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Giants Destroy Cubs In Eleventh Inning 14-5

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By Barbara Mason

In one crazy game the San Francisco Giants (23-14) beat the Chicago Cubs (22-15) 14-5 in 11 innings. When it looked like Justin Verlander would win his first game as a Giant, the Cubs tied up this game at 5-5. It would go into the 11 inning when the Cubs unleashed a barrage of hits, (6 hits, 2 sacrifices, and a walk). They scored nine runs in the eleventh. This was the most runs in a single inning in Wrigley Field history.

Game recap: The Giants got going early scoring in the second, third and fourth innings taking a 5-0 lead. San Francisco had two runs in the second inning taking an early 2-0 lead. Matt Chapman scored the first run of the day after walking and advancing home via a Cubs error. Patrick Bailey hit a sacrifice fly driving Wade Jr. home for the 2-0 tally. The Giants had a great start in this game.

San Francisco added two more runs in the third inning taking a 4-0 lead. Jung Hoo Lee who has been terrific hit a home run with Willy Adames on base. Not to be outdone the Cubs Miguel Amaya hit a two run home run (Swanson was on base) cutting the San Francisco lead in half 2-4.

The Giants would add one more run in the fourth inning for a 5-2 lead. Brett Wisely hit a sacrifice fly and Heliot Ramos would score. The Cubs would creep a little closer in the fifth inning scoring a single run when Dansby Swanson scored off a infield single off the bat of Jon Berti.

Neither team would score in the sixth, seventh or eighth innings. This game went into the ninth inning with the Giants holding onto a 5-3 lead. With San Francisco on the verge of tying up this series the Cubs put the brakes on it by scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Justin Turner singled Crow-Armstrong home followed by a Kyle Tucker single driving Carson Kelly home tying up this game 5-5.

The tenth inning got underway and San Francisco was unable to score with one runner, Wilmer Flores, on base. The Cubs had runners at the corners with one out and a very real opportunity to win game two.

The Cubs couldn’t cash in and the game went into the eleventh inning. The Giants got a great start in the inning with runners on second and third and no outs. A Patrick Bailey single brought Christian Koss home.

A Brett Wisely sacrifice gave San Francisco a second run when Heliot Ramos scored. The Giants still had no outs with the bases loaded threatening to extend their 7-5 lead. San Francisco was relentless scoring on a reviewed score and the Giants had a 8-5 lead.

The hits just kept on coming. When the dust had settled Patrick Bailey, Brett Wisely, Willy Adames, Mike Yastrzemski, Jung Hoo Lee, Matt Chapman and Wilmer Flores had all crossed home plate for a 14-5 win tying up the series.

Justin Verlander went five innings allowing five hits, three runs, two walks and three strikeouts. Relief pitchers Randy Rodriguex, Camilo Doval and Tyler Rogers each pitched an inning with Rodriguez allowing only one hit. This was a hard fought game going into the 11th inning. It all fell apart for the Cubs in the top of the 11th. Verlander had finally realized his first win as a Giant.

Game notes: The Giants were looking for a little payback after losing game one of their three game series with the Cubs getting punished 9-2. The Cubs had a five-run sixth inning to take the first game of the series. Both teams have the same record at the start of Monday night’s game. Verlander still struggling to pick up his first win ended up leaving after five innings surrendering five hits and three earned runs.

The San Francisco Giants finished the game with 16 hits and a whole lot of payback in this win. The rubber game of this series will get underway tomorrow with first pitch scheduled for 11:20 AM. Robbie Ray will take the mound for the Giants with a 4-0 win/loss record and 3.05 ERA. The Cubs will start Ben Brown who come into this game with a 3-2 win/loss record and a 4.88 ERA.

San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman: Giants end 3 game losing streak with huge win over Cubs 14-5

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San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey (left) and pitcher Hayden Birdsong (right) discuss things over in the bottom of the sixth inning at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Mon May 5, 2025 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman:

The San Francisco Giants are playing a good team in the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field both team started Tuesday with records of 22-14. Monday’s tough 9-2 loss for the Giants is not indicative of the way they’ve playing of late. As they came back with nine runs in the top of the 11th on Tuesday night for a 14-9 win.

The Giants ran into a tough patch losing a two game series to the San Diego Padres and then dropping the first game on Monday’s game in Wrigley. The Giants got some pay back smacking the Cubs around Wrigley and snapping their three game loss streak.

Stephen Ruderman is a San Francisco Giants beat writer at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Yanks Judge is hitting out of his mind at .423; Big moves for PNC fall fan taking his first steps; plus more MLB news

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New York Yankees Aaron Judge takes a hack against the Tampa Bay Rays in the bottom of the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium on Sat May 3, 2025. Judge is burning up the American League with a .423 clip. (AP News photo)

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 New York Yankees mega star Aaron Judge despite going 1-5 on Sunday Judge is hitting an amazing .423 and has a 14 game hitting streak and is hitting .474 with ten extra bases hits during the streak and and has got on base for 30 games.

#2 The 20 year old fan who fell from a 21 foot wall above the warning track at PNC onto the warning track during a Chicago Cubs-Pittsburgh Pirates game last week on Monday. Kavan Markwood has “a long way to go” to recovery. Markwood had slipped off the railing and landed on the warning track. Markwood took his first steps on Monday. Jennifer Phillips an organizer has established a GoFundMe page for Markwood saying that it will be a “a slow, slow process, but seeing him up and moving was a huge win and definitely lifted everyone’s spirits.”

#3 New York Yankee pitcher Gerrit Cole is focused on getting his brace removed off his right elbow two weeks ago after having reconstruction surgery last month. The next step of Cole is to start throwing again a goal to return for the 2026 season.

#4  Cincinnati Reds rookie leftfielder Tyler Callihan made a sliding attempt against the Atlanta Braves trying to get to a ball that turned into an inside the park home run on Monday night as the Reds were shutout by the Reds 4-0. In the bottom of third the Braves Matt Olson hit a fly that Callihan tried track down but ended up crashing into the padded wall in foul ground up the left field line. Callihan hit the wall jarring the ball out of his glove and fell on his back in pain grabbing his left arm. Callihan ended up with a broken left arm.

#5 Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman both homered and got to Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara once again in a 7-4 win over the Marlins on Monday night. The Dodgers got two hits from Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernandez and the Dodgers have now won eight of their last nine game on the ten game road trip.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.

Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Renteria: A’s Wilson with third walk off hit for season; Sac now 1 game out of first place

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Sacramento A’s hitter Jacob Wilson connects for a game winning 11th inning walk off base hit at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento on Mon May 5, 2025 (AP News photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Renteria:

#1 Sacramento A’s Jacob Wilson knocked in the winning run as the A’s edged the Seattle Mariners 7-6 in 11 innings at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento on Monday night in the first of a three game set.

#2 Wilson had himself quiet and evening getting three hits and three RBIs and a base hit which tied up the ball game against the M’s pitcher Andres Munoz in the tenth that scored ghost runner JJ Bleday.

#3 In the 11th inning A’s Gio Urshela got on board with on a sacrifice bunt and the M’s intentionally walked two hitters to load the bases with Wilson coming up. Wilson got a walk off base hit off M’s pitcher Casey Legumina that went up the middle when the infield was playing in for the win. It was Wilson’s third walk off hit this season.

#4 A’s reliever Mason Miller walked two hitters in the top of the ninth and struck out M’s hitter Cal Raleigh to retire the side. Miller who had a blown save in Miami comes through big on Monday night against the first place Mariners.

#5 Tuesday night’s match up at Sutter Health as RHP Emerson Hancock (1-1 ERA 6.62) making the start for the Mariners and for the A’s LHP Jefferey Springs (4-3 ERA 4.98) for a 7:05pm first pitch. Springs picked up the win against the Texas Rangers in Arlington after going six innings, two hits and no runs scored on Thu May 1.

Join Tony Renteria for the Athletics podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Dan Wilson’s Gamble Backfires as Jacob Wilson Lifts A’s to Walk-Off Win

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Jacob Wilson celebrates his walk-off hit on Monday night at Sutter Health Park (Photo: Athletics on X)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

WEST SACRAMENTO — Jacob Wilson is unbelievable! Monday, Jacob went 3-6 with three RBI and had the game tying hit in the 10th inning to go along with the walk-off knock in the 11th. 

The A’s, after Jacob Wilson tied the game with an RBI single in the 10th, proceeded to load the bases with no outs and a chance for three batters to win it. Lawrence Butler, Brent Rooker, and Tyler Soderstrom all struck out to end the threat and send the game to the 11th inning. Hogan Harris held the Mariners scoreless in the top half, giving the A’s another chance to walk it off.

Soderstrom began the bottom of the 11th as the designated runner at second base. Gio Urshela dropped down a sacrifice bunt to move him to third with one out. That’s when the madness began for Mariners skipper Dan Wilson. He chose to walk Shai Langeliers—an understandable decision to set up a potential inning-ending double play. What came next, however, defied logic.

The Mariners manager intentionally walked A’s center fielder JJ Bleday to load the bases for Jacob Wilson. On paper, the move could be justified by setting up a force at any base, but it ignored Wilson’s elite skill set and his scorching numbers this season. Entering the at-bat, Wilson was hitting .419 with runners in scoring position—an outrageous figure.

With the table set, Wilson did what he does best—he lined a ball into center field for a base hit and the game-winning RBI, lifting the A’s to a 7–6 victory. He was mobbed by teammates near second base as they celebrated their 20th win of the season and another thrilling moment in their strong turnaround after a slow start.

A’s starter Luis Severino went six innings, allowing four runs on five hits while striking out five and walking four.

In addition to their 10th and 11th inning heroics, the A’s scored in the first, second, fourth, and seventh innings. Miguel Andujar drove in a run with a sac fly in the first, and Jacob Wilson added an RBI single in the second. In the fourth, Shai Langeliers homered and Butler delivered an RBI single. Langeliers added another RBI with a sac fly in the seventh.

The A’s bullpen was once again excellent, tossing five innings of two-run ball while surrendering just three hits.

Sacramento will go for the series win Tuesday night as game two of the three-game set begins at 7:05 p.m. PST from Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento.

Cubs Score Five Runs In Sixth Inning Beating San Francisco 9-2

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Chicago Cubs Carson Kelly (15) rounds the bases in the bottom of the sixth inning as the San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman (foreground) can only watch at Wrigley Field in Chicago Mon May 5, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (22-14) kept pace with the Chicago Cubs (22-14) going into the fourth inning. With the game tied, the Cubs made their move scoring 2 runs taking a 4-2 lead. The sixth inning was the killer for the Giants. The Cubs scored five runs winning the game 9-2. Chicago’s defense was superb finishing the game with 9 hits and put out an equally dangerous offensive effort.

Game recap: Two quick opening innings took this game into the third inning. The Giants had one hit in the first two innings, a single by Matt Chapman in the second but that was it for the offense. The Cubs also had two quiet innings to start the game.

The Giants went three up, three out in the third inning but the Cubs Dansby Swanson doubled in the bottom of the third followed by top of the order batter Ian Happ who hit a two run home to right center taking a 2-0 lead. The Giants had an error in the first that would be followed by more infield problems.

San Francisco tied up the game in the fourth inning when Luis Matos homered to left center driving Matt Chapman home for the 2-2 score. The Giants rally was stopped short when the Cubs pushed the score back out to 4-2.

With two outs the Giants were almost out of the inning but the Cubs Nico Hoerner singled, Dansby Swanson singled and Nicky Lopez singled in an offensive flurry. Swanson’s single drove in base runners Crow-Armstrong and Hoerner who both scored for the 4-2 tally. San Francisco had a second Giant’s error in the inning. San Francisco finally got out of the inning but the damage had been done.

The Cubs had more in store for the visiting Giant’s. Chicago went crazy in the fateful sixth inning scoring five runs and taking a 9-2 lead. Carson Kelly got the inning going with a solo home run.

The Cubs would extend their lead when they loaded the bases with no outs. Relief pitcher Spencer Bevins had a rough time loading the bases and walking in another run for a 6-4 lead. Hoerner sacrificed and a third run crossed home plate.

Chicago finished off the inning with a Seiya Susaki single that drove in both Nicky Lopez and Dansby Swanson for a 9-2 lead going into the seventh inning.

A quiet seventh and eighth inning took San Francisco into the top of the ninth inning down to their last three outs. The Giants went quietly into the night losing game one to Chicago 9-2. The four errors San Francisco had contributed to this loss. The Giants have had quite a time with errors this season; already 20 so far.

San Francisco Giant’s starting pitcher Landen Roupp went 5.0 innings finishing with five hits, two earned runs, no walks and four strikeouts.

Game notes: Monday evening the Giants took on the Cubs kicking off a six game road trip. San Francisco has dropped into third place in the National League West but is within a game and half of first place. Both clubs have good records but Chicago is holding down first place in the National League Central , three full games ahead of the second place Reds. The Cubs won their series with the Brewers over the weekend and the Giants also won their weekend series against the Colorado Rockies. The opening game of this game was pretty clear that the Cubs have the pitching which they got out of starter Matthew Boyd and plenty of hitting with a five run rally in the bottom of the sixth.

Tuesday the Giants Justin Verlander (0-2 ERA 4.38) will take another crack at it on the mound looking for his first win as a Giant. The Cubs will start Colin Rea 2-0 who comes in with a 1.46 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 4:40 PM

6th inning bases loaded no outs

Sacramento Athletics podcast with Barbara Mason: A’s continue with best road record in baseball at 12-7

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Sacramento A’s Tyler Soderstrom slugs an RBI single that scored teammate Nick Kurtz in the top of the ninth inning against the Miami Marlins at Loan Depot in Miami on Sun May 4, 2025 (AP News photo)

On the Sacramento Athletics game wrap:

#1 Sacramento A’s rookie Nick Kurtz hit a triple in the top of the ninth inning and wound up scoring on a base hit by Tyler Soderstrom that helped the A’s beat the Marlins 3-2 on Sunday.

#2 Kurtz hit a pitch from Marlins pitcher Anthony Bender down the left field line and Soderstrom hit a single that helped give the A’s with two outs and get the two out of three game series win. The A’s with the win are now 13-7 and have the best road record in the AL.

#3 The A’s jumped on the lead in second inning when Miguel Andujar and Jacob Wilson got base hits on Marlins pitcher Edward Cabrera. Andujar and Wilson scored when Gio Urshela hit a double. Later Usrshela was thrown out by Dane Myers at home on a Jhonny Pereda single to end the inning.

#4 The Marlins tied up the game with two down and the bases empty and got a rally pitcher JP Sears for two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. But that was all they were going to get as the Marlins fell short by a run to Sacramento 3-2.

#5 The A’s return back to Sacramento and host the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento for the first of a three game series. Starting pitcher for the M’s Bryce Miller (2-3 ERA 3.52) for the A’s Louis Severino (1-3, ERA 3.30) first pitch 7:05pm PDT.

Join Barbara Mason for the Athletics podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Days of Hope, Fremont was in the A’s plans

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Former Oakland A’s pitcher Yusmeiro Petit signs autographs for fans at the A’s 2018 Fan Fest at Jack London Square in Oakland (photo by the author Amaury Pi Gonzalez)

Days of Hope, Fremont was in A’s Plans

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By Amaury Pi-González

2018 at Jack London Square, where the Oakland Athletics still hoped to build a brand new ballpark, was another year where hope was in the air, hoping the team would remain in The Town.. The A’s Fanfest was popular, with fans gearing up for the season. Little did these fans know that in just a few years, the team would not be playing at Oakland, where they won six American League pennants and four World Series.

The A’s Fanfest at Oakland was always well attended by fans and visitors from all over the Bay Area and the country, baseball people, collectors, tourists, dreamers, and most of all, baseball aficionados seeking autographs from their favorite Oakland A’s players.

The Oakland Athletics had high hopes for staying in Oakland within a new stadium during the years the Oakland Coliseum was deemed outdated and needed replacement. This desire extended across several ownership groups and multiple Bay Area cities, including Oakland, as they struggled to secure funding and land for a new ballpark.

Specifically, the A’s explored options in Fremont, San José, and ultimately, a waterfront site in Oakland. However, the decision to relocate to Las Vegas in 2023 marked the end of these attempts to find a new home in the Bay Area. Currently temporarily playing in Sacramento.

During the A’s Fanfest, the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame were busy, as many A’s players would sign autographs and meet with the fans. Next to our location was another non-profit founded by ex-A ‘s Manager and Hall of Famer, Tony LaRussa.

Tony has long advocated for animal welfare and is passionate about helping animals find a home. Tony was not happy about the possibility of the A’s relocating out of the city, which made him a winning manager and a Hall of Fame manager. “I think we should have figured a way; If it wasn’t going to be Oakland, it should have been somewhere in the Bay Area.” -his quote.

Fremont, the city, my home for a longtime was talked about to be the next home of the A’s, not a bad idea, only 20 minutes south of Oakland and even closer to San José, a perfecrt location for the team to stay in the Bay Area.

A meeting to discuss bringing the A’s to Fremont was held at the Saddle Rack in Fremont on February 25, 2009. This meeting was part of a larger effort by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and local fans to support the team’s relocation to Fremont.

I was there, with the group that supported the idea to have Fremont as the new home of the A’s. But there was also opposition, and they won. Lew Wolff was the team owner at that time and told the citty in a letter that the team stopped all plans to build a state-of-the art stadium in Fremont Wolff, who owned the team told city officials in a letter that the team has stopped all plans to build a state-of-the-art stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb, of Fremont south of its current home at the Oakland Coliseum.

He cited expected delays to the project as a reason for his decision. “Delays that are both real and threatened have made it impossible for me to assure my organization of an implementation date consistent with our needs and the requirements of Major League Baseball,” Wolff wrote in the letter.

He noted that the team had already committed more than $80 million to the project, $24 million of which is not recoverable. Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman was disappointed by the decision. Wasserman was the Mayor who developed Fremont into one of the Bay Area’s most prosperous and populated cities.

Fremont is the fourth-largest city in the Bay Area, after #1 San José, #2 San Francisco, and #3 Oakland. Fremont is also the home of the #1 Tesla manufacturing plant in the United States, “Silicon Valley East.” Fremont, CA with 230,000 population.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.

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San Francisco Giants game wrap: Adames hits two HRs, and Giants win series in 9-3 laugher over Rockies

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San Francisco Giants game wrap:

San Francisco Giants Wilmer Flores (41) congratulates Willy Adames (right) who had two home runs after the game against the Colorado Rockies at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun May 4, 2025 (AP News photo)

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Colorado Rockies 3 (6-28)

San Francisco Giants 9 (22-13)

Win: Logan Webb (4-2)

Loss: German Marquez (0-6)

Time: 2:29

Attendance: 41,087

By Stephen Ruderman

SAN FRANCISCO–Willy Adames hit two home runs, and the Giants took the series over the Rockies in a 9-3 laugher.

As the Giants looked to take the series against the Rockies Sunday, they had the perfect man on the mound in their ace, Logan Webb. To be honest though, Webb had a bit of a rocky time—no pun intended—in the top of the first inning. Webb only gave up one hit, but the Rockies hit the ball hard off him.

The Rockies also had the perfect man on the mound for the Giants in German Marquez, who came into today’s game 0-5 with a 9.82 ERA. Mike Yastrzamski lined out to begin the bottom of the first inning, but with one out, Willy Adames battled his way through a long at-bat, as he fouled off four two-strike pitches

The longer an at-bat goes, the more the momentum is going to swing in favor of the hitter, because he’s getting a great look at what the pitcher is throwing. Even if Adames strikes out, it’s a great at-bat, because he got a lot of pitches out of Marquez, and because he can give a detailed scouting report to his teammates on what Marquez is featuring.

Adames ended up with the best result possible. On the tenth pitch, he hit a home run to left-center field, which not only got the Giants on the board, but got this sold-out crowd into the game early.

Webb then settled down with a scoreless top of the second and a one, two, three top of the third. Marquez also settled down with a scoreless bottom of the second, and he retired the first two men he faced in the bottom of the third.

With two outs, up came Adames, who hit his second home run of the game. This one was a mammoth blast to left field that went about a third of the way up into the bleachers. Okay, maybe it wasn’t a total mammoth blast, but it certainly seemed and felt like one.

Webb worked through some trouble in the top of the fourth, and he got a chopper off his leg which he turned into a 1-3 putout. Webb immediately shooed to the dugout to make sure nobody came out, but Dave Groeschner came out anyway. Of course Webb was fine, and he stayed in the game.

After Marquez threw his first one, two, three inning of the day in the bottom of the fourth, the Rockies got on the board in the top of the fifth. Mickey Moniak led off the inning with a triple, and Jacob Stallings got him in with a base-hit to left to make it 2-1.

Alan Trejo reached on an error, and Webb was in trouble. However, Webb then got Brenton Doyle to ground into a double play, and he struck out Jordan Beck to end the inning with the Giants still ahead.

The Giants had their response in the bottom of the fifth. Luis Matos led off with a double, and Patrick Bailey singled him over to third. Christian Koss grounded out, but Mike Yastrzemski knocked in a pair with a base-hit to center, and that made it 4-1.

That did it for Marquez, as the Rockies brought in Angel Chivilli.

Only three times in the history of Oracle Park has a player hit three home runs in a game. Kevin Elster did it for the Dodgers the day the park opened on April 11, 2000; Pablo Sandoval of course did it in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series against the Tigers; and Joc Pederson did it in a wild game against the Mets on May 24, 2022.

Willy Adames had a chance to be the fourth man to do it. He hit a long fly ball deep to right-center field, but the ball hit off the wall. Yaz scored to make it 5-1, so not all was lost.

The Giants had scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth, and Webb remained in control. The Giants scored four more in the bottom of the seventh to make it a laugher at 9-1, but Willy Adames was unable to get that elusive third home run. Still, 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs, a double and three RBIs ain’t shabby.

Webb went seven innings when all was said and done. He walked two, and struck out six.

The Rockies scored a pair of runs off Spencer Bivens in the top of the eighth to make it 9-3. Lou Trivino came in for the ninth and ran into a bit of trouble, but he ended up pitching a scoreless inning to end it.

Logan Webb got the win, and Garman Marquez got the loss.

The Giants responded to their first three-game losing streak of the year with a three-game winning streak, as they improve to 22-13.

The Giants will head to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field in Chicago to take on the Cubs, who themselves are off to a great start at 21-14. The Giants will have three in Chicago Monday through Wednesday, and then three in Minnesota against the Twins over the weekend Friday through Sunday.

Landen Roupp (2-2, 5.10 ERA) will take the ball for the Giants in the series opener Sunday night. Left-hander Matthew Boyd (2-2, 2.70 ERA) will go for the Cubs. First pitch will be at 6:40 p.m. at Wrigley, 4:40 p.m. back home in San Francisco.

Giants News and Notes:

Sunday’s crowd of 41,087 was the eighth sellout of the season here at Oracle Park. The Giants are just two sellouts shy of their highest total since 2018, which is 10 (2022 and 2024).

Athletics Edge Marlins 3-2 with Late-Inning Heroics from Rookie and a Steady Sears

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Sacramento A’s Nick Kurtz (left) dives into third base for a triple as the Miami Marlins third baseman Connor Norby (right) puts on the tag a little late at Loan Depot Park in Miami on Sun May 4, 2025 (AP News photo)

Athletics Edge Marlins with Late-Inning Heroics from Rookie and a Steady Sears

By Mauricio Segura

The green and gold keep finding new ways to win, and on Sunday, it came down to a clutch swing from a newcomer and ice-cold nerves from a bullpen looking to bounce back. Tyler Soderstrom’s ninth-inning RBI single broke a 2-2 tie, lifting the Sacramento Athletics to a 3-2 win over the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park. The victory helped the Athletics close out the road trip 5-2 and keep pace in the AL West with their eighth win in 12 games.

Nick Kurtz, the A’s No. 1 prospect, kickstarted the decisive frame with a one-out triple, the first of his week-long career, before Soderstrom, pinch-hitting for Luis Urías, lined a go-ahead single to center to drive him in. Soderstrom also swiped second for good measure, flashing the kind of confident hustle that’s becoming his trademark.

That one run proved enough for right-hander Tyler Ferguson, who nailed down his first career save with a clean ninth, striking out Kyle Stowers to end it.

The A’s had taken an early 2-0 lead in the second inning on Gio Urshela’s two-run double, but the Marlins answered in the fourth when Dane Myers’ sharp double into right brought home two to even the score. It stayed gridlocked from there, as both bullpens traded scoreless innings until Soderstrom’s dagger in the ninth.

JP Sears continued his quietly dominant run as the A’s most reliable starter. The lefty tossed 5.2 innings of one-run ball, striking out four and walking none. Sears has now issued two walks or fewer in all seven of his starts and holds a 2.94 ERA. His control remains elite, only 1.60 walks per nine innings this season, and he’s yet to allow a first-inning run all year.

The Athletics’ defense backed Sears well, especially Jacob Wilson and Gio Urshela, who both made key plays on tough grounders. Offensively, Wilson collected two more hits and continues to thrive with runners on, now batting .400 in those situations. Meanwhile, Miguel Andujar extended his hot streak with another multi-hit game and a stolen base, pushing his average to .347 over his last 19 contests.

The bullpen was airtight. Mitch Spence followed Sears with 2.1 innings of one-hit ball before giving way to Ferguson. Together, they locked up Miami over the final 3.1 innings, a welcome sight after Saturday’s bullpen meltdown.

With the win, the Athletics improve to 19-16 and secure a second best spot in the AL West just half a game in front of 3rd place Houston and 2.5 games behind Seattle.

They return home Monday to face the first-place Seattle Mariners starting for the M’s Bryce Miller (2-3 ERA 3.52) with A’s starter Luis Severino (1-3 ERA 3.30) on the mound, looking to ride this momentum through the homestand.

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.