San Francisco Giants Willy Adames swings for a third inning RBI double against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix on Thu Jul 3, 2025 (AP News photo)
San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Villanueva:
#1 San Francisco pitcher Robbie Ray was lights out pitching into the ninth something the Giants don’t see very often. He was simply amazing allowing three hits, two earned runs, one walk and seven strikeouts. The Giants offense was excellent with 12 hits while Arizona only had three hits.
#2 San Francisco got this game underway in a repeat of Wednesday’s game scoring two runs in the first inning. Heliot Ramos got the game off to a great start hitting a double driving Willy Adames home for a 1-0 lead.
#3 Jung Hoo Lee who had a dynamite game Wednesday also got a nice start in game four Thursday sacrificing Rafael Devers home for the 2-0 lead.
#4 Ray was didn’t get run support in the three loses that he had but got run support Thursday night for the 8-2 win.
#5 The Giants will send Justin Verlander to the mound as he continues to look for his first win this season. He has a 0-5 win/loss record and a 4.26 ERA. The A’s will start JP Sears who comes into the game with a 6-7 win/loss record and a 5.09 ERA.
San Francisco Giants starter Robbie Ray was dealing keeping the Arizona Diamondbacks in check and going the distance on Thu Jul 3, 2025 at Chase Field in Phoenix (AP News photo)
By Barbara Mason
Game four in the series between the San Francisco Giants (47-41) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (43-44) ended up with each team winning two games for a series tie 2-2.
San Francisco pitcher Robbie Ray was lights out pitching into the ninth something the Giants don’t see very often. He was simply amazing allowing three hits, two earned runs, one walk and seven strikeouts. The Giants offense was excellent with 12 hits while Arizona only had three hits.
Game recap: San Francisco got this game underway in a repeat of Wednesday’s game scoring two runs in the first inning. Heliot Ramos got the game off to a great start hitting a double driving Willy Adames home for a 1-0 lead. Jung Hoo Lee who had a dynamite game Wednesday also got a nice start in game four Thursday sacrificing Rafael Devers home for the 2-0 lead.
The Giants would add two more runs in the third inning taking a 4-0 lead. Adames doubled driving Mike Yastrzemski home and San Francisco again had a terrific start in this game. Giant’s pitcher Ray was plowing through the Diamondbacks. Arizona went three and out in the first four innings and did not have a single hit until the fifth inning.
Arizona finally got up on the scoreboard in the fifth with their first hit of the game. It was a good one too, a solo home run to left but trailing 4-1 they still had a lot of work to do considering they were really struggling offensively. Much of their struggle at the plate had everything to do with the work on the mound from Ray. After the home run the Diamondbacks went three and out.
The Giants would score a couple more runs in the seventh inning taking a significant lead 6-1. Rafael Devers delivered the blow with a double that scored two runners, Andrew Knizner and Adames. Arizona’s Lourdes Gurriel Jr doubled in the bottom of the seventh but that would be all for the Diamondbacks.
The game went into the ninth inning with San Francisco still leading 6-1. The Giants had three singles in a row in the inning where they loaded the bases and with only one out, and another run was on the horizon. Devers sacrificed Knizner home extending the Giants lead 7-1.
Arizona hit their second home run of the game another solo shot but still trailed 7-2 with one out.Ray took care of business and that was the ballgame with San Francisco tying the series winning this game 7-1. This was Ray’s second complete game of his career in a most impressive outing.
San Francisco broke out of their offensive slump in Wednesday’s game and carried it into Thursday night’s game. They had 12 hits while the Diamondbacks only had three hits thanks to the brilliance of Ray. Mike Yastrzemski and Adames had three hits apiece. The Giants had scored in four innings.
Game notes: After winning a tight extra-innings game Wednesday night 6-5, the Giants beat the Diamondbacks in the final game of the series Thursday. San Francisco had a 5-2 lead going into the bottom of the eighth inning Wednesday night but let the Diamondbacks back into the game with two runs in the top of the ninth inning.
Arizona scored two runs in the ninth inning tying the game 5-5 forcing extra innings. The Giants eventually won the game in the tenth inning 6-5. The Giants win Thursday night and tied the series 2-2 as they head out to Sacramento for a series with the Sacramento Athletics Friday.
The Giants will send Justin Verlander to the mound as he continues to look for his first win this season. He has a 0-5 win/loss record and a 4.26 ERA. The A’s will start JP Sears who comes into the game with a 6-7 win/loss record and a 5.09 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 7:05 PM. San Francisco is on an offensive roll right now and will be looking to take that confidence into Sacramento.
San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey swings for a tenth inning RBI sacrifice fly that scores the go ahead run against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix on Wed Jul 2, 2025 (AP News photo)
SF Giants podcast Morris Phillips:
#1 San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the tenth inning that allowed Jung Ho Lee to score to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 at Chase Field on Wednesday night in the third game of the four game series.
#2 The were in the lead in the ninth inning 5-3, Geraldo Perdomo of the Diamondback got a base hit and the next hitter Ketel Marte slugged a home run to right field off Giants closer Camilo Doval to tie the game 5-5. It was Marte’s 18th home run of the season.
#3 The Giants caught up to the Diamondbacks in the top of the tenth when Lee went to third on infield hit by Heliot Ramos which turned out the go ahead run making it 6-5. Doval improved his record to 4-2 in the bottom of the tenth inning.
#4 Giants Mike Yastrzemski hit a home run on the second pitch of the contest hitting a fastball in the right field stands. Lee hit a triple that scored Wilmer Flores to take a 2-0 lead in the first.
#5 The series concludes Thursday night at 6:45pm PT at Chase Field in Phoenix starting pitcher for San Francisco LHP Robbie Ray (8-3 ERA 2.75) for Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (8-5 ERA 5.38).
Tampa Bay Rays Junior Caminero (right) gets in ahead of the tag by the Sacramento A’s third baseman Max Schuemann (left) during a double in the bottom of the sixth inning at George M Steinbrenner Stadium in Tampa Bay on Wed Jul 2, 2025 (AP News photo)
Late Lightning Fizzles as Sacramento Falls in Tampa 6-5
By Mauricio Segura
The A’s once again took their fight to the ninth inning, but heroics came up just short. In a wild Wednesday matinee, the Sacramento Athletics fell 6-5 to the Tampa Bay Rays, unable to fully erase a four-run deficit built during a disastrous sixth inning.
Sacramento got the jump early. Brent Rooker stayed scorching in day games, sending a solo homer into the Tampa sun in the first inning, his 18th of the year. Max Schuemann added a solo shot in the second, and Mitch Spence looked in control through five, scattering three hits while holding the Rays to a single run, a rare inside-the-park homer from Jake Mangum.
But the sixth inning unraveled fast for the green and gold. Spence, who entered the frame having allowed just one run, was tagged for five, including back-to-back homers by Josh Lowe and Yandy Díaz. A pitching change to Hogan Harris did little to slow Tampa’s momentum. Junior Caminero doubled, Chandler Simpson and Matt Thaiss followed with RBI singles, and just like that, a 2-1 lead became a 6-2 hole.
Still, these A’s have built a reputation for late-inning theatrics. Max Muncy jolted the dugout with a solo homer in the ninth, his seventh of the season. Austin Wynns followed with a double, and Gio Urshela drove him in. Suddenly, the bases were buzzing after singles by Max Schuemann, pinch-hitter Lawrence Butler, and Tyler Soderstrom, cutting the deficit to 6-5.
With the tying run 90 feet away and the go-ahead at second, Sacramento handed the bat to Brent Rooker. He had already homered once. He had also struck out twice. This time, it was more heartbreak than heroics. Rooker whiffed on a high fastball. Nick Kurtz followed, and despite his impressive rookie campaign, he couldn’t connect either, going down swinging to end the rally.
The loss snapped the A’s brief two-game win streak and dropped them to 36-53 on the season. Still, if there’s a silver lining, it’s the team’s continued fire in the late innings. Sacramento has now scored 56 runs in the ninth or later, fifth most in the majors. And their recent offensive struggles may be easing, with the team stringing together multi-hit innings and showcasing the kind of lineup depth they’ve lacked for much of the season.
Sacramento returns home for a nine-game stretch, starting with a Fourth of July showdown against the rival Giants. With JP Sears set to take the mound Friday and the Bay Bridge rivalry heating up, there’s little time to dwell on missed chances.
Costa Rican-born Mauricio Segura has been covering sports in the Bay Area since 2001 for a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as his own publication, Golden Bay Times.
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San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey (left) congratulates closer Camilo Doval (right) after finishing off the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix Wed Jul 2, 2025 (AP News photo)
By Barbara Mason
The San Francisco Giants (46-41) got a great start in game three of their four-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks (43-43). The Giants first at bat in the game Mike Yastrzemski hit a solo home run and the Giants would finish with nine hits beating Arizona 5-3 Wednesday. Jung Hoo Lee had a great game with a single, double and triple in five at-bats.
Game recap: The Giants could not have gotten this game going any better than they did in this one. In the games first at bat Yastrzemski knocked the ball out of the park, a shot to right center and San Francisco was on the board 1-0. Lee came to the plate and tripled driving Wilmer Flores home extending their lead to 2-0. The Giants had two hits in the inning as well as a walk.
The Giants scored another insurance run in the top of the fifth inning. Brett Wisely doubled and Rafael Devers singled him home for a 3-0 lead. Through five innings the Giants had five hits and Lee was having a great game with a triple and a double.
This game took an ugly turn when Arizona’s Alek Thomas hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning and the DIamondbacks were on the board 3-1. San Francisco pitcher Landon Roupp had a rough inning with back-to-back walks and a Ketel Marte single loading the bases. Roupp was relieved by Erik Miller who got the Giants out of the inning but did give up a run and it was now a one-run game 3-2.
The Giants got out of the seventh inning with two Arizona runners on base and no outs. They took the 3-2 lead into the top of the eighth inning looking to push the lead out with some insurance runs.
Lee had his third hit of the game, a single. Lee advanced to second base on a walk and San Francisco had two runners on base with one out. Patrick Bailey singled Lee home and the Giants had that insurance run now leading 4-2 and were looking for more with two runners still on base and one out.
Wisely accommodated with a single; Luis Matos scored and San Francisco was in good shape with another insurance run leading 5-2. The Diamondback’s scored one run in the eighth inning but trailing 5-3 they were down to their last three outs.
Camilo Duval would take the mound looking to close out this game for the Giants. When it was looking so very good for San Francisco Duval gave up a home run to Ketel Marte with Geraldo Perdomo on base and this game was tied 5-5. Arizona could not get the walk-off and the game went into extra innings.
Heliot Ramos singled in the tenth inning and San Francisco had runners at first and third with no outs. Lee who was the second base runner scored on a Bailey sacrifice and the Giants took a 6-5 lead going into the bottom of the tenth inning.
The Diamondbacks had a runner on third base but could not bring him home and that was the ball game with the Giants coming out on top 6-5. After leading for the entire game, the Giants got it done although it took ten innings to do it.
Game notes: Wednesday evening the Giants completed their series with the Diamondbacks with the final game of the series Wednesday evening winning 6-5 at Chase Field. San Francisco dropped the first two games of the series losing game one 4-2 and going on to lose game two after leading 2-0 early in the game.
The Diamondbacks scored in four consecutive innings hitting four home runs to win the game 8-2. After scoring the two runs, the Giants did not score for the rest of the game, in fact after the third inning, the San Francisco offense went stagnant. They were able to get the offense going in Wednesday night’sgame although they have been struggling for awhile now.
Thursday the Giants will be looking to tie up this series in game four. Robbie Ray will take the mound for San Francisco with a 8-3 win/loss record and a 2.75 ERA. The Diamondbacks will start Brandon Pfaadt who comes into this game with a 8-5 win/loss record and a 5.38 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 6:40 PM.
Tough deal for Sacramento A’s starter Mitch Spence who gave up a home run to the Tampa Bay Rays Yandy Diaz in the bottom of the sixth inning at George M Steinbrenner Park in Tampa FL on Wed Jul 2, 2025 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson:
#1 Tampa Bay Rays Josh Lowe, Yandy Diaz, and rookie Jake Mangum all hit a home run. Pitcher Ryan Pepiot pitched a quality start that contributed to beating the A’s 6-5 avoiding getting swept on Wednesday.
#2 The Rays down 2-1 in the last of the sixth inning, the Rays were able to score five runs. Josh Lowe hit a leadoff home run to tie up the game and Brandon Lowe came up and hit a double that extended his 18 game hitting streak. Diaz hit a two home run that gave the Rays the lead.
#3 Pepiot improved his record to 6-6 going six innings, allowing four hits, two runs, waked three and struckout nine. The Rays pitching was just good enough to get by Sacramento for the one run win.
#4 The A’s Brent Rooker and Max Schuemann hit solo home runs but it was a day late a dollar short in the A’s one run loss.
#5 The A’s are back in Sacramento to open a three game series with the San Francisco Giants. The Giants have not announced a starter and the A’s will start LHP JP Series (6-7 ERA 5.09) first pitch 7:05pm PT Friday night.
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Miami Marlins Kyle Stowers circles the bags and praises the good Lord after hitting a solo home run in the second inning against the Minnesota Twins on Tue Jul 1, 2025 at LoanDepot Park in Miami (AP News photo)
Headline Sports podcast Jessica Kwong:
#1 The Miami Marlins continued their winning streak on Tuesday night with a 2-0 shutout win over the Minnesota Twins. The Marlins picked up their eighth straight win and are on win away from the club record set in 2008 of nine straight wins.
#2 Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Henry Davis knocked in the game’s only run on Tuesday night to defeat the St Louis Cardinals 1-0 and also defeated the Cardinals 5-0 on Wednesday night. Pirates starter Paul Skenes has not had a winning decision in six starts. Just the same Skenes and the Pirates will take the win.
#3 Cardinals have scratched first baseman Wilson Contreras and third baseman Nolan Areando from Wednesday’s game versus the Pirates. Contreras injured his left hand and is suffering a contusion when he got hit by Pirates starter Paul Skenes. Arenado was injured with jammed right middle finger and has missed two games in a row. Cards manager Oilver Marmol said he’s hopeful that Contreras and Areanado will be able to return on Friday.
#4 Former San Francisco Giant outfielder and Texas Ranger Kevin Pillar announced his retirement from MLB on the “Foul Territory” show. Pillar also spent the first of his seven years with the Toronto Blue Jays and last played with the Texas Rangers and was released back in late May.
#5 Houston Astro Yordan Alvarez is on the IL with a hand injury the right hand was broken on Tuesday and Alvarez is seeing a specialist to try to resolve the issue. Alvarez sat for two month and started working out in June and took swings at the Astros complex last Monday. Alvarez said he was suffering pain on Wednesday. Alvarez is hitting .210, 3 home runs, 18 RBIs, 21 hits.
Sacramento A’s hitter Colby Thomas slugs a double in the top of the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at George M Steinbrenner Field in Tampa Bay on Tue Jul 1, 2025 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Michael Roberson:
#1 It took a few home runs, a few heart-pounding moments, and one dramatic finish for the Sacramento Athletics to fight their way to a 4-3 win in extra innings Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays.
#2 Fueled by a pair of long balls from Shea Langeliers and a late-game lockdown from flamethrower Mason Miller, the Green and Gold secured their second straight road victory and once again showed why they can’t be counted out after nine innings.
#3 The action began early but quietly for the A’s. Lawrence Butler led off with a single, stole third, and watched helplessly as the middle of the lineup went down on strikes.
#4 It wasn’t the cleanest win of the year for the Sacramento A’s, but it was one of the grittiest. With Langeliers’ power surge, Miller’s muscle, and just enough help from the rest of the lineup, the A’s keep showing glimpses of the kind of fight that stats and standings can’t quite measure.
#5 A’s and Rays continue this series Wednesday at 12:10pm PT at George M Steinbrenner Field in Tampa Bay. Starting pitcher for the A’s RHP Mitch Spence (2-3 ERA 3.82) for the Rays RHP Ryan Pepiot (5-6 ERA 3.36).
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San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin received a one year contract option through the 2026 season on Tue Jul 1, 2025. Here is Melvin (right) speaking with Giants third base coach Matt Williams (left) in the San Francisco dugout against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field in Chicago on Sun Jun 29, 2025 (AP News photo)
By Barbara Mason
The San Francisco Giants (45-41) lost game two of their series against the Arizona Diamondbacks (43-42) 8-2 Tuesday night and would be playing Wednesday to avoid a sweep. Going into this series they were favored but they can’t seem to get out of their offensive funk and throw in woes on the mound and San Francisco after taking an early 2-0 lead crumbled allowing Arizona to score eight runs.
The Diamondbacks hit four home runs, two back to back in the sixth inning which really sealed the deal. After scoring the two runs in the second inning San Francisco were unable to score again, in fact they had no hits after the third inning through the seventh. They finished with only six hits in this game.
Game recap: San Francisco got this game going in the right direction scoring two runs in the second inning taking a 2-0 lead. Willy Adames scored the first run with a 409 foot home run and a 1-0 Giants lead. In the same inning, Patrick Bailey grounded out allowing baserunner Daniel Johnson to score extending the Giants lead to 2-0.
The Diamondbacks were trailing going into the bottom of the third inning but that was all about to change in dramatic fashion. Arizona scored a run in the inning cutting the Giants lead in half 2-1. Geraldo Perdomo singled James McCann home and the Diamondbacks were just getting started.
The Arizona offense exploded over the next three innings and the Giants were unable to a thing about it. The Diamondbacks hit four home runs out of the park the first in the fourth inning a three run homer off the bat of Jake McCarthy with Eugenio Suarez and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on base taking a 4-2 lead, their first lead in the game. In the fifth inning another long ball for two more runs. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. homered with Eugenio Suarez on base for two more runs extending their lead 6-2.
The Diamondbacks would hit two more home runs both of them solo shots. Randal Grichuk and James McCann both got in on the action with back to back home runs in the sixth inning. It was a scoring frenzy for Arizona during a four inning span. The final was 8-2 and Arizona had taken a 2-0 series lead.
It was a real disappointment for the Giants considering the way they got this game going. They had a pretty good third inning with a Rafael Devers double and a Wilmer Flores single. That was when it all came crashing down. They only had a couple of hits for the remainder of the game in an offensive meltdown.
It was also a rough day on the mound for starting pitcher Hayden Birdsong as well as relief pitcher Carson Seymour. Birdsong pitched four innings allowing three hits, four runs, four walks and six strikeouts.. Seymour went three innings and allowed five hits, four runs and two strikeouts. It was not a great outing for either pitcher.
Game notes: The Giants took on the Diamondbacks and once more couldn’t get out of their offensive funk. They have been struggling for awhile now and nothing seems to change. They have lost to far too many teams that they should beat.
It’s just a mystery and impossible to explain what has happened to this offense; where did it go and more importantly how do they get it back on track. The Diamondbacks did most of their damage in the fourth inning scoring three runs and in the fifth inning scoring two more runs to wind up getting a six run 8-2 win over the Giants on Tuesday night.
The Giants announced they were exercising manager Bob Melvin’s contract option for the 2026 season. Melvin and the Giants are just five games over .500 and in third place in the NL West. Melvin who caught for the Giants has his dream job as manager for San Francisco and is managing his 22nd season. The Giants showing faith in Melvin extending him for one more season.
Wednesday this series will wrap up in game three. San Francisco will be looking to avoid a sweep while the Diamondbacks will be eying a sweep. Landon Roupp will take the mound for the Giants with a 6-5 win/loss record and a 3.43 ERA. Arizona will start Merrill Kelly with a 7-4 win/loss record and a 3.49 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 6:40 PM PT.
The Sacramento A’s Austin Wynns (29) hits a sacrifice fly in the top of the tenth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at George M Steinbrenner Field in Tampa Bay on Tue Jul 1, 2025 (AP News photo)
Rays Can’t Hold the Line as A’s Langeliers and Miller Hammer It Home for 4-3 win
By Mauricio Segura
It took a few home runs, a few heart-pounding moments, and one dramatic finish for the Sacramento Athletics to fight their way to a 4-3 win in extra innings Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. Fueled by a pair of long balls from Shea Langeliers and a late-game lockdown from flamethrower Mason Miller, the Green and Gold secured their second straight road victory and once again showed why they can’t be counted out after nine innings.
The action began early but quietly for the A’s. Lawrence Butler led off with a single, stole third, and watched helplessly as the middle of the lineup went down on strikes. Tampa Bay struck first in the bottom of the second when Christopher Morel blasted a solo shot to center field off starter Jeffrey Springs, who was facing his former club for the first time as a starter. Brandon Lowe added to the Rays’ tally with another solo homer in the third, giving the home team a 2-0 cushion.
But the Athletics responded in the fourth with a burst of power. After a leadoff strikeout, Langeliers lashed a double to center, setting the stage for Max Muncy, who launched his sixth homer of the season to tie the game. Rookie Luis Urías followed with a single, and Colby Thomas, making just his second big league appearance, doubled sharply down the line and nearly brought Urías around before the rally fizzled.
Langeliers wasn’t done. Leading off the sixth, he launched his second extra-base hit of the night, this one a go-ahead solo homer to left that gave the A’s a 3-2 lead. The catcher’s bat has been heating up since returning from the injured list, and his work behind the plate would later prove just as vital.
Springs, who had been inconsistent early in games this season, held firm after the second inning and worked into the sixth, scattering five hits and two earned runs. The bullpen took over from there, with Justin Sterner and Sean Newcomb holding the Rays in check until the bottom of the seventh when Danny Jansen tied the game with a solo blast to left off Newcomb.
As the game pushed deeper into the night, the bullpens took center stage. Garrett Cleavinger and Pete Fairbanks each pitched scoreless frames for the Rays, while Michael Kelly escaped a jam in the ninth for the A’s thanks in part to a clutch caught stealing by Langeliers.
With the score still knotted at 3-3 in the tenth, Colby Thomas was placed at second to start the inning. After a sacrifice bunt and a walk, the Athletics turned to pinch-hitter Austin Wynns.
What happened next was chaos. Wynns lifted a fly ball to left, deep enough to score Thomas. But a perfect throw to the plate by José Caballero forced a wild sequence. First baseman Jonathan Aranda mishandled the relay, leading to a throwing error.
Then Chandler Simpson threw home to catch Max Schuemann trying to score behind Thomas. After a pair of challenges, one for a home plate collision and the other on a tag play, both calls stood. Wynns was out. Schuemann was out. But the run stood. Athletics 4, Rays 3.
In the bottom of the tenth, it was Miller time. Mason Miller came in throwing absolute gas. With Taylor Walls on second as the free runner, the righty struck out Brandon Lowe, induced a flyout to left from Caminero, and after an intentional walk and a rare balk that advanced both runners, he finished it off by striking out Josh Lowe with a 101 mph fastball to end the game.
It wasn’t the cleanest win of the year for the Sacramento A’s, but it was one of the grittiest. With Langeliers’ power surge, Miller’s muscle, and just enough help from the rest of the lineup, the A’s keep showing glimpses of the kind of fight that stats and standings can’t quite measure. They have now won four of their last seven and are slowly climbing back into relevance, one wild win at a time.
Costa Rican-born Mauricio Segura has been covering sports in the Bay Area since 2001 for a variety of magazines and newspapers, as well as his own publication, Golden Bay Times.
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.
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Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
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