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Four-run sixth inning and last-minute save by Doval carry Giants to 4-2 win over Brewers

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb (62) throws against the Milwaukee Brewers in the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Milwaukee Brewers 2 (13-12)

San Francisco Giants 4 (16-9)

Win: Logan Webb (3-1)

Loss: Freddy Peralta (2-2)

Save: Camilo Doval (4)

Time: 2:34

Attendance: 29,049

By Stephen Ruderman

The Giants played a much cleaner game Wednesday night, as Logan Webb was strong over six and a third innings, and Camilo Doval stepped into his old role to avert disaster and close out a 4-2 win over the Brewers.

After the Giants won the series opener on Monday, the Brewers pounded them into submission Tuesday night. It was one of those games where you had to forget about it and be ready to go the next day.

The next day came, and the Giants had their ace in Logan Webb on the mound. Webb was coming off his first loss of the season on Friday night in Anaheim, which he really didn’t deserve. He gave up just two runs and struck out 12 over six innings. Unfortunately, the Giants just couldn’t provide him with any offense.

Anyway, Webb and the Giants took the field on the first foggy night of the season at Oracle Park. It wouldn’t be easy for Webb out of the gate, as he had to work through jams in each of the first two innings. However, he survived them both without any damage, and proceeded to set down the next 11 hitters he faced over three-straight one, two, three innings.

Brewers’ starter Freddy Peralta had a very similar outing. He escaped a jam in the bottom of the fourth inning, and notched five shutout innings under his belt.

Just like the championship days, the Giants have utilized the ground attack and have taken advantage of errors and defensive mistakes by their opponents this season. They would do it again Wednesday night, as they loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the sixth to knock Peralta out of the game.

In came Nick Mears to face Wilmer Flores. With the count at 1-2, Mears threw a nasty slider just below the knees on the outside corner, but Flores grounded it up the middle and off the glove of the diving shortstop, Joey Ortiz, for a base-hit to center field, and two runs scored to put the Giants up 2-0.

The Giants would get some help from the Brewers’ defense as the inning went along. With runners at the corners at one out, LeMonte Wade hit a potential double play ball to second-baseman Brice Turang that Turang tried to backhand, but it hit off his glove, and Matt Chapman scored to make it 3-0.

Christian Koss came up with two outs and hit a ground ball to Ortiz at short. Ortiz ranged to his left to field it, but his off-balanced throw to first sailed off the glove of first-baseman Rhys Hoskins, and Flores came in to score to cap off a four-run inning.

Webb gave up a base-hit and a walk to start the top of the seventh, and he closed out his night by getting Caleb Durbin to fly out to left. Webb ended up going six and a third scoreless innings and struck out six. Lefty Erik Miller came in and got out of it with the shutout still intact.

Tyler Rogers pitched a one, two, three inning in the top of the eighth, and Ryan Walker came in for a non-save situation in the top of the ninth. It was Walker’s first time on the mound since he gave up four runs and blew the save on Sunday in Anaheim.

Unfortunately, Walker was hit around again. The Brewers loaded the bases with one out following a pair of base-hits and a hit batsman. Turang then came up and lined a ground rule double off the end of the bat down the left field line, which scored a pair of runs and cut the Giants’ lead in half to 4-2.

Bob Melvin summoned Camilo Doval, who lost the closer’s job last August, but who had quietly amassed three saves so far this season. It was a big opportunity for Doval, who lost the job following a string of rough outings in the middle of last season. Doval seized on this opportunity, as he struck out Jackson Churio, and got Christian Yelich to ground out to end it.

Logan Webb got the win; Freddy Peralta took the loss; and Camilo Doval picked up his fourth save. Ryan Walker has five saves.

The Giants improve to 16-9, and they have a chance to take the series with a win Thursday afternoon. Landen Roupp (2-1, 4.09 ERA) will take the ball for the Giants. As for the Brewers, right-hander Tobias Myers will make the start in his 2025 debut.

First pitch will be at 12:45 p.m.

Nick Kurtz to Debut for A’s After Meteoric Rise Through Minors

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Nick Kurtz in the A’s clubhouse on Tuesday. (Photo: Athletics on X)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

WEST SACRAMENTO — A new era at first base for the Athletics is upon us!

The A’s first selection in the 2024 MLB Draft, Nick Kurtz, will make his debut for the Athletics in Sacramento against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday evening.

Kurtz, the No. 4 overall selection in last year’s draft out of Wake Forest, will debut after just 32 minor league games and less than 10 months since being drafted — both unprecedented in MLB. In those 32 minor league games, Kurtz hit .366 with 11 home runs, 10 doubles, and 22 walks, good for a 1.121 OPS. Coaches and players who have seen him during his brief time in pro ball have described him as a very mature player despite his limited experience. 

A’s manager Mark Kotsay, speaking with the media on Tuesday, said, “He’s a pretty accomplished young hitter, and he’s got an advanced approach. As David mentioned, his demeanor, he’s a pretty even-keeled kid.

It’s safe to say there’s plenty of excitement surrounding Nick, both in the clubhouse and in the front office.

Kurtz will play first base on Wednesday as Tyler Soderstrom moves to the outfield.

As the A’s continue to struggle at home (2-8 over their first 10 home games), Kurtz might be just what the doctor ordered. Granted, A’s pitching is generally seen as the area most in need of improvement.

As for Kurtz and his appeal to fans, I’ll say this: I watched Nick clear the batter’s eye in center field and hit the scoreboard in right-center during batting practice on Tuesday afternoon. The kid is gonna be must-watch baseball.

Rangers Outslug A’s 8-5 Despite Late Push in A’s Sacramento Return

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Brent Rooker receives his Silver Slugger from the 2024 season. (Photo: Athletics on X)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

WEST SACRAMENTO — The A’s were back home in Sacramento on Tuesday night after a road trip that took them through Chicago and Milwaukee. They swept the White Sox and dropped two of three to the Brewers, finishing the trip with a winning record of 4-3.

On Tuesday, the A’s welcomed in the AL West-leading Texas Rangers, who entered the game with a 13-9 start to the 2025 season. The A’s came in last place in the division at 10-12 but sat just three games behind the Rangers.

The A’s fell to Texas by a final score of 8-5.

A’s starter Osvaldo Bido was roughed up, lasting five and a third innings while allowing eight runs (all earned) on eight hits, including four home runs. It was a tough outing in a game where any decent contact seemed to have a chance to leave the yard.

Rangers starter Patrick Corbin went five innings, giving up two earned runs on seven hits and allowing two homers.

The A’s got on the board with solo home runs in the second and third innings from Miguel Andujar and Lawrence Butler, respectively. Aside from those, they didn’t generate many scoring chances until the sixth inning, where they loaded the bases but came up empty. They finally broke through again in the bottom of the seventh when JJ Bleday delivered an RBI single to score Brent Rooker and cut the deficit to 8-3.

Sacramento continued to chip away in the eighth as Luis Urias and Brent Rooker each added solo shots to pull the A’s within three at 8-5 heading into the ninth.

After a scoreless top of the ninth from the bullpen, the A’s went down in order in the bottom half to end the game.

Brent Rooker finished 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk. JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a walk, and Miguel Andujar had a strong night, going 3-for-5 with a homer.

After the game, manager Mark Kotsay praised the team’s fight but pointed to missed chances in the sixth inning. “The sixth inning was the inning we left opportunities on the bases… we left the bases loaded, second and third with nobody out really… We continued to take good at-bats after that… it could’ve been more. We just had our opportunities—had 11 hits and left 10 on the bases.”

Note: In the top of the seventh inning, A’s reliever Jose Leclerc recorded only one out before leaving with right shoulder soreness. After the game, Kotsay confirmed the injury, calling it “more of a strain than soreness.” It’s tough news for a bullpen already dealing with depth issues.

Up Next: The A’s and Rangers continue the series on Wednesday night at 7:05 PM PST at Sutter Health Park. J.P. Sears is scheduled to start for the A’s, while the Rangers counter with Kumar Rocker. A’s No. 1 prospect Nick Kurtz will make his debut at first base in the contest.

Brewers explode for eight-run top of the sixth in 11-3 route of Giants

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Milwaukee Brewers Christian Yelich gets around on the baseball for his fifth home run of the season for a grand slam in the top of the sixth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on Tue Apr 22, 2025 (AP News photo)

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Milwaukee Brewers 11 (13-11)

San Francisco Giants 3 (15-9)

Win: Jose Quintana (3-0)

Loss: Jordan Hicks (1-3)

Time: 2:48

Attendance: 28,573

By Stephen Ruderman

An eight-run top of the sixth inning did the Giants in, as Brewers smoked their way to an 11-3 win on Tuesday night at Oracle Park.

After a tough loss in Anaheim on Sunday, the Giants bounced back with a 5-2 win Monday night. Tuesday night, the Giants would try to build on that, and get back to their season-high of eight games over .500.

Before the game, Hunter Pence threw out the ceremonial first pitch to his wife, Alexis. Pence was at the ballpark for Earth Day on behalf of his organization, Healthy Planet Project, which focuses on efforts to clean the city, reduce pollution and bring awareness to Global Warming.

The Giants took the field for the second time this season in their new City Connect jerseys. Jordan Hicks took the ball following a shaky start in Philadelphia last Thursday, and he pitched a pair of scoreless innings to start his night. Meanwhile, the veteran left-hander, Jose Quintana, who pitched in five games for the Giants in 2021, threw a one, two, three bottom of the first, as well as a scoreless bottom of the second.

However, Hicks had his doldrums in the top of the third. Caleb Durbin led off the inning with a double, and Brice Turang singled him over to third. Jackson Churio grounded into a fielder’s choice to open the scoring, and after Christian Yelich doubled Churio over to third, William Contreras knocked them both in with a base-hit to left field to make it 3-0.

The Giants of course responded to the Brewer’s three runs in the bottom of the third, as David Villar led off the inning with a double. Villar got to third on a ground out by Patrick Bailey, and then scored on a broken-bat bloop single to right by Tyler Fitzgerald to put the Giants on the board.

Hicks pitched through some more trouble in the top of the fourth, and he finally threw his first one, two, three inning of the night in the top of the fifth. Quintana was back in control, as he pitched two more scoreless innings in the fourth and fifth.

Unfortunately, Hicks and the Giants just ran into a brick wall in the top of the sixth. A pair of base-hits and a wild pitch made it 4-1. Hicks then walked Garrett Mitchell, and that ended his night.

Lou Trivino was brought in, and things didn’t get any better. Trivino got Durbin to fly out for the first out of the inning, but Turang singled to right to make it 5-1. Churio was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and up came Christian Yelich. What did Yelich do? He hit a grand salami to straightaway center to turn this into a laugher.

The Brewers now led it 9-1, and they still weren’t done. Sal Frelick walked with two outs, and Jake Bauers added insult to injury with a two-run shot to right-center to make it 11-1.

As for Hicks, he gave up five earned runs in five-plus innings. Trivino ended up giving up five runs as well.

You really have to give it to the Giants. They never gave up, and in fact, they loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the sixth. Unfortunately, they were unable to come through in the sixth, but they rallied again and scored runs in the seventh and eighth to make it 11-3. The Giants even rallied in the bottom of the ninth, but nothing came out of it, and the Brewers won it 11-3.

Jose Quintana, who pitched six innings got the win, and Hicks took his third loss of the young season.

The Giants fall to 15-9, and they will look to bounce back Wednesday night with their ace, Logan Webb (2-1, 2.40 ERA) on the hill. Freddy Peralta (2-1, 1.91 ERA) will take the ball for Milwaukee.

First pitch will be at 6:45 p.m., something I’m still getting used to in the Giants’ seventh season of 6:45 weeknight games.

Giants News and Notes:

Giants’ top prospect, Bryce Eldridge returned from his left wrist injury to make his 2025 debut for the Giants’ Double-A affiliate, the Richmond Flying Squirrels, who were in Akron, Ohio tonight.

In his first at-bat, Eldrige picked up right where he left off last season and the beginning of Spring Training this year, as he hit a home run to right-center.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Padres Arraez placed on 7 day concussion IL; Braves Strider hurt again out on 15 day IL; plus more MLB news

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San Diego Padres Luis Arraez is laid out after colliding with Astros second baseman Mauricio Dubon (left) as Padres first base coach David Macias (46) and the Houston Astros trainer checks on Arraez in the top of the first inning at Daikin Park in Houston on Mon Apr 21, 2025 (AP News photo)

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1  The San Diego Padres have placed Luis Arraez on the seven day concussion injured list on Monday. Arraez got into a scary collision with Houston Astros second baseman Mauricio Dubon at first base. Arraez was laid out and had to be carted off the field and taken to the hospital but came back to the ballpark after the Padres 3-2 win. Talk about taking one for the team.

#2 If it’s one thing it’s another for the Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider. Strider was who returned from elbow surgery and had not been in a game since April 5, 2024. Strider in his last game pitched five innings in a 3-1 loss giving up two runs on April 16th. Strider on Monday strained his right hamstring while playing catch on Monday and is now on the 15 day injured list.

#3  Cleveland Guardians pitcher Triston McKenzie has been designated for assignment on Monday. McKenzie had been suffering from arm injuries had made 30 starts in 2022 when he went 11-11 with a 2.96 ERA. McKenzie had a 11.12 ERA in four appearances this season. McKenzie a right hander since April 16 when allowed four runs against the Baltimore Orioles.

#4 After playing in 32 minor league games the Sacramento Athletics have called up first baseman Nick Kurtz. Kurtz the A’s No. 4 overall pick in last season’s draft will be activated on Wednesday. The A’s will face the Texas Rangers left hander Patrick Corbin on Tuesday and would like to see Kurtz get some at at bats to see if he add some punch to the line up.

#5  San Francisco Giants infielder Casey Schmitt is on the 30 day IL suffering from a grade 2 left oblique strain. Schmitt who underwent an MRI Monday was diagnosed by Dr. Ken Akizuki and the Giants orthopedist has scheduled Schmitt for evaluation for this weekend. Schmitt was hitting in the batting cage last weekend in Anaheim when he got injured putting him on the ten day IL.

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 Tue Apr 22, 2025: A’s Bido looking for third win; Sac gets after first place Texas tonight

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Sacramento A’s pitcher Osvaldo Bido (45) will be doing the pitching Tue Apr 22, 2025 against the Texas Rangers at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento to open a three game set. Here Bido deals against the San Francisco Giants on Sat Aug 17, 2024 at the Oakland Coliseum (AP file photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Renteria:

#1 The Milwaukee Brewers (12-10) Rhys Hoskins went three for five with a home run and four RBIs. The Brewers set a franchise record with nine steals as it wasn’t even close as the Brewers won in a 14-1 laugher.

#2 The Brewers Logan Henderson struck out nine hitters in his big league debut. The Sacramento A’s (10-12) had been going well before Sunday’s game where they had won four out of their last five games and were getting around .500 but were just helpless in this loss at American Family Park.

#3 A’s starter Jefferey Springs was lit up Sunday he pitched 2.1 innings, giving up five runs and six hits, four earned runs, three strike outs and one home run.

#4 The Brewers take the three game series two out of three. The Brewers went to work early scoring four in the first, and rallied later in the game for five more runs in the seventh. A’s pitching just couldn’t hold the Brewers.

#5 The A’s went 4-2 on this last road trip and are 8-4 on the road overall. The A’s come home to open a three game series at Sutter Health Park on Tuesday. The A’s are 2-7 at home and host the Texas Rangers who are first in the AL West at 13-9 and lead second place Seattle by one game. Starting pitchers for the Rangers LHP Patrick Corbin (1-0 ERA 3.86) for the A’s Osvaldo Bido (2-1 ERA 2.61) first pitch slated for 7:05pm PDT.

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

Giants score a run in each of last four innings to beat Brewers 5-2

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Monday, April 21

Oracle Park San Francisco

By Lewis Rubman

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San Francisco (15-8) 010 011 11x 5 8 0

Time: 2:30

Attendance: 31,758

Although your San Francisco Giants started off on their recently completed grueling ten day tour of New York, Philadelphia, and beautiful downtown Anaheim like a house on fire, they cooled down when the weather got heated up in Orange County. The Giants started their homestand on Monday night with a 5-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

Sunday’s game, which began with Jason Verlander’s first satisfying start and ended with Ryan Walker’s sudden loss of control (with a little help from Lázaro Díaz behind the plate) to peter out with a 5-5 record for their paschal peregrination, this chilly Monday evening, in the first of a three game series against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Giants chose as their starter their current ace, Robbie Ray, who has a tendency to get into trouble early but right himself before the damage is irreparable.

Ray ran true to form, coughing up a couple of runs to fall behind, 2-0, but allowing the visitors only a single additional tally for the remainder of his five innings on the mound, leaving with the score knotted at two.

The runs he surrendered were earned, and they came on five hits, including ninth place batter Caleb Durbin’s two inning dinger that accounted for all of Milwaukee’s scoring. Ray threw 92 pitches in his abbreviated start; 37 of them were balls.

Ray struck out four and lowered his ERA from 4.19 to 4.07. Hayden Birdsong, originally a starter, but blossoming as a middle reliever, got the win, holding the brew crew to one hit and two walks in three frames. He, too, threw a lot of pitches, 49 (19 balls) while retiring four opponents on strikes.

He now owns a record of 1-0, 1.38). Wrapping up the victory and earning his third save on the season was Camilo Doval, trying to redeem his lost promise, and looking good, being credited with strikes on six of the seven pitches he threw in a hitless ninth.

Ray’s opposite number, the Brewers’ newly acquired Quinn Priester, Pittsburgh’s first round draft choice in 2019 and now with his third team since making his big league debut with the PIrates in 2023. From there he went to Boston in ’24 and then on to Milwaukee this March. He toed the rubber with a too good to be true mark of 1-0, 0.90 and left after four innings at a more down to earth but still outstanding 1-0, 1.93.

He, like Ray, allowed two runs, both earned. They came on four safeties and an equal number of walks. Priester was followed by a parade of five relievers over the game’s remaining four frames. They were Nick Mears, Grant Anderson, charged with the loss that dropped his numbers to 1-1,3.38.

The run came on Wilmer Flores’s 309 foot solo home run over the Hanwha Insurance sign in left center field. Jared Koenig (2/3 of an inning), Joel Payamps (1/3), and Craig Yoho (1), gave up a run apiece, except for Payams, who faced only one batter, Matt Chapman, who ended the Giants’ rally in the fifth with a fly to the warning track in dead center field.

Wilmer Flores and Tyler Fitzgerald were the only Giants to have multi-hit nights. The former hit the tie-breaking and ultimately game winning home run, and the latter managed to scratch out a pair of infield single. Matt Chapman did some nifty fielding, as did Patrick Bailey. Mike Yastrzemski, 이정후 (Jung Hoo Lee), whose seventh inning triple drove in one time Brewer Willy Adames, in the seventh, LaMonte Wade, Jr., and Bailey had one hit apiee.

The teams will go at it again Tuesday, evening at 6:45. Southpaw José Quintana (2-0, 0.71) will start against starboarder Jordan HIcks (1-2, 6.04)

San Francisco Giants podcast Morris Phillips: Giants Walker not too shaken up after Angels 4 run pile on; SF now just 2 games back of Padres in NL West

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Los Angeles Angels Jo Adelle second from right celebrates his winning double that beat the San Francisco Giants in the bottom of the ninth inning at Angels Stadium in Anaheim on Sun Apr 20, 2025 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips:

#1 Morris taking a look at Sunday’s tough loss in Anaheim the Los Angeles Angels Jo Adelle hit a three RBI double that in four run ninth inning that beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 for a walk off hit at Angels Stadium.

#2 San Francisco closer Ryan Walker was trying to shut the door but was credited with a blown save that saw the four run ninth ending with the one run loss. It was just a tough way to end the game for the reliever with just one pitch.

#3 After losing a tough note like that and losing two out of three to the Angels do you see other clubs picking up on some of the Giants weak spots or the Angels for example just got a lucky break getting a walk off double like that?

#4 The Giants concluded their road trip with the Angels that saw them going 6-4. The Giants are now just two games back of the first place San Diego Padres in the NL West playing the next 11 of 13 games at Oracle Park gives the Giants a shot at moving into first place. For Monday night the Brewers are starting RHP Quinn Priester (1-0 ERA 0.90) the Giants going with LHP Robbie Ray (3-0 ERA 4.19). On Tuesday night the Brewers will be starting RHP Freddy Peralta (2-1 ERA 1.91) for the Giants RHP Logan Webb (2-1 ERA 2.40)

Morris does the San Francisco Giants podcasts at his normal time slot Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason: A’s open homestand with Rangers Tuesday; A’s hoping to improve on home record

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The Milwaukee Brewers Christian Yelich slides behind the Sacramento A’s catcher Shea Langeliers scoring in the bottom of the fourth inning at American Family Park in Milwaukee on Sun Apr 20, 2025 (AP News photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason:

#1 The Milwaukee Brewers (12-10) Rhys Hoskins went three for five with a home run and four RBIs. The Brewers set a franchise record with nine steals as it wasn’t even close as the Brewers won in a 14-1 laugher.

#2 The Brewers Logan Henderson struck out nine hitters in his big league debut. The Sacramento A’s (10-12) had been going well before Sunday’s game where they had won four out of their last five games and were getting around .500 but were just helpless in this loss at American Family Park.

#3 A’s starter Jefferey Springs was lit up Sunday he pitched 2.1 innings, giving up five runs and six hits, four earned runs, three strike outs and one home run.

#4 The Brewers take the three game series two out of three. The Brewers went to work early scoring four in the first, and rallied later in the game for five more runs in the seventh. A’s pitching just couldn’t hold the Brewers.

#5 The A’s went 4-2 on this last road trip and are 8-4 on the road overall. The A’s come home to open a three game series at Sutter Health Park on Tuesday. The A’s are 2-7 at home and host the Texas Rangers who are first in the AL West at 13-9 and lead second place Seattle by one game. Starting pitchers for the Rangers LHP Patrick Corbin (1-0 ERA 3.86) for the A’s Osvaldo Bido (2-1 ERA 2.61) first pitch slated for 7:05pm PDT.

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

A’s Tap Out Long Before Happy Hour in Milwaukee 14-1

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Milwaukee Brewers Rhys Hoskins high fives teammates in the Brewers dugout after hitting a third inning home run against the Sacramento Athletics at American Family Park on Sun Apr 20, 2025 (AP News photo)

A’s Tap Out Long Before Happy Hour in Milwaukee

By Mauricio Segura

The Athletics’ trip to Milwaukee ended in a forgettable way Sunday, as the Brewers ran wild early and never let up in a 14-1 demolition at American Family Field.

The afternoon unraveled quickly for the green and gold. Starter Jeffrey Springs, who had entered with a 3-1 record, struggled right from the start. A mix of stolen bases, walks, errors, and even a balk saw Milwaukee race out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning alone. Springs lasted just 2.1 innings, tagged for five runs as his ERA swelled to 5.96.

The Brewers smelled blood and kept coming. Rookie Logan Henderson, making his big league debut for Milwaukee, struck out Brent Rooker for his first Major League punchout and retired the side in order in the first. Henderson kept the A’s lineup quiet into the middle innings, picking up a win he will not soon forget.

Meanwhile, the Brewers’ offense turned the game into a track meet. Brice Turang stole three bases, and Milwaukee swiped six overall, exploiting an A’s defense that looked rattled all day. Rhys Hoskins delivered a solo home run and a two-run single, Christian Yelich doubled in another run, and Sal Frelick collected three hits and two stolen bases to fuel the onslaught.

The A’s offense, by contrast, was almost entirely silent. Seth Brown broke through in the fifth with a solo homer, his first of the year, to avoid the shutout. Jacob Wilson continued to be a steady bright spot, collecting two hits to raise his batting average to .342, good for ninth in the majors.

Nothing else went right for the Athletics, who committed two more throwing errors and allowed four unearned runs. By the seventh inning, the Brewers had blown the game wide open with a seven-run frame, burying any hopes of a green and gold comeback.

Despite the ugly loss, the Athletics return home with some positives in hand. They finished their six-game road swing with a 5-2 record and improved to 8-5 away from home this season, tied for the best road winning percentage in the majors. It is a stark contrast to their struggles at home, where they are just 2-7.

Next up, the Athletics will open a six-game homestand starting Tuesday against the defending champion Texas Rangers. Osvaldo Bido, who has posted a 2.61 ERA in his first four starts, is scheduled to take the ball.

The loss drops the A’s to 10-12 overall.

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.