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Rough outing for Pomeranz in 9-6 loss to O’s

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photo from mercurynews.com: San Francisco Giants pitcher Drew Pomeranz delivers a pitch against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on Friday May 31st’s contest to open a three-game series.

By Jeremy Kahn

BALTIMORE — Things got off to a great start for the San Francisco Giants, but they all disappeared before a blink of an eye.

After scoring five runs in the top of the frame, Drew Pomeranz gave it all away in the bottom half and the Baltimore Orioles ended up defeating the Giants 9-6 before a crowd of 17,545 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Thats baseball, it humbles you pretty quick, said Mike Yastrzemski.

Dwight Smith, Jr., hit a grand slam to complete the first inning comeback and Trey Mancini added a two-run home run in the bottom of the second inning to add on to the damage that was suffered in the first inning.

Things got rough for Orioles starter Andrew Cashner in the top of the first inning, as he walked leadoff batter Joe Panik, then Yastrzemski began the hit parade, as he tripled down the right field line to score Panik.

Buster Posey then singled in Yastrzemski, and moved to third on a Pablo Sandoval single and then scored the third run of the inning on a Brandon Crawford sacrifice fly.

After Kevin Pillar, singled that loaded the bases, Steven Duggar got in on the act, as he singled to left field to score Sandoval and Evan Longoria.

All of that disappeared in the bottom of the first inning, as Pomeranz was unable to hold on to the lead.

Jonathan Villar got the rally started for the Orioles, as he walked, then Mancini singled and then the Orioles got on the board, when Renato Nunez singled to score Villar and on the errant Crawford throw, Mancini went to third.

It was a great play by Crawford, who dove into the hole to stop the ball from going into left field; however, his throw to Panik went behind him and Villar scored easily from third.

Mancini then scored on a single by Pedro Severino, and after Keon Broxton walked to load the bases, Smith, Jr., hit his first career grand slam to give the Orioles a 6-5 lead.

In all, that first inning took 40 minutes and saw 90 pitches thrown.

I cant think of one, said Bruce Bochy.

Yastrzemski tied up the game in the top of the second inning, as he powered his first major league home run into the right-center field seats. “Deep down, I always wanted to come here and hit one. Always. Now its a reality, and thats pretty special, said Yastrzemski.

Nice to get one, Yastrzemski added, who hit a Cashner fastball and met the gentleman after the game who caught the ball.

The man identified as Tim Smith received a signed bat from Yastrzemski and took a picture together.

Yastrzemski ended the night going 2-for-3 with a walk, as he continues to make a great impression in his first week in the majors.
Great nice by the kid, said Bochy.

Unfortunately, Pomeranz was unable to hold on to the tie, as Villar singled with one out and then Mancini smashed his 11th home run of the season and the Orioles reclaimed the lead.

That would be the end of the night for Pomeranz, who went 1.1 innings, allowing eight runs on eight hits, walking two and striking out two, as he saw his record fall to 1-5 on the season.

This was the shortest outing of Pomeranz’ career and continues a stretch where he was unable to go past five innings, as the streak now stands at five consecutive starts. It was the first career loss for Pomeranz when he received five-or-more runs, as he is now 19-1 when he receives that many runs.

I do not want to make excuses, said Pomeranz.

As for Cashner, who got roughed up in that first inning, he ended up with the victory, as he went the necessary five innings, allowing six runs on eight hits, walking five and did not require a strikeout and saw his record improve to 6-2 on the season.

Dereck Rodriguez went 4.2 innings, allowing just two hits, walking two, striking out two and hitting a batter.

He used all four pitches, said Bochy.

Since returning to the majors, Rodriguez has pitched twice out of the bullpen and it was the fourth of his career.

I came out of the bullpen in winter ball, said Rodriguez, who was a starter for most of last season.

Sam Dyson came on to replace Rodriguez, and was greeted ratherly rudely, as Nunez slammed a 444 foot home run into the left field seats.

NOTES: Brandon Belt extended his hitting streak up to six games, and has a six-game hitting streak versus the Orioles and is (9-for-29) with two doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs during the streak.

On the flipside of the Belt streak, Posey snapped a 0-for-17 streak against the Orioles and was 1-for-21 prior to getting two hits in four at-bats. Overall, he is now 3-for-25 lifetime against the Orioles, the lowest versus any opponent.

As a starting rotation, this will be a month that the Giants will want to forget and definitely put behind them. They ended the month with a 7.32 earned run average (96 earned runs in 118 innings pitched). That is the highest earned run average by a Giants starting staff since they moved to San Francisco in 1958. The previous high was a 6.56 earned run average in September of 2006.

Smith Jr.s grand slam was the second of the season by an Orioles player, with the first coming on May 6 off the bat of Villar and the Orioles defeated the defending World Series Champion Boston Red Sox 4-1.

This weekend marks the Giants first appearance since the 2004 season, when they won two out of three.

The starting rotation consisted of Dustin Hermanson, Noah Lowry and Jerome Williams. Barry Bonds went 5-for-11 with two home runs, five runs batted in and was walked six times. In the second game of a doubleheader on June 12, 2004, Bonds was walked five times (four of those intentionally).

UP NEXT: Shaun Anderson looks to get the Giants back into the win column on Saturday afternoon, as he will make his first ever start on the road. David Hess will take the mound on Saturday, as he looks to improve on his 1-6 record.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants snap out of it, get a 2-run win in Miami

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sfgate.com photo: San Francisco Giants’ Brandon Crawford high-fives his teammates after the Giants defeated the Miami Marlins 3-1 in a baseball game, Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Miami.

On the Giants podcast with Michael:

#1 22 years ago, the Giants and Miami Marlins were in a dog fight for the top spot in the National League and today they are battling to get out of the cellar. Lots have changed between both clubs in those 22 years.

#2 The Giants finally snapped their losing streak, getting a 7-1 victory over the Marlins on Thursday morning in Miami after losing seven straight games. Manager Bruce Bochy said it was a relief to win a game.

#3 The Giants avoided a sweep, and with the win, the Giants move up to 2 1/2 games over the Marlins in the National League standings.

#4 Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford said it was a team effort saying that there was only one goal and that was to end the losing streak.

#5 The Giants head to Camden Yards to face the Baltimore Orioles for a 4:05 pm start on Friday night. Starter for the Giants, Drew Pomeranz (1-5, 6.45 ERA), and for Baltimore, Andrew Cashner (5-2, 4.55 ERA).

Michael Duca hosts the Giants podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Tony Renteria: Bucks now find themselves tied with mighty Raptors; Blues-Bruins to battle in final; plus more

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On Headline Sports podcast with Tony:

#1 The tables have turned on the Milwaukee Bucks. After winning the first two games, the Toronto Raptors have won Games 3 and 4 to tie up the series 2-2.

#2 The Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo led all Bucks scorers with 25 points, but it wasn’t enough in Game 4 as the Raptors took care of business 120-102. It’s a brand new series.

#3 The San Jose Sharks, who won Game 3 on a glove-handled puck 5-4, set the St. Louis Blues on fire. The Blues came back to win three straight and win the series to move on against the Boston Bruins for the NHL Final.

#4 The New York Yankees had nearly 17 starters or key players out with injuries so the Yanks called up the reserves and they came through. The one player to admire is the Yankees’ Gleyber Torres, who has hit 10 homers in 11 games against the Baltimore Orioles.

#5 The Oakland A’s are one of the big league’s hottest teams, winning their sixth straight game and a four-game sweep over Cleveland as they head back to Oakland for a Friday night contest with the Seattle Mariners.

Tony Renteria does Headline Sports each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Khris Davis homers twice, again, as A’s take 3 of 4 from Orioles

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By Daniel Dullum
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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Khris Davis continued to swing his hot bat for Oakland Thursday, belting a pair of home runs to lead the Athletics past Baltimore 8-5 in an early getaway game at Camden Yards.

Meanwhile, Orioles DH Chris Davis extended his record hitless streak to 53 at-bats, going 0-for-3 with a walk. Chris Davis is in the fourth season of a $161 million, seven-year deal. He hasn’t gotten a hit since last Sept. 14.

It wasn’t just Khris Davis swinging the big lumber for Oakland – Josh Phegley, Kendrys Morales and Marcus Semien also hit round-trippers for the A’s in their third straight win after dropping the series opener. Oakland hit 16 home runs in the four-game series at Baltimore.

In his first career start against the Orioles, Aaron Brooks (2-1) gave up three runs on three hits and three walks over six innings. Blake Treinen struck out two in a perfect ninth inning to earn his fourth save.

Dylan Bundy (0-1) surrendered six runs on seven hits in five-plus innings while striking out eight. Bundy surrendered four of Oakland’s five home runs; the Orioles have given up at least one homer in all 13 games this season.

From the injured list, A’s first baseman Matt Olson is reportedly taking ground balls while working on his conditioning. Olson underwent off-season surgery on his right hand. He’s also taking one-handed swings in the batting cage.

The A’s begin a weekend series in Arlington, Texas, on Friday against the Rangers.

Middle infield powers A’s past Orioles 13-2

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By Daniel Dullum
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Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Oakland’s middle infield was responsible for driving in nine of its runs on Tuesday, as the Athletics hammered Baltimore 13-2 at Camden Yards. It was the A’s first road win of the season and ended a four-game losing streak.

Second baseman Jurickson Profar was 4-for-5 with a home run and a career-high five runs batted in, and shortstop Marcus Semien contributed a three-run home run in the second inning, his second of the season. Semien also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Brett Anderson (3-0) picked up the win, working 6 2/3 innings. He struck out four, walked one and gave up two earned runs on seven hits.

Lou Trivino and Liam Hendriks threw the final 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

John Means (1-1), making his first career start for the Orioles, gave up five runs in three innings – one earned. After Evan Phillips threw three scoreless innings for Baltimore, O’s relievers Richard Bleier and Miguel Castro were each rung up for four earned runs each over the final three innings.

Baltimore has lost five of its last six games.

Notably absent from the Orioles lineup was slumping slugger Chris Davis, who sat out Tuesday’s game a day after establishing the MLB record for longest hitless streak by a position player – 0-for-49, going back to last season.

Orioles first baseman Trey Mancini singled in the first inning to extend his season-opening hitting streak to 11 games.

On Wednesday, the A’s will start right-hander Frankie Montas (1-1, 2.45), while Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has yet to name a starter. Right-hander Alex Cobb was supposed to start for Baltimore on Wednesday, but was placed on the 10-day IL retroactive to April 6 (lumbar strain).

Baltimore crushes the A’s 12-4 in game one of their four-game series

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By Charlie O. Mallonee

The Baltimore Orioles (5-5) are really an afterthought in the world of baseball in 2019. If you don’t think so, just ask every baseball expert in the world and they will tell you the Orioles are irrelevant. Many even call them a Triple-A team at best.

In fact, only 6585 people bothered to show up at Camden Yards to witness the O’s as they destroyed the Oakland Athletics 12-4 on Monday night. Baltimore put together 12 runs off 15 hits, while committing two errors. Their four pitchers held the A’s to just four runs on 11 hits and they committed two errors.

Baltimore jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead when Trey Mancini hit his fifth homer of the season in the bottom of the first inning off Marco Estrada. The Orioles scored three more runs in the home half of the second inning aided by a throwing error committed by Jurickson Profar. The A’s were in a 4-0 hole after just two innings.

A’s catcher Josh Phegley cut the O’s lead in half when he hit his second home run of the season — a two-run shot — off Andrew Cashner. It would be as close as the A’s would come to taking the lead in the game.

Baltimore would go on to score two in the fourth, one in the sixth and five runs in the eighth inning. The five runs were charged to Ryan Buchter (2) and Fernando Rodney (3).

The A’s (6-8) have now lost four consecutive games and are in sole possession of last place in the American League Western Division. This falls far short of the promise the opening homestand gave to the loyal #RootedinOakland fans.

At the Plate

The A’s

  • Mark Canha had a 1-for-3 night that included his second home run of the season. Canha scored two runs, had an RBI and walked.
  • Marcus Semien went 2-for-4 in the game and scored one of the A’s four runs.
  • Matt Chapman went 3-for-5 in the game, but did not have an RBI or score a run.
  • The A’s left eight men on base.
  • Oakland went 0-for-8 with Runners In Scoring Position.

The O’s

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  • Trey Mancini led the charge for the O’s with the bat. He had a 3-for-3 night that included a two-run home run, two runs scored, two RBI and two walks.
  • Jonathan Villar hit his third home run of the season off Estrada. Villar picked up four RBI in the game.
  • Richie Martin went 3-for-4 with the bat. Martin hit a triple off Estrada. He scored three runs against the A’s on Monday night.
  • Cedric Mullins — the number nine hitter for the O’s — had a huge night hitting two triples off Estrada. He finished with three RBI and two runs scored.

On the Mound

A’s

  • Starter Marco Estrada had a very rough night. His start lasted only 4.0 innings. Estrada gave up six runs (all earned) off nine hits. He walked just one and struck out three batters. Estrada gave up two home runs.
  • Oakland used four relievers in the game.
  • Fernando Rodney had the toughest outing in relief as he was charged with three runs (all earned) off three hits.
  • The loss was charged to Estrada who is now 0-1 on the season.

Baltimore

  • Andrew Cashner (2-1) was credited with the win over the A’s. He gave up four runs (three earned) off nine hits. Cashner walked one and struck out one in his 5.1-innings on the hill.
  • The O’s used three relievers who pitched 3.2 scoreless innings hold the lead for Cashner.

Up Next

The A’s and Orioles will play game two of their four-game series on Tuesday at 4:05 PM PDT. LHP Brett Anderson (2-0, 2.38) will start for the A’s and LHP John Means (1-0, 1.59) will take the ball for Baltimore.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Astros McHugh throws well against A’s; Oakland’s Montas effort not enough to win

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On the A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg:

If you look at the job that Oakland A’s starter Frankie Montas did on Friday night he didn’t do all that badly he made it into the fifth inning almost into the sixth inning and he was charged with all three Houston Astros runs in the 3-2 loss. Montas drops his record to 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA.

Which isn’t bad for Montas considering his line on Friday was five innings, seven hits and two earned runs. The offense was shutdown by Astros pitcher Colin McHugh (1-1) 2.45 ERA. McHugh went six innings, three hits, with four strikeouts.

McHugh has a long history of pitching well against the A’s line up and McHugh used to be a starter and a reliever for Houston. So it wasn’t a surprise that the A’s lost the first game of this trip to Houston but by that much one run.

Jerry is a beat writer for the Oakland A’s and does the A’s podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Orioles snap the A’s six-game winning streak with a 5-3 win

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By Jerry Feitelberg

One of the great things about baseball is that one never knows what is going to happen in any game. Things that are expected to happen go awry and things that one expects to happen don’t. The red-hot Oakland A’s were expected to beat the hapless Baltimore Orioles Thursday night. Since June 16th, the A’s had the best record in baseball and everything was going their way. They entered the game against the O’s with expectations of winning and sweeping the three-game series and extend their winning streak to seven games. That did not happen as the O’s pounced on A’s starter Brett Anderson. Anderson was making his first start since coming off the 10-day DL, and he just wasn’t able to get his “A” game going.

The O’s put two runs on the board in the bottom of the first inning. The first two O’s hitters, Cedric Mullins and Jonathan Villar, singled. Trey Mancini was retired on a ground out to A’s shortstop Marcus Semien. Mullins and Villar advanced to second and third. Tim Beckham singled to drive in both runners. The O’s had an early 2-0 lead.

The A’s right fielder Stephen Piscotty homered to right to cut the gap to one, and the A’s trailed 2-1 after two innings of play.

The O’s plated two more in the bottom of the fourth. The O’s put together two singles and an Anderson wild pitch to put men on at second and third with one out. John Andreoli hit a low roller that Anderson fielded. He threw awkwardly to home but the throw was offline, and the O’s had their third run of the night. Valera singled to make it 4-1.

The A’s scored another run in the fifth. A Semien double followed by a Nick Martini single made it 4-2. The A’s made it a one-run game when they scored another run in the top of the eighth. The O’s extended the lead to two as they got the run back in their half of the inning and led 5-3.

The A’s failed to score in the ninth and lost to the O’s 5-3.

Game Notes: Brett Anderson went just three and one-third innings, and he gave up four runs and seven hits. His record is now 3-5 for the year.

Stephen Piscotty hit his 24th homer of the year to extend his hitting streak to 14. He has also hit 39 doubles.

The A’s are now 3.5 games behind the Houston Astros for first place in the AL West and 1.5 games behind the Yankees in the race for the first Wild Card slot.

Up Next: The A’s travel to Tampa Bay to face the Rays for three games starting Friday at 4:05 pm PDT. The Rays have been playing well, so the A’s cannot afford to take them lightly.

A’s pummel the Orioles 10-0 to win their sixth in a row

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by Jerry Feitelberg

There was good news and bad news for the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night at Camden Yards. The good news was that the woeful Orioles held the A’s scoreless in eight of the nine innings played. The bad news is that Oriole pitchers were pounded in the third inning as the A’s put ten runs on the board when they pummeled Orioles’ starter Andrew Cashner and reliever Cody Carroll for ten runs on ten hits and two walks. The A’s used five pitchers in the game and kept the O’s of the board and limited to just one hit as the A’s won their sixth in a row by a score of 10-0.

The A’s kept pace with the Houston Astros in the race for first place in the AL West. The A’s remain three games behind the Astros. They did pick up a game on the New York Yankees as the Yankees lost 3-1 to the Minnesota Twins. The A’s are just one game behind the Yanks for the first Wild Card spot. If the A’s overtake the Yankees, the one-game playoff between the teams will be played in Oakland. Seattle lost and fell 9.5 games behind Oakland in the race for the second Wild Card.

How did the A’s do it Wednesday night? Orioles’ starter Andrew Cashner allowed just one hit in the first two innings that he pitched. The third inning was a different story. Cashner failed to retire a single hitter in the third. Cashner did not record an out in the third as the A’s put eight on the board before O’s skipper Buck Showalter replaced him with Cody Carroll. The A’s ended the inning scoring ten runs on ten hits and two walks. They sent fifteen men to the plate in their biggest inning of the year. The key hits were provided by Matt Chapman and Matt Olson. Chappie had a double and a single in the inning to drive in three runs. Matt Olson also drove in three when he blasted his 26th bomb of the year over the left field wall. Jed Lowrie singled to drive in his 90th RBI, and Khris Davis drove in his 110th of the year to tie him with his total of last year.

The A’s used Liam Hendriks as the “opener.” Hendriks pitched one inning. He was followed by Daniel Mengden who threw five scoreless innings and was the winning pitcher. He is now 7-6 for 2018. The O’s Andrew Cashner went two-plus innings, and his record fell to 4-15

The A’s improved  89-57 for the year and Baltimore is 41-104.

The A’s go for the sweep on Thursday. Hopefully, the game will be played as Hurricane Florence is near landfall.

The A’s will send lefty Brett Anderson to the hill. Anderson will be coming off the 10-dl. He hasn’t pitched since August 27th. He is 3-4 with a record of 4.02. His opponent will be Dylan Bundy. Bundy is 7-14 and his an ERA of 5.58. Bundy is healthy but has been ineffective the last two months. Bundy has surrendered a club-record 37 home runs this season.

A’s beat the Orioles 3-2 for their fifth win in a row

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By Jerry Feitelberg

The A’s started the six-game road trip on a winning note as they downed the hapless Baltimore Orioles 3-2 at Oriole Park on Tuesday. The Orioles–who have traded away many of their stars–gave the A’s a tussle, but the A’s produced enough offense to record the win.

A’s starter, Mike Fiers, gave the team six innings of four-hit pitching. He made just one mistake when O’s shortstop Jonathan Villar hit a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth.

O’s starter, Alex Cobb, went only two innings as he had a flare-up of a blister on his pitching hand and as unable to continue.

The O’s brought in Mike Wright to pitch the third inning. The A’s put three on the board on the strength of three hits and two walks. The rally started when A’s catcher reached on a walk. Lucroy went to second on a groundout off the bat of Ramon Laureano. Third baseman Matt Chapman doubled to right field to drive in Lucroy. Jed Lowrie walked to put two men on with one out.  A’s DH Khris Davis singled to drive in Chapman with the second run of the inning. Lowrie stopped at second. Wright struck out Matt Olson for the second out. The next hitter, Stephen Piscotty, singled to drive in Lowrie to give the A’s a 3-0 lead. Piscotty extended his hitting streak to 12 games.

The O’s got on the board when Villar homered off Fiers in the bottom of the sixth.

A’s manager Bob Melvin turned the game over to his bullpen for the last three innings of the game. Fernando Rodney pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Melvin called on Lou Trivino to pitch the eighth. The O’s rallied to score a run and make it a 3-2 contest. O’s second baseman Breyvic Valera singled to get things going for Baltimore. Trivino retired Corban Joseph for the first out. He struck out Cedric Mullins for out number two. Valera got into scoring position when he successfully stole second. Jonathan Villar knocked in his second run of the night with a single. Orioles first baseman Trey Mancini line a shot to center that looked like it would drop and Villar would be able to score. A’s center fielder Ramon Laureano had other thoughts. Laureano was playing shallow and was able to make a sensational diving catch to end the inning and save the game for the A’s.

Melvin brought in Jeurys Familia to pitch the ninth. The A’s had used closer Blake Treinen in the last three games at the Coliseum and had the night off. Familia responded by pitching a perfect ninth inning to earn his first save as an Athletic. The A’s won 3-2.

Game Notes: With the win, the A’s improve to 88-58. They are now 54-21 in their last 75 games.

The O’s drop to 41-103.

The A’s remain three games behind the Houston Astros as the Astros beat the Tigers Tuesday night. The A’s picked up a game on the New York Yankees in the race for the first Wild Card slot. The Minnesota Twins beat the Yankees 10-5.

Fiers improved to 12-6 for the season and is 5-0 with Oakland. Wright took the loss for Baltimore.

Stephen Piscotty was 3-for-4 and has now hit in 12 straight games. Khris Davis has now driven in 109 runs, which is good for second in the AL.

The A’s recalled pitcher Frankie Montas from Nashville as the A’s are two pitchers short for the five-man rotation.

The A’s also announced that lefty starter and ace of the staff, Sean Manaea, will have arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder September 18th. The procedure will be performed by Dr. Neil ElAttrache at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe clinic in Los Angeles. Manaea will not pitch again this season and may be lost for the entire 2019 season as well. The A’s will give updates on his condition after the surgery is performed.

Time of games was two hours and 45 minutes, and there were 9,545 hardy souls watching the game under very cloudy skies.

Up Next: Game two of the series is Wednesday at 4:05 pm PDT. Liam Hendriks will be the “opener” for the A’s, and he will be opposed by the O’s Andrew Cashner.