struggling through a record loss season.

#6 The Giants conclude the road trip to Los Angeles and the Dodgers starting on Thursday night. The Giants are scheduled to play at Dodger Stadium but the National Guard has declared all of downtown Los Angeles an unlawful assembly due to riots in protest of ICE arresting LA citizens and processing them for deportation. Talk about the scenario for the Giants just to play in a volatile neighborhood to get from their hotel to the park and back again?

Marko Ukalovic does the SF Giants podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants Podcast with Michael Villanueva: Giants standing tall in the Bay

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A look at the Oracle Park scoreboard in San Francisco on Sun Jun 8, 2025 during Atlanta Braves-San Francisco Giants third game of three game series (photo Michael Villanueva)

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San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Villanueva:

#1 Michael what impact will Matt Chapman presence in the lineup influence the Giants’ offense today and how important is he?

#2 Now how important is it for the Giants to take Advantage of the Braves’ losing streak and gain ground in the NL West race?

#3 What impact has Landen Roupp’s growth as a starting pitcher had on the Giants’ 2025 rotation?

#4 Since Wednesday night, Giants are now on a 5 game winning streak following the games from the Padres and now Braves and got the sweep over the Braves Sunday 4-3 at Oracle Park.

#5 Giants finish off the Braves with an early season sweep taking game 3 of another close game final score, 4-3. Next up for the Giants Tuesday night at 5:40pm PDT in Colorado at Coors Field. Starting pitcher for the Giants LHP Kyle Harrison (1-1 ERA 4.34) for the Rockies LHP Carson Palmquist (0-4 ERA 8.50).

Michael Villanueva is a Major League Baseball podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

SF Giants game wrap: Chapman’s the hero and ends pitcher’s duel with walk-off HR in Giants’ fourth-straight win, 3-2 over Braves

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San Francisco Giants Matt Chapman runs the bases after hitting a two run home run in the bottom of the tenth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco Sat Jun 7, 2025 (AP News photo)

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Atlanta Braves 2 (27-36)

San Francisco Giants 3 (37-28)

Win: Tyler Rogers (3-2)

Loss: Pierce Johnson (1-3)

Time: 2:05

Attendance: 35,162

By Stephen Ruderman

The Giants pulled off their fourth win in a row in what was a pitcher’s duel, as they were down to their final out, and Matt Chapman hit a walk-off home run to left field to cap off an epic Giants’ 3-2 win over the Braves Saturday.

After Buster Posey shook things up on Wednesday, the Giants have been undefeated. They blew a lead last night, but they were able to win it on a walk-off wild pitch for their seventh walk-off win of the season.

Saturday, on Pride Day, and another gorgeous day for baseball at Oracle Park. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie was on hand for pregame ceremonies, as were LGBTQ leaders, including State Senator Scott Weiner.

Iowayna Pena, Director of Government Affairs and Real Estate Development for the Giants, and a prominent leader in the LGBTQ Community, threw out the first pitch with the new Pride Ball. What is the Pride Ball you ask? It is a baseball with rainbow stitching. The Seattle Mariners first came up with the idea this year. To my knowledge, it was not used in Saturday’s game, but it would be pretty cool if they start using it for Pride Day next year.

Logan Webb took the ball. Let’s be honest here: Logan Webb is Matt Cain with a sinker. Webb looks like Cain; has the same build as Cain; and has the same mechanics as Cain. Most importantly and unfortunately, Logan Webb suffers the same level of being screwed by his offense as the great Matt Cain.

Saturday would be the same for the Giants’ ace. Webb started off strong, as he retired the first six men he faced. Webb ran into trouble but escaped a jam in the top of the third, and then he threw another 1-2-3 inning in the top of the fourth.

Braves’ starter Bryce Elder started off almost just as strong. He threw a one, two, three inning in the bottom of the first, followed by a pair of scoreless innings in the second and third.

The Giants struck first in the bottom of the fourth, as Wilmer Flores led off the bottom of the fourth with a home run to left field off a hanging slider by Elder. Elder retired the next three, but Braves Manager Brian Snitker decided to get thrown out of the game by Home Plate Umpire Gabe Morales afterwards.

Good chance Snitker got tossed to motivate his struggling team that has not had the kind of season they expected, and who has lost some tough games as of late. It appeared to work, as Michael Harris led off the top of the fifth with a home run to right-center to tie it. Webb retired the next three, and Elder threw a one, two, three inning in the bottom of the fifth.

The Braves then staged a rally off Webb in the top of the sixth, as they loaded the bases with nobody out on three-straight singles. Matt Olson popped up into an infield fly, and then Marcel Ozuna grounded into a fielder’s choice to put the Braves ahead.

Webb struck out Harris to end the top of the sixth and his day, as his pitch count got to him. Webb was just great over six innings, as he struck out ten, and didn’t walk a single guy.

The only problem? You guessed it: Webb couldn’t get any support. Elder one-upped Webb with 12 strikeouts over eight dominant innings. Elder, too, didn’t walk anybody, and on top of that, he only gave up three hits.

That’s why the Giants must have been ecstatic to see former Giant Pierce Johnson in the bottom of the ninth. Well, that, and the fact that it was a wild pitch by Johnson that won the game for the Giants last night.

Pierce Johnson struck out Daniel Johnson to start the bottom of the ninth, and then Heliot Ramos grounded a base-hit to left-center. Wilmer then popped up, and the Giants were down to their last out.

Matt Chapman came up to the plate as the Giants’ last hope on this beautiful afternoon. The count was 1-1 when Johnson threw Chapman a semi-hanging curveball in the bottom half of the zone. Chapman turned on it, and hit a two-run home run to left to win it for the Giants.

It was the eighth walk-off win for the Giants this season, and their second walk-off home run. Believe it or not, the Giants had nine walk-off wins at this point of the season in 2011.

Tyler Rogers, who pitched a scoreless inning in the top of the ninth, got the win, and Pierce Johnson took the loss for the second day in a row.

The Giants improve to 36-27, and they will go for the sweep Sunday with Landen Roupp (3-4, 3.18 ERA) on the hill. Spencer Strider (0-4, 5.68 ERA) will take the ball for Atlanta.

First pitch will be at 1:05 p.m.

San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Villanueva: Giants edge out Braves in walk off fashion in 3-2 win

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San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Villanueva:

#1 Michael, the San Francisco Giants Matt Chapman hit a two run walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning at Oracle Park against the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Saturday for their fourth win in a row.

#2 Heliot Ramos got on board with a single and one out and relief pitcher Pierce Johnson who dropped his record to 1-3 got Wilmer Flores to pop up and then Chapman came up with his 12th homer of the season.

#3 The Braves starter Bryce Elder, allowed a run and three hits and struck out 12 in eight innings of work and the Braves lost another heartbreak losing their sixth straight game.

#4 Giant starter Logan Webb pitched six innings struck out ten and allowed two runs and surrendered six hits. It was the fourth time that Webb had strike outs in double digits this season.

#5 Atlanta and San Francisco match up again on Sunday afternoon at 1:05pm PDT. Starter for the Braves RHP Spencer Strider (0-4 ERA 5.68) for the Giants RHP Landen Roupp (3-4 ERA 3.18) first pitch slated for 1:05pm PDT at Oracle Park.

Michael Villanueva is an MLB analyst for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Giants Fitzgerald scores on 10th inning wild pitch to beat Braves 5-4 to open three game series

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San Francisco Giants Tyler Fitzgerald is mobbed by teammates after scoring the game winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning against the Atlanta Braves Fri Jun 6, 2025 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (AP News photo)

By Michael Villanueva

SAN FRANCISCO–On Friday night at Oracle Park, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves 5–4 in a thrilling walk-off, extending their winning streak to three games in a row. The Giants handed the Braves their fifth consecutive defeat, improving to 25–15 thanks to early offense, clutch pitching, and an exciting extra-inning finish. Despite a few rocky moments along the way, the Giants’ tenacity was demonstrated in this thrilling victory.

The Giants quickly took the lead, scoring three runs in the first inning as a result of timely hitting and Braves errors. Wilmer Flores and Jung Hoo Lee each contributed run-scoring knocks to take advantage of Atlanta’s defensive errors, while Heliot Ramos continued to be a force at the plate with three hits. The Braves refused to go quietly, even though the Giants appeared to be in control and had a 4-0 lead by the end of the second inning.

Atlanta clawed back in the middle innings, beginning with a run in the fifth before Matt Olson tied the game with a two-run homer in the seventh—his 13th of the season. The Braves’ bullpen held the line from there, including a scoreless ninth by veteran closer Craig Kimbrel, who recently returned to the roster. The Giants had chances but struggled with execution on the basepaths, including a costly pickoff of Tyler Fitzgerald in the ninth that nearly derailed their momentum.

The automatic runner rule gave San Francisco a new opportunity in the 10th inning despite the baserunning problems. On a groundout, Tyler Fitzgerald, who began the inning on second, moved up to third. Fitzgerald then raced home and scored the game-winning run in walk-off fashion after Braves reliever Pierce Johnson uncorked a wild pitch that bounced past catcher Sean Murphy with the game on the line. It was the Giants’ seventh season-long walk-off victory.

The Giants’ defense was crucial in keeping the score tied and facilitating the walk-off. Dominic Smith contributed with strong defense at first base, Mike Yastrzemski displayed good outfield positioning, and Matt Chapman made a crucial throw to cut down a runner. The Giants’ depth and composure under duress were demonstrated by Camilo Doval’s scoreless ninth inning on the mound and Spencer Bivens’ escape from a bases-loaded jam in the top of the tenth to secure the victory.

This game was a gut-punch for the Braves, who dropped to 18–20 amid mounting frustrations. For the Giants, it was another example of a team that continues to find different ways to win, even when the game gets messy. With momentum on their side, San Francisco will look to keep rolling as they head into the weekend, while the Braves are left searching for answers to halt their sudden skid.

Starting pitchers for Saturday for Atlanta RHP Bryce Elder (2-3 ERA 4.56) for San Francisco RHP Logan Webb (5-5 ERA 2.55) first pitch 1:05pm PDT at Oracle Park.

San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Villanueva: Ray with 9 strikeouts holds back Padres for win; Giants open series with Braves Friday

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San Francisco Giants starter Robbie Ray was dealing on Thu Jun 5, 2025 against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park in San Francisco (photo from Bay Area News Group)

San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Villanueva:

#1 Michael big day for the San Francisco Giants Robbie Ray picking up his eighth win with a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres Thursday afternoon at Oracle Park.

#2 Ray had nine strikeouts over seven innings of work and is the first pitcher in the National League to win eight games.

#3 Ray at 33 retired the Padres in order four times and the Padres couldn’t get past first base in the last four innings of the ball game.

#4 What’s remarkable about Ray is when the Giants got him last season he couldn’t start pitching until July and coming into this year he’s showing shades of the 2021 Cy Young pitcher that he was.

#5 Giants open up a three game series with the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. Starting pitcher for the Braves RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (4-4 ERA 3.13) for the Giants RHP Hayden Birdsong (3-1 ERA 2.37) first pitch 7:15pm PDT.

Michael Villanueva does the SF Giants podcasts Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Ray shines with nine strikeouts over seven strong innings, as Giants earn split with 3-2 win over Padres

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San Francisco Giant starter Robbie Ray kept the San Diego Padres in check picking up his eighth win against one loss at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Thu Jun 5, 2025 (AP News photo)

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

San Diego Padres 2 (35-26)

San Francisco Giants 3 (35-28)

Win: Robbie Ray (8-1)

Loss: Dylan Cease (1-5)

Save: Camilo Doval (8)

Time: 2:28

Attendance: 37,436

By Stephen Ruderman

The Giants pulled off another one, as Robbie Ray struck out nine over seven strong innings, and the Giants beat the Padres 3-2 to get a split in this four-game series on Thursday afternoon.

After their biggest win of the season Wednesday night, in which they came back from down 5-0, the Giants sought to get the split in the series finale on another nice day for baseball at Oracle Park. They had the perfect man on the mound in Robbie Ray, who despite not having the official ace title, has been the Giants’ most dominant starter this season.

Ray came into Thursday’s game 7-1. He took his first loss of the season last Saturday in Miami after his offense was unable to provide him any support in a 1-0 loss. With the Giants’ offense finally scoring more than four runs Wednesday night, there was hope that he would get more support today.

Ray started off the day nicely with a one, two, three inning in the top of the first. The Giants looked to pounce on Padres’ starter Dylan Cease, who has not had a particularly good season thus far. Cease came in 1-4 with a 4.66 ERA, and with the Giants’ offense carrying some of the momentum from last night, he was the perfect man to face.

The Giants had runners at second and third with one out after Jung Hoo Lee got screwed on a ground-rule double to Triples Alley. That bounce over the wall would come back to bite the Giants, who would waste a golden opportunity to make an early statement.

Ray got out of a jam in the top of the second, and he appeared to be headed for a quick and quiet inning after striking out the first two men he faced in the top of the third. However, Luis Arraez reached on an infield hit that deflected off Ray, and Manny Machado broke the ice with a home run to left-center field.

The Padres had a 2-0 lead, but the Giants were ready to respond in the bottom of the third, as they loaded the bases with one out. Willy Adames put the Giants on the board with a sacrifice fly to right-center field, and then one of the other newbies, Dominic Smith stepped up to the plate.

Smith fell behind in the count early, as he whiffed at the first two pitches. Smith took a pair of pitches to work the count to 2-2, and then he fouled off three-straight. Smith was looking to fit in quite nicely with a Giants’ team that has worked two-strike at-bats all year long.

Cease threw a perfect pitch on the outside corner, but Home Plate Umpire Will Little did not give him the call, and the count was now full. The next pitch, the ninth of the at-bat, was a slider that Smith drove into the gap in right-center for a ground-rule double that gave the Giants the lead.

Ray then responded with a six-pitch one, two, three inning in the top of the fourth, and he went on to retire 11-straight. At the end, Ray retired 13 of the final 14 men he faced to cap off a dominant seven-inning performance. On top of that, he walked just one, and he struck out nine. Ray now has 87 strikeouts through 13 starts this season.

Randy Rodriguez, fresh off converting his first big league save Wednesday night, took the ball for the eighth. Rodriguez gave up a leadoff single to Brandon Lockridge, but he was able to work his way through the inning.

Camilo Doval came in for the ninth and looked to bounce back after his blown save on Tuesday. It wouldn’t be easy, and just as they did Wednesday night, the Padres put runners at second and third with two outs. Doval then struck out Jake Cronenworth on a filthy low slider to end it, and the Giants won it 3-2.

Robbie Ray got the win to improve to 8-1, and Dylan Cease took his fifth loss. Most notably, Camilo Doval picked up his 100th-career save.

The Giants improve to 35-28.

The Atlanta Braves, who blew a 10-4 lead in a brutal loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday, will fly across the country for a three-game series at Oracle Park that will start Friday night. The Giants will look to take advantage of a Braves’ team that has been unable to click so far for whatever reason.

Hayden Birdsong (3-1, 2.37 ERA) will make his fourth start of the season in the series opener Friday. Birdsong has given up four earned runs, and has struck out 14 over 14 and two thirds innings in his first three starts.

Spencer Schwellenbach (4-4, 3.13 ERA)—a solid baseball name—will counter for Atlanta.

First pitch will be at 7:15 p.m.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Tigers get all the runs they need in 2nd inning in 3-1 win; Royals Witt with RBI helps defeat O’s 1-0 in game 1; plus more Wild Card news

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Detroit Tigers starter Tarik Skubal (29) is stoked after striking out Houston Astros Yanier Diaz in the bottom of the sixth inning at the AL Wild Card Game in Minute Maid Field at Houston on Tue Oct 1, 2024 (AP News photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Amaury, just wanted to ask you about the four MLB Wild Card games being played today and see if you can share your thoughts about today’s results. We’ll start with the Detroit Tigers who played the Houston Astros today at Minute Maid Field in the AL Wild Card game. Framber Valdez started for the Astros and Tigers did all the damage against Valdez in the top of the second inning scoring three runs coming away with a 3-1 win in game 1.

#2 The Royals and Orioles battled for the second AL Wild Card game at Camden Yards. The Royals came away with a 1-0 shutout to defeat the Orioles at Camden Yards. The Royals Bobby Witt has been doing it all season Tuesday he drove in the winning run and Royals starting pitcher Cole Ragan pitched six innings of shutout ball to close down the Orioles in game 1.

#3 The New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers might be a tight match at American Family Park in Milwaukee.

#4 The Atlanta Braves will be starting SJ Smith-Shawyer (0-0, 0.00) and the San Diego Padres will be starting Michael King (13-9, 2.95) Shawyer will be pitching against one of baseball’s best teams the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez does News and Commentary podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com