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A’s Denied Sweep By Angels Lose 8-6 at Angels Stadium

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Los Angeles Angels Taylor Ward hit a grand slam is congratulated by third base coach Eric Young Sr in the bottom of the fourth inning at Angel Stadium against the Oakland A’s at Angels Stadium on Sun Jul 28, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Oakland A’s (44-65) took a 6-0 lead in the third inning of game four of their series. They let the Los Angeles Angels (47-60) back into the game losing 8-6 at Angels Stadium. After scoring six runs in the third inning, the A’s allowed eight Angel hits in the third through the fifth innings.

There was not a home run in sight for Oakland in this game. More often than not the A’s don’t do well when they are not knocking long balls. They did win this series however, their fourth series win in a row.

Sunday afternoon, the A’s finished up their series with the Angels losing in the fourth game of the four game series and failing to pick up the four game sweep. Going into this series Oakland had already won the first three games winning the series but couldn’t seal the seal as the Angels Taylor Ward’s grand slam in the fourth inning gave the Angels a leg up in the two run win.

Game recap: After a quiet first and second inning, both teams displayed some fireworks in the third inning. Oakland scored six runs in the third inning and a possible sweep began to look very promising. In the third inning, Tyler Nevin scored on an error for the early 1-0 lead.

Brent Rooker continued his stellar play doubling and driving JJ Bleday, Lawrence Butler. and Miguel Andujar home extending their lead to 4-0. Abraham Toro singled Brent Rooker home and Kyle McCann doubled Toro home giving the A’s a substantial lead 6-0. Through the first two innings Oakland pitcher Osvaldo Bido had kept the Angels off the scoreboard but it came apart in the third inning when the Angels scored three runs.

The bottom of the third inning was the turning point in this game and it favored the Angels. They cut the A’s lead in half when Luis Rengifo grounded out allowing Zach Neto to score and Willie Calhoun singled a couple of runners home to cut Oakland’s lead to 6-3.

Both Jo Adell and Nolan Schanuel scored on the Calhoun single and the Angels were just getting started. Oakland pitcher Osvaldo Bido was starting to struggle but did continue to throw going into the fourth inning.

Bido really fell apart in the fourth inning walking three runners and allowing a Taylor Ward grand slam giving Los Angeles their first lead of the game 7-6. Zach Neto, Nolan Schanuel and Luis Rengifo scored on the Ward long ball.

That was it for Bido who was relieved by T.J. McFarland in the fourth inning. Bido had allowed six hits, seven earned runs. walked four players and had six strikeouts in a frustrating fourth inning for the pitcher. McFarland would get Oakland out of the inning with no further damage. Oakland only trailed by a single run and there was a lot of game still left to play.

Los Angeles would tack one more run on in the fifth inning for the final of 8-6. Michel Otanez relieved McFarland in the fifth inning and did allow the one Los Angeles run which turned out to be the final 8-6 score. With four innings left in the game, the A’s had ample opportunity to make a difference in this game.

The final four innings were a disaster for Oakland. They went three and out in the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth innings. No hits through six innings for Oakland and not a single home run in this game. The great start that the A’s had in this game soured in the bottom of the third inning and Los Angeles never let up.

The A’s will take on the San Francisco Giants in a two game series at Oracle Park on Tuesday night. First pitch for that game is scheduled for 6:45 PM. JP Sears will take the mound for the A’s with a 7-8 win/loss record and a 4.81 ERA. The Giants will start Robbie Ray who comes in with a 1-0 win/loss record and a 1.80 ERA.

San Francisco Giants 4 game Sweep The Colorado Rockies With A 5-4 Win at Oracle

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Sunday, July 28th, 2024

By Troy Ewers

San Francisco, CA – After sweeping Saturday’s doubleheader the San Francisco Giants took Sunday’s game 5-4 to finish off the four-game series sweep with a win in the finale against the Colorado Rockies. Last time SF swept any team in a four-game series was September 19-22, 2022, also against Colorado at Coors Field. The last time SF swept a four-game series at home was June 14-17, 2021 vs. Arizona. 

Erik Miller (3-3, 3.47) opened Sunday’s game for the Giants on the mound against Austin Gomber (2-6, 4.70). SF is 5-4 in games Miller has opened this season, with Miller posting a 0.93 ERA (1er, 9.2ip) with nine strikeouts as an opener.

With Saturday night’s win, the Giants improved to 26-5 vs. the Rockies here at Oracle Park since the beginning of the 2021 season, outscoring Colorado 181-86 (+95). The 26-5 mark is the best home record by any team vs. a divisional opponent since 2021. 

Tyler Fitzgeral continued his push for NL Player of the Week with another home run yesterday. Since Monday, Fitzgerald is batting .407 with nine runs, a double, a triple, five home runs, nine RBIs and a 1.074 slugging percentage. 

The first run of the game was a big one as Casey Schmitt hit a solo home run, his third of the season and the Giants went up early 1-0. 

Randu Rodriguez replaced Erik Miller in the second inning on the mound for SF. 

The Giants kept the pressure on the Rockies in the very next inning. Michael Conforto hit a two out double and then Derek Hill followed him up with a triple in triple’s alley that scored Conforto, 2-0 Giants. Right after that with a crowd still on their feet, Jorge Soler followed up Hill with a ground rule double that scored Hill and the Giants ended the inning up 3-0 and the momentum heavily in their favor. 

The Rockies finally got on the board in the fourth inning. A lead off double from Ezequiel Tovar got the battery in Colorado, but then Tovar scored after Charlie Blackmon hit a laser of a single, 3-1. 

In the sixth inning, Hunter Goodman scored Tovar on an RBI single which cut SF’s lead to 1, 3-2. 

SF responded with a rally of their own in the sixth. Hill and Soler got on base each with singles, then bases loaded after Fitzgerald got on base with an error. This set up a big two run RBI single from Matt Chapman that scored Hill and Soler, Giants take a 5-2 lead and the Giants fans see their chances growing. 

Michael Toglia attempted a rally with a big solo HR that silenced the crowd, but Jordan Hicks got the Giants out of the inning seemingly unscathed. Giants still up, 5-3. 

Camillo Doval came in for the save opportunity and started off rocky, giving up back to back singles.Jacob Stallings grounded out, but that scored Toglia and the gap was closed to 5-4. With the tying run on second base, Doval struck out Sam Hilliard and then with a full count, Tovar grounded out and the Giants won. 

The Giants improve to 53-55 and Randy Rodriguez gets the W, he’s now 3-1. Austin Gomber records a loss, his record becomes 2-7 and Doval secures his 20th save this season. 

It’s an off day for the Giants on Monday and then they are back in Oracle Park for the Battle of the Bay against the Oakland A’s on Tuesday night. Neither Oakland or San Francisco has announced a starter.

Troy Ewers is a staff writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Big Giant Sale

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Farhan Zaidi San Francisco Giants team president might need to be a buyer before the trade deadline as the Giants needs some wins to be competitive to get into the Wild Card race. (KNBR file photo)

Big Giant Sale

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

2024 was not the year Giants management envisioned; if anything, they had a dream of the postseason, at least as a wild-card team. But, today, they will have to pass the Reds, Cardinals, Padres, Diamondbacks, and Pirates, and that is only for a wild-card spot.

The division is out of reach for the Giants, as it looks like only the Padres and Diamondbacks might have a chance at catching the Dodgers. The Dodgers, who always have a great farm system and have been holding to first place for ‘dear life’ with serious injuries to Mookie Betts and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, among others, are also looking for starting pitching, very seriously.

Giants Pitcher Blake Snell, on his first year of a $32 million contract, with a player option for next year, is now the talk of at least a half-dozen contending teams, teams like the Yankees, Dodgers, Mets, and others with bottomless checkbooks, ready to trade for him.

The two-time Cy Young winner has been pitching just like during his good years, but for the Giants it is “thanks Blake, but too late”. To be honest Blake Snell has been besieged by injuries

However, the Giants have more on the showcase window for teams, with just a couple of days until the trade deadline this Wednesday, July 31. Players like Mike Yastrzemski, Wilmer Flores (Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum player of the year in 2023), and Michael Conforto, who looks the Mets want back today, they might soon go Adiós San Francisco.

For the last few years, during off-season months, the San Francisco Giants have been trying to lure a superstar to the city, guys like Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, and such, but have failed. As we get closer to this trade deadline, President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi is glued to the telephone, trying to deal with and improve this team in a last-minute effort, not only for the team and fans sake, but also for his job.

Good luck to the Giants the rest of 2024.

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

Oakland B’s player abuse claims could it lead to demise of team?

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The Oakland Ballers have won five of their last eight games in spite of all the off field problems they are having. The Ballers are seen here battling the Yolo High Wheelers on Sat Jul 27, 2024 at Raimondi Field in West Oakland (photo Oakland Ballers X)

By Sports Radio Staff

Last week an agent Lonnie Murray who represents injured Oakland Ballers player Myles Jefferson said that Jefferson’s injury was mishandled by the team and said that Myles was not set up with a doctor’s appointment.

Murray also said that the housing conditions of the players is unacceptable as the team has roomed four players as opposed to be two players per room. There also was a player who was robbed by gun point during the season.

“I’ve been a player agent for 22 years,” Murray said on the social platform X formerly known as Twitter “I don’t stand for bad behavior by anyone and I carry receipts for what I state publicly.”

The Ballers recently fired their manager Micah Franklin last week Sunday even though the club had the fourth best record in the Pioneer league after playing 54 games. The firing could have been because Franklin was speaking out against the mistreatment by the team of his players. The Ballers are in their first year as a expansion club and the question was raised could the reason of Jefferson’s not seeing a doctor be related cost savings? The firing of Franklin and the call by Murray for the trade and release of all the players she represents might trigger the downfall of the organization?

“all my players on the Ballers following months of poor management & highly unprofessional antics to which Micah Franklin spoke out against.” Murray wrote on X that Ballers players “Trevor Halsema, Austin Davis & Myles Jefferson (who got injured) are GONE!”

Also Kelsie Whitmore was told by Murray do not return to the Ballers who is away playing for the national baseball team “When I say I was advising Kelsie not to come back to the Ballers after she’s finished with the national team, I absolutely was,” Murray told the Bay Area News Group.

Former Oakland A’s pitcher Dave Stewart who is a business partner of Murray’s wrote on X that these young players under Murray’s watch will not be mistreated. Murray will support them every step of the way,  “These kids deserve better. The whole damn industry knows you don’t mess with kids when Lonnie’s on watch. What were THEY thinking?”

The Ballers co-founder Paul Freedman said that the Ballers take injury and safety extremely seriously and that if an issue comes up that the Ballers will immediately investigate and rectify a solution. With Murray asking Freedman to release or trade all the players she represents and the firing of Franklin there could be nothing left of the Ballers if Freedman doesn’t come in and do some quick damage control fast.

In spite of all the off field problems the Ballers are having the Ballers have won their last two games on Friday and Saturday and won five of their last eight games. Yet and still the Ballers future as an organization could hang in the balance unless there is a happy medium between Murray and Freedman soon.

Snell makes history with six-inning 15-strikeout performance, as Giants beat Rockies 4-1 in first game of doubleheader

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San Francisco Giants starter Blake Snell delivers against the Colorado Rockies in the top if the sixth of the first game of the doubleheader in shutter speed resulting in a 3-D image photo at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sat Jul 27, 2024 (AP News photo)

Saturday, July 27, 2024 Game 1

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Colorado Rockies 1 (38-67)

San Francisco Giants 4 (51-55)

Win: Ryan Walker (7-3)

Loss: Justin Lawrence (3-4)

Save: Camilo Doval (19)

Time: 2:25

Attendance: N/A (won’t be announced until second game)

By Stephen Ruderman

We saw history at Oracle Park Saturday, as Blake Snell became the first player in Modern National League/American League History to strike out 15 in the first six innings of a game, and the Giants beat the Rockies in the first game of this doubleheader 4-1.

The Giants’ offense exploded for an 11-4 win over the lowly Rockies last night, and Saturday, the two teams were to play a rare scheduled single-admission doubleheader. It was cold and gloomy, but serene here at Oracle Park this afternoon, as the Giants looked to win back-to-back games for the first time in over three weeks.

Blake Snell was set to take the mound in possibly the most scouted outing in Baseball this season. Why is that, you ask? Because even though it’s only been two starts, Snell seems to be back to his old self. With the Giants on the verge of falling out of contention, they are rumored to be sellers at the Trade Deadline on Tuesday, and a lot of teams are interested in Snell.

Snell got off to a bit of a rocky start—no pun intended—in the top of the first inning. Snell struck out Ezequiel Tovar to begin the game, but Brenton Doyle hit a line drive right to Heliot Ramos in centerfield that Ramos broke in on, and it sailed over his head, which allowed Doyle to go into second base with a double.

Snell then walked Brendan Rodgers to put runners at first and second with one out for Kris Bryant. The Rockies were in prime position to pounce against Snell. However, Snell calmed down, and he retired the next two to end the inning.

Ryan Feltner made the start for Colorado, and he also ran into trouble right away. Jorge Soler and LaMonte Wade both walked to start the bottom of the first. Heliot Ramos got the runners over to second and third with a swinging bunt for a ground out back to Feltner.

The Giants had runners at second and third with one out for Patrick Bailey. However, Bailey and Tyler Fitzgerald both struck out swinging, and both teams ended up wasting their opportunities.

Snell threw a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the second, as he struck out a pair. Matt Chapman put the Giants on the board with one out in the bottom of the second when he hit a high, towering home run to left. For Chapman, it was his 15th home run of the season.

Tovar doubled with one out in the top of the third, and he got to third on a wild pitch by Snell. However, Tovar did not score, as Snell ended up striking out the side.

The Giants went down scoreless in the bottom of the third, and Snell threw a 1-2-3 inning and struck out the side in the top of the fourth. Suddenly, Snell had ten strikeouts through four innings. It did take a toll on his pitch count, as he threw 72 pitches, but make no mistake, he was in complete command.

The Giants had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the fourth, but they predictably wasted it when Soler grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Snell threw another 1-2-3 inning in the fifth, striking out the final two, and he was now up to 12 strikeouts through five innings. Feltner, meanwhile, threw a 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the fifth.

Snell came back out for the top of the sixth and walked Tovar on seven pitches to start the inning. Snell then struck out Doyle on seven pitches for his 13th strikeout of the game. As his pitch count began to approach triple digits, Bob Melvin got the bullpen going, and it was apparent that despite the chance at history, that this was going to be Snell’s final inning.

Brendan Rogers struck out looking for strikeout number 14, and that brought up former Giant Kris Bryant. Bryant struck out on a curve in the dirt, and Snell became the first man in Modern National League/American League History (since 1901) to strike out 15 over the first six innings of a game.

Snell had thrown 103 pitches, so he was obviously done, but he came off the mound to a loud ovation from the Giants’ faithful. Snell also became the first Giant since Tim Lincecum exactly 15 years ago today, July 27, 2009, to strike out 15. For those of you wondering, 15 of the 18 guys Snell retired were set down by way of the strikeout.

“He was ready for anything today,” said Manager Bob Melvin. “He was ready to go over 100 pitches no matter where he was in the game. Could he have gone seven [innings] after 100 pitches? No, but if it was condensed a little bit, he was willing to do anything we needed today (Saturday).”

Many scouts were here, including from the Philadelphia Phillies; the Texas Rangers; the Arizona Diamondbacks; and the San Diego Padres—all teams that are in the playoff hunt—were here to see it. Safe to say that Snell didn’t disappoint. Before I forget, he also gave up just two hits over six shutout innings.

“We just gotta win,” said Snell. “We win, [and] I ain’t going anywhere.”

Feltner, meanwhile, pitched a scoreless bottom of the sixth to end his day. Ryan Walker came in for the seventh, and while Elias Diaz flew out to center to start the inning, Michael Toglia tied the game with a solo home run to right.

It was 1-1 going to the bottom of the seventh, and Rockies Manager Bud Black brought in Justin Lawrence. With one out, Jorge Soler hit a ground ball to short that was bobbled by Ezequiel Tovar. Soler, who was jogging out of the box, began to pick up speed, and the throw from Tovar to first was missed by first-baseball Michael Toglia and went into the dugout. Soler was awarded second base.

Wade was then hit by a pitch, and that brought up Ramos, who grounded out to short to move the runner over to second and third. Patrick Bailey poked the first pitch he saw off the end of the bat and into left-center field for a base-hit to knock in a pair and put the Giants back ahead, and he took a chance and legged out a double.

That was all the Giants would score in the bottom of the seventh, and everyone’s favorite punching bag, Tyler Rogers, came in for the eighth to throw a 1-2-3 inning. I guess that’s too bad for everyone who wants to dump on him.

It was off to the bottom of the eighth, and Peter Lambert came in for the Rockies. Chapman doubled to center with one out, and he advanced to third when Lambert tried to pick him off at second and the throw went into center field. Then Lambert threw a wild pitch to make it 4-1.

Camilo Doval came in for ninth, and of course he had to make it dramatic, because he’s been totally snakebit since his blown save in Pittsburgh on May 21. The Rockies had runners at second and third with one out, and the tying run at the plate in Toglia, who homered his last time up.

Toglia hit a ground ball to third, and Chapman stepped on the bag at third before throwing to first, but Toglia was called safe by First Base Umpire Brock Ballou. Toglia did appear out, and when the Giants challenged the play, the call was indeed overturned and the Giants won it 4-1.

The one unfortunate thing about this game was the fact that Michael Toglia’s home run in the seventh robbed Blake Snell of his first win as a Giant. That’s right, folks, he’s still winless as a Giant. Ryan Walker got the win; Justin Lawrence got the loss; and Camilo Doval picked up the save.

The Giants have now won back-to-back games for the first time in 22 days, as they improve to 51-55, and five games back of the Mets for the third wild card.

The second game of the doubleheader will get underway at 7:18 p.m. Michael Birdsong (2-0, 3.55 ERA), who was called back up to be the 27th man on the roster for this doubleheader, will make the start, and he will be opposed by Tanner Gordon (0-2, 10.61 ERA).

Birdsong strong again, as Giants sweep doubleheader with 5-0 night cap win over Rockies

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Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Diaz gets the put out on San Francisco Giants Brett Wisely at home plate in the bottom of the second inning in the second game of the doubleheader at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sat Jul 27, 2024

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Game 2

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Colorado Rockies 0 (38-68)

San Francisco Giants 5 (52-55)

Win: Hayen Birdsong (3-0)

Loss: Tanner Gordon (0-3)

Time: 2:11

Attendance: 34,543 (attendance for both games of single-admission doubleheader)

By Stephen Ruderman

The Giants swept the doubleheader over the Rockies with a 5-0 win this evening, as Hayden Birdsong was solid again, and the Giants have won three in a row for the first time in just over a month.

Just a mere 45 minutes after the first game, in which Blake Snell made history by being the first man in Modern National League/American League History to strike out 15 in the first six innings of a game, the two teams were right back at it for the second game of this rare scheduled traditional doubleheader.

It was a cold and foggy night at Oracle Park, which cast a comforting scene of calm, peace and serenity.

Hayden Birdsong, whom the Giants sent down after his 12-strikeout performance in Denver last Sunday, was back up to make the start as the 27th man on the roster. Birdsong started the evening with a scoreless top of the first inning, and the Giants were ready to get to work against Rockies’ starter Tanner Gordon in the bottom of the first.

Well, the Giants had better be. Gordon was making his third big league start, and he had gotten hammered in each of his previous two, so the Giants’ had to take advantage of this.

The Giants were indeed ready to go against Gordon. Jorge Soler lined a base-hit the other way to right field to start the inning, and Mike Yastrzemski hit a triple off the wall in right to score Soler.

Hey, the Giants were indeed able to take advantage of going up against the young pitcher. Still, this was the Giants, and in typical Giants’ fashion, Yastrzemski never scored after standing at third base with nobody out.

Not to worry, though. Birdsong pitched a scoreless inning in the top of the second, and the Giants were poised to pounce again in the bottom of the second. Matt Chapman, who hit a home run in the bottom of the second of the first game, led off the bottom of the second of the nightcap with a double to left.

Brett Wisely lined an opposite-field double to left to make it 2-0, and David Villar singled Wisely over to third. So, runners at the corners and nobody out, and you guessed it, the Giants didn’t score.

Wisely was out at the plate on a slow chopper back to the mound—though Wisely was originally ruled safe—but the call was overturned upon review. Soler then grounded into a double play to end the inning.

Birdsong pitched a scoreless top of the third, and Gordon threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the third. Both teams went down scoreless in the fourth, and Birdsong pitched another scoreless inning in the top of the fifth.

The Giants got another rally going in the bottom of the fifth. Catcher Curt Casali grounded a base-hit to left, and Soler doubled to put runners at second and third with nobody out.

Yastrzemski got Casali home with a sacrifice fly to right, and Heliot Ramos knocked in Soler with a bloop single to right to make it 4-0. Michael Conforto grounded into a double play to end the inning, but hey, the Giants scored two to jump out to a 4-0 lead, so it was all good.

Birdsong was done after five shutout innings, as he threw 106 pitches, but he was solid, as he gave up just three hits, walked three and struck out eight.

Sean Hjelle was the new pitcher for the Giants in the top of the sixth, and he threw a 1-2-3, as did Gordon. Weird, Birdsong was solid and only went five innings, but Gordon got rocked and went sixth. Baseball’s an interesting game.

Left-hander Taylor Rogers came in for the top of the seventh to pitch a 1-2-3 inning, and Jake Bird threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh. Left-handed flamethrower Erik Miller then threw a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the eighth.

John Curtiss was the new pitcher for Colorado in the bottom of the eighth, and with two outs, the white-hot Tyler Fitzgerald did it again and hit a home run to left-center field. For Fitzgerald, it was his seventh home run in ten games.

Spencer Bivens came in for the top of the ninth, and he threw a scoreless inning to end it.

Hayden Birdsong got the win; he’s 3-0. Tanner Gordon got the loss; he’s 0-3. Kinda funny how that works.

The Giants improve to 52-55, and are now four and a half games back of the Mets for the third wild card. They can now sweep the entire four-game series with a win Sunday. They can tie their season-high four-game winning streak, which they’ve done twice this season, the last time being May 22 through May 26.

Jordan Hicks (4-7, 4.01 ERA) will get at least one more start Sunday, and he will be opposed by left-hander Austin Gomber (2-6, 4.70 ERA). First pitch will be at 1:05 p.m.

A’s Win Fourth Series In a Row Beating Angels 3-1 at the Big A

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Oakland A’s Shea Langeliers belts a three run home run against the Los Angeles Angels in the top of the first inning and it was all the runs the A’s would need to win the game on Sat Jul 27, 2024 at the Big A in Anaheim (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Oakland A’s (44-63) got on the board early taking a 3-0 lead. They did not score for the rest of the game but they held on with some solid defense and great work on the mound. Shea Langeliers hit a three run home run in the first inning and that would be all that the A’s would need to finish off the Angels (45-60) 3-1 at Angels Stadium in Anaheim.

The A’s got the early jump on the Angels in the first inning of the game. Shea Langeliers hit a 3-run home run taking an early 3-0 lead and Oakland was off and running and this time it would be Los Angeles that had to play catch up.

The Angels were unable to answer in the bottom of the first inning. Neither team scored in the second inning but Los Angeles attempted a rally in the third inning but was only able to score one run. Los Angeles’ Nolan Schanuel knocked the ball out of the yard for a solo home run. The A’s continued to lead 3-1 going into the seventh inning. Oakland would be looking for an insurance run in the latter innings of this matchup.

The Angels breezed through the top of the seventh inning finishing Oakland off with a double play. Los Angeles would go to work in the bottom of the inning looking to put some more runs on the board.

Oakland’s Austin Adams did a nice job dismissing the Angels and the A’s would take a 3-1 lead into the top of the eighth inning. The A’s Austin Adams had relieved Mitch Spence on the mound in the seventh frame. Spence had a nice game going six innings and finishing with 3 hits, 1 run and 3 strikeouts.

The Angels Hunter Strickland relieved Tyler Anderson to start the eighth inning for Los Angeles. Anderson had an outstanding game going seven innings and finishing with six hits, three runs and ten strikeouts. Both starting pitchers put in some nice work in this game.

The Angels had a leadoff walk in the bottom of the eighth inning with the dangerous Luis Rengifo at the plate. A’s pitcher Michel Otanez who had relieved Adams did a great job getting out of the inning as this game headed into the ninth inning.

Angels pitcher Matt Moore walked Zach Gelof and Daz Cameron. An Abraham Toro sacrifice advanced Gelof and Cameron to second and third base and Oakland had a great chance to extend their lead. The A’s were unable to cash in when Max Schuemann struck out and the Angels had one last inning to change the course of this game.

Oakland’s Tyler Ferguson came into the game looking to close out this game for the A’s. It was a three and out for Ferguson who celebrated his second win. The A’s had won the series and would be going for a sweep in Sunday’s game.

Game recap: Saturday evening the A’s took on the Angels in game three of their four game series. Oakland won the first two games of the series by a single run in two extremely tight games and on Saturday night won game three by two runs 3-1.

The A’s got some great work on the mound from their starters and their bullpen as well. The A’s win in game three is the fourth straight series win for Oakland. In Saturday nights’ game, the A’s started Mitch Spence who pitched six innings, gave up three hits, one earned run, two walks and three strike outs in the win. For the Angels losing pitcher Tyler Anderson pitched seven innings, allowed six hits, gave up three earned runs and a walk.

The A’s will finish off this four game series Sunday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 1:07 PM. Probable pitchers for game four is Osvaldo Bido (2-1, ERA 3.09) for Oakland and Jose Soriano (6-7, ERA 3.51) for the Angels.

Fitzgerald homers twice as Giants rout Rockies 11-4

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San Francisco Giants Tyler Fitzgerald (49) gives thanks to the good Lord after belting a two run home run waiting at the plate teammate Jorge Soler (2) in the bottom of the sixth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri Jul 26, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum

Friday, July 26, 2024

San Francisco’s quest to remain on the NL West race took a positive step Friday at Oracle Park, as the Giants rolled past Colorado 11-4. It was a needed win for the Giants, who have lost five of their last seven games since the All-Star break.

The Giants (50-55) led 6-1 after four innings, while Kyle Harrison (6-4) gave
Dan Francisco a quality start, striking out 11 while giving up a run on one hit and two walks.

Tyler Fitzgerald delivered a pair of two-run home runs for the Giants – the first one in the fourth and the second one came in the bottom of the sixth, his seventh and eighth home runs of the season.

Fitzgerald was 3-for-5 with four runs batted in while continuing his recent power surge. He’s the first San Francisco player to hit seven home runs in an eight-game stretch since Barry Bonds did it in 2004.

Jorge Soler, batting leadoff as the DH, opened the scoring with a solo home run to left center in the bottom of the first inning. Soler added RB( singles in the second and fourth innings while going 3-for-3, scoring four runs and driving in three.

Heliot Ramos added a three-run shot for San Francisco in the bottom of the eighth off Rockies reliever Ty Bloch, his 15th of the season to go with 52 RBI. Ramos and Mike Yastrzemski each had two hits,

The Rockies (38-66) cut the San Francisco lead to 3-1 I the third on a sacrifice fly by Ezequiel Tovar. Colorado scored again in the eighth on a two-run triple by Brenton Doyle and picked up a run in the ninth on an infield ground out by Elias Diaz.

Most of the Giants’ damage came early against Rockies starter Kyle Freehand (2-4), who surrendered six earned runs on eight hits and s walk. He also struck out eight.

The San Francisco bullpen of Luke Jackson, Mike Baumann, Ryan Walker and Camilo Doral gave up three runs on a combined four hits in the last 2 1/3 innings.

Off the field, Giants right-hander Keaton Winn is scheduled to undergo season-ending elbow surgery next week. Also, infielder Thairo Estrada (wrist) was placed on the 10-day injured list, and infielder Casey Schmitt recalled from Triple-A Sacramento.

The Rockies and Giants have a scheduled doubleheader on Saturday. In the first game, San Francisco goes with left-hander Blake Snell (0-3, 5.83) against Colorado right-hander Ryan Feltner (1-10, 5.19). Starters for the second game had yet to be announced.

A’s Take Game Two In Another One-Run Win Over Los Angeles 5-4; Oakland wins six of last eight

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Oakland A’s Seth Brown (15) gets congratulated in the A’s dugout after hitting a home run in the top of the second inning against the Los Angeles Angels at the Big A in Anaheim on Fri Jul 26, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Los Angeles Angels (45-59) took the lead early in this game 4-0 but the Oakland A’s (43-63) came roaring back scoring five unanswered runs for a final score of 5-4 in favor of the A’s on Friday. The A’s are in fourth place in the league with 137 home runs hitting two long balls out of the yard in this game.

Game recap: Los Angeles got on the board in the first inning in a perfect start for the team. They hit back to back two run homers taking an early 4-0 lead. Taylor Ward hit the first long ball out of the yard with Luis Rengifro on board for the 2-0 lead. Nolan Schanuel followed that up with another two run home run with Logan O’Hoppe on base and the Angels were off and running.

Oakland cut the Los Angeles lead in half when Seth Brown hit a two run home run in the second inning with Shea Langeliers on base and just like that the score was 4-2 in favor of the Angels.

After five innings of work Oakland pitcher Paul Blackburn was relieved by Joey Estes. Blackburn finished with five hits, four runs and two strikeouts. He had four nice innings only stumbling early in the first inning allowing the two home runs.

Work on the mound took over for the next three innings, the third, fourth and fifth innings with neither team scoring any runs. In the sixth inning, the A’s Brent Rooker tied up the game 4-4 hitting a two run home run.

Oakland would take their first lead of the game in the sixth 5-4 in another one run game. Again Seth Brown stepped up big hitting a single that brought Shea Langeliers home.

When the Angels put a couple of runners on base in the bottom of the eighth inning Oakland pitcher Joey Estes was relieved by T.J. McFarland. McFarland got the A’s out of the inning and it was on to the ninth inning in this tight game.

Oakland was unable to score an insurance run in the top of the ninth inning and the A’s defense would take over in the bottom of the ninth looking for a second win in this series. Lucas Erceg sent the Angels packing only allowing a single hit. Jo Adell struck struck out, Anthony Rendon grounded out and Zach Neto lined out and that was the ball game with the A’s coming out on top with a one run win 5-4.

Post game notes: Friday night the A’s took on the Angels in game two of their four game series. Last night the A’s held onto a 6-5 lead through five innings. Oakland pitcher Ross Stripling had a rough second inning in game one Thursday but pulled it all together going 5 2/3 innings and the A’s stubbornly held onto the one run lead for the rest of the game.

Friday night, the A’s picked up the win in game two and assured themselves of at least tying this series and also a winning record for July. Oakland pitcher Paul Blackburn returned to start coming off the 60 day IR.

This was the first time since early May the A’s have seen him work on the mound. The Angels started Carmen Fulmer who was looking for his first win of the season. Fulmer pitched well enough in a close game going 5.2 innings, allowing two hits and three runs but still couldn’t win it.

Game three of this four game series is scheduled to start at 6:38 PM Saturday night. Probable pitchers for this game are Mitch Spence (6-6, ERA 4.67) for Oakland and for the Angels Tyler Anderson (8-8, ERA 2.91) gets the nod.

Oakland A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum: The wait continues for A’s share of construction costs; 1000s to be laid off after A’s season

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Sandy Dean Oakland A’s owner John Fisher business partner addresses the Las Vegas Stadium Authority on Thu Jul 18, 2024 (LV Sports Biz.com photo)

On the Oakland A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum:

#1 Lots happening the Oakland A’s still have time to come up with the $500 million for their share of the construction costs towards the Las Vegas ballpark on the strip. Sandy Dean Oakland A’s owner John Fisher business partner spoke to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority saying the A’s were in good shape financially.

#2 The truth of the matter is the A’s do not have the money right now for their share of the construction costs and it’s due by the end of this year. Dean says the A’s will have the money coming from debt that’s owed the team, the Fisher Family, and other interests.

#3 It was announced earlier this week that the A’s will be laying off over 1000 employees whether they be contractors or team employees that are not non baseball jobs because there are Sacramento Rivercats employees who are available to take up those jobs. Just a very few will survive the job cuts and will be coming up to Sacramento to work for the team.

#4 As far as we’ve learned most of the A’s radio and TV air talent will survive the cuts except for Vince Cotroneo who had broadcast with the team since 2006 will be leaving after this season due to the A’s not extending his contract.

#5 Amongst some of the departments being laid off at the A’s marketing, community relations, field operations, legal and ticket services which the Rivercats will cover when the A’s get to Sacramento.

Daniel Dullum does the Oakland A’s Relocation podcast each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com