Shortstop Taylor Walls #6 of the Tampa Bay Rays turns a double play against the San Francisco Giants at Tropicana Field on May 03, 2026 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Calvin Hernandez/Getty Images)
San Francisco Giants podcast Lincoln Juarez:
#1 How did the pitching matchup between Tyler Mahle and Steven Matz influence the pace and outcome of the game at Tropicana Field?
#2 What were the key moments that allowed the Tampa Bay Rays to secure a 2–1 walk-off victory in extra innings?
#3 How did Jonathan Aranda’s performance (including his 4-hit game) impact the final result for Tampa Bay?
#4 In what ways did the Giants struggle offensively during this game and the broader road trip leading up to it?
#5 How did small-ball tactics—like bunts and situational hitting—help the Rays tie the game late and eventually win?
Lincoln Juarez filled in for Marko Ukalovic. Lincoln does the Giants podcasts Fridays and Marko regularly does the Giants podcast each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
Sacramento A’s pitcher Aaron Civale delivers a pitch agaianst the Cleveland Guardians line up at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Sun May 3, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason:
#1 The first two games of the Sacramento A’s series with the Cleveland Guardians was really disappointing as the teams fights to hand to stay in first place. Game three was a critical one to avoid getting swept.
2. Unlike game Saturday’s game the A’s got hits but did not leave runners stranded instead cashed in on them for the 7-1 win.
3. The A’s really spread out their hits with eight different players making contact which included three home runs.
4. Jeff McNeil proved to be the straw that broke the camel’s back with a critical hit in the sixth. That combined with some great work on the mound from Aaron Civale equaled a great win for the Athletics.
5.The A’s head out on the road for six games, they have Monday off and open a three game series with the Philadelphia Phillies which gets underway on Tuesday evening.
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Cleveland Guardians Travis Bazzana slides safely into second base and Sacramento A’s shortstop applies the tag too late at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Sun May 3, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Daniel Dullum:
#1 Colby Thomas, Zack Gelof, Tyler Soderstrom homered to help the Sacramento A’s defeat the Cleveland Guardians 7-1 at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento and avoid getting swept.
#2 For Thomas a great way to start his home run count for 2026 hitting his first big fly of the season off Cleveland rookie pitcher Parker Messick to help the A’s take a 1-0 lead.
#3 For Messick he faced nine A’s hitters in a row and retiring each one until Gelof and Soderstrom came up and hit back to back home runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
#4 The A’s got singles from Darell Hernaiz, Jeff McNeil, and Brent Rooker and picked up another run to make it 4-1. The A’s success this year has been their hitting if their on they win ball games.
#5 The A’s open a three game series in Philadelphia on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Ballpark against the Philadelphia Phillies. The A’s will start right hand pitcher Luis Severino (2-2 ERA 4.46) the Phllies have not announced a starter yet.
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Pittsburgh Pirates Connor Griffin slides into third base after hitting a triple against the Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brock Burke at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Sat May 2, 2026 (AP News photo)
MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:
#1 How significant is the Pittsburgh Pirates tying an MLB record with seven consecutive walks in one inning, and what does it reveal about both their offensive patience and the Cincinnati Reds pitching struggles?
#2 What has fueled the early success of the Philadelphia Phillies under interim manager Don Mattingly, and can this momentum be sustained over a longer stretch of the season?
#3 With Boston Red Sox fans publicly protesting ownership and leadership decisions, how much influence can fan sentiment realistically have on organizational change in MLB?
#4 Why are big-spending teams like the New York Mets struggling so heavily early in the season, and what factors separate them from division leaders like the Atlanta Braves?
#5 What do recent standout performances—like Shōta Imanaga’s dominant pitching and Ian Happ’s offensive surge—suggest about the Chicago Cubs’ chances of maintaining their strong run?
Jose E Felciano (pictured) and Kwanza Jones (not pictured) are the new owners of the San Diego Padres. The sale set an all time record for a MLB franchise at $3.9 billion (Getty photo)
That’s Amaury News and Commentary:
On May 2, 2026 the San Diego Padres reached an agreement to sell controlling ownership to an investment group led by José E.Feliciano and Kwanza Jones. The deal was a record 3.9 billion.
Still have to be approved by Major League Baseball.Kwanza Jones is an American artist, investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, and her husband is José E. Feliciano. Feliciano is not the Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano, who is 80 years old, and whose biggest hits were “Felíz Navidad” and “Chico and the Man”.
The San Diego Padres have won two pennants and played in the World Series in 1984 and 1998, losing both times. Before the Padres, the Baltimore Orioles were the last franchise to be sold in MLB, sold in 2024 for $.1.725 The San Diego Padres will visit the slumping San Francisco Giants for the first time this season on May 4, 5, 6 for a three-game series at Oracle Park.
Quote: “The return on investments from purchasing franchises is below the stock market.” — Rob Manfred, MLB Commissioner
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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Sacramento A’s Zack Gelof (20) is greeted at home plate by Tyler Soderstrom (21) in the bottom of the fifth inning at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Sun May 3, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Mauricio Segura
After two frustrating days against the Cleveland Guardians, the Sacramento Athletics finally found the right answer Sunday afternoon at home: hitting balls over the fence, keep the line moving, and let Aaron Civale handle the rest.
The A’s came in having lost the first two games of the series and carrying a rough recent history against the Guardians, a team that had given them more headaches than a failing umpire microphone during an ABS challenge. They also entered the day still clinging to first place in the American League West, making this 7-1 win feel less like just another early May game and more like a badly needed deep breath. With the win the A’s remain 1.5 games up in first place in the AL West.
Civale had to work right away. Cleveland put two runners on in the first when Chase DeLauter and Kyle Manzardo each singled, but Civale escaped by getting José Ramírez to fly out and Daniel Schneemann looking at strike three. In the second, Travis Bazzana singled, stole second, and reached third on a groundout, but again Civale closed the door. Those early innings mattered because Cleveland had chances to change the mood of the afternoon before the A’s even got comfortable.
Instead, Colby Thomas woke up the ballpark in the bottom of the second. With one swing, he drove a fly ball to left-center for his first home run of the season, giving the Athletics a 1-0 lead and giving the afternoon its first real jolt. It was the kind of swing that does not just put a run on the board. It tells the dugout, “All right, boys, we are not spending this Sunday waiting around.”
Cleveland answered in the fifth when DeLauter launched his sixth homer of the year to left field, tying the game at 1-1. That could have been the moment the Guardians started dragging the A’s back into familiar trouble. Civale had already spent much of the day dodging Cleveland traffic, and Ramírez followed the homer with a walk. But Austin Wynns helped flip the inning by throwing out Ramírez trying to steal second, and Civale finished the frame without any more damage.
Then the A’s took the game by the throat in the bottom half. Zack Gelof opened the fifth with his second home run of the season, a fly ball to left that pushed the Athletics back in front. Before Cleveland could even sit with that, Tyler Soderstrom followed with his fourth homer, sending a drive to right-center and stretching the lead to 3-1. The back-to-back blasts changed everything. What had been a tight game suddenly had the snap and swagger of a team tired of being pushed around.
The Athletics were not finished. Darell Hernaiz singled, Jeff McNeil followed with a hit to right, and Jacob Wilson kept the inning alive with a forceout that moved Hernaiz to third. Brent Rooker, continuing to climb out of a cold stretch after returning from the injured list, then beat out a ground-ball single to shortstop that scored Hernaiz and made it 4-1. It was not the prettiest RBI of Rooker’s career, but it counted just the same. Baseball does not ask whether the run wore a tuxedo.
The knockout punch came in the sixth. Gelof walked, Soderstrom singled, and Wynns drew a walk to load the bases. After Hernaiz flew out, McNeil stepped in and delivered the swing that broke Cleveland’s afternoon in half. His sharp double to right cleared the bases, scoring Gelof, Soderstrom, and Wynns to make it 7-1. McNeil entered the day swinging a hot bat, and this was the kind of veteran plate appearance that turns a comfortable lead into a padded chair.
Civale finished with six strong innings, allowing one run while scattering Cleveland’s threats and giving the A’s exactly what they needed after their pitching staff had been roughed up in the first two games of the series. Justin Sterner, Mark Leiter Jr., and Joel Kuhnel handled the final three innings, with Leiter striking out two in a clean eighth and Kuhnel finishing the ninth after a brief injury delay.
By the end, the A’s had ten hits, three home runs, and a game that felt refreshingly orderly after Cleveland had spent the series making life miserable. Thomas supplied the early spark, Gelof and Soderstrom turned the fifth into a fireworks show, McNeil delivered the big swing, and Civale made sure the Guardians never built anything larger than a threat.
The A’s hop on a plane Sunday night for Philadelphia, with a day off Monday so everyone can pose for selfies on the Rocky steps while wiping cheesesteak grease from their fingers. Then Tuesday, Luis Severino (2-2 / 4.46 ERA / 40k) takes the mound at 3:40 p.m. Pacific Time against a Phillies starter yet to be named.
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.
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San Francisco Giants Rafael Devers (right) flexes after hitting a double against the Tampa Bay Rays and second baseman Ben Williamson (left) at the Tropcana in Tampa Bay on Sun May 3, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Barbara Mason
Despite leading 1-0 going into the ninth inning, the San Francisco Giants (13-21) were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays (21-12) 2-1. This marked their sixth loss in a row and their second sweep in a row for the Giants.
Game recap: The Giants offense continues to sputter and despite some pretty good pitching and defense Sunday San Francisco has a huge offensive hurdle to get over as they head home for their next series Monday night. They did hit four doubles in Sunday’s game but they cannot string hits together as the Giants saw throughout this entire road trip.
The Giants got after it early scoring a run in the first inning. Rafael Devers doubled followed by a Casey Schmitt single that drove Devers home for the first run of the game and a 1-0 lead. This is the first time San Francisco has led in this series and they will be looking for some insurance runs. Unfortunately as this game progressed those insurance runs were nowhere to be found.
San Francisco was having some improved offensive with the two runners on base in the first inning, two runners on base in the third inning but that would be it for the Giants. They would either go three and out or a single here or a double there but they were not stringing hits together. Both teams were actually struggling offensively. Through seven innings five hits for the Giants and five for the Rays.
The 1-0 San Francisco lead held through eight innings. The Giant’s starting pitcher Tyler Mahle went 5.1 innings allowing four hits, no runs, one walk and five strikeouts. He was relieved in the sixth inning by Matt Gage who closed out the sixth.
Gage was relieved by Keaton Winn in the seventh inning. Ryan Walker took the mound in the eighth inning. So far the Giants had kept the Rays off the scoreboard but the 1-0 lead was far too close for comfort.
Walker got into a bit of a jam in the eighth inning. He walked Junior Caminaro followed by a Jonathan Aranda single and the Rays had runners at first and third. Ryan Vilade bunted, Caminaro scored and this game was tied going into the ninth inning. San Francisco was going to need some more offense.
Luis Arraez, Chapman and Adames would lead off the ninth inning. It did not go well with Arraez grounding out, Chapman fouling out and Adames striking out. The San Francisco defensive needed to step up and avoid a Tampa Bay walk-off.
There had been no home runs in this game so Tampa Bay was a hit away from winning the series. The Giant’s Caleb Kilian took the mound looking to extend this game into the tenth inning. Kilian got through the inning sending this game into extra innings and San Francisco had another chance to salvage this game.
The Giants went three and out in the top of the tenth going on to face some of the big Tampa Bay hitters. Kilian remained in the game facing Junior Caminero, Jonathan Aranda and Ryan Vilade. Caminero was intentionally walked and then disaster hit. Aranda singled Simpson home for the 2-1 walk-off win. San Francisco had lost six games in a row and suffered their second sweep in a row.
Game notes: It has been a forgettable road trip for the Giants getting swept by the Phillies followed by getting swept by the Rays. Sunday they finish up the series and just couldn’t avoid a second sweep in a row. This road trip has been plagued by poor offense pure and simple.
It has not been a happy time for the Giants. Seeing Matt Chapman going 2 for 21 from the plate is just crazy. Willy Adames former leadoff batter now batting sixth. There have been numerous roster changes trying to shake things up to no avail so far.
All of that aside, the Giants just wanted to get back in the win column Sunday but couldn’t hold in the bottom of the ninth inning to avoid the sweep and move on to their next series at home with the San Diego Padres on Monday. San Francisco starter Tyler Mahle went 5.1 innings allowed four hits, one walk and five strike outs. For Tampa Bay starter Steven Matz six innings, four hits, one earned run, two walks, and a strike out.
It had been a torturous road trip for the Giants and more then anything the Giants just want to turn their circumstances around. On this road trip they had an average 1.5 runs per game, no home ruins, they were shut out twice and they did get runners on base but continually left them stranded.
On top of that they put immense pressure on their pitchers. A lot to repair and it all comes down to the offense. It will be a quiet flight home for the Giants as they start another series Monday night at Oracle Park with the San Diego Padres.
The Giants starter RHP Trevor McDonald (0-0 ERA 0.00) will take the mound Monday night. The Padres will start Randy Vasquez who has a 3-0 win/loss record and a 2.94 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 6:45 PM.
Sacramento A’s Brent Rooker slides into home plate safely in the bottom of the fourth in the second game of a three game series against the Cleveland Guardians at Sutter Health Park on Sat May 2, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Mauricio Segura
WEST SACRAMENTO–The Sacramento Athletics looked ready to punch the Cleveland Guardians first and keep swinging from the starting gate Saturday, that didn’t happen as Guardians manager Stephen Vogt and his group of Guardians poured it on the A’s in a 14-6 decison at Sutter Health Park on Saturday.
Jacob Lopez opened with a clean first, getting Steven Kwan to pop out, Angel Martínez to fly out, and José Ramírez to line out. Then the A’s offense walked in like it had somewhere better to be. Nick Kurtz started the bottom of the first with a ground-ball single to center, and Shea Langeliers followed with the loudest possible hello, launching his ninth home run of the season to center field for a quick 2-0 lead.
That early blast fit the way Langeliers has been swinging lately. He entered the day tied with Jacob Wilson for the most multi-hit games in the majors and had been one of the hottest bats on the roster. The A’s also came in sitting atop the AL West for a sixth straight day, carrying the kind of early-season confidence that can make a ballpark feel a little louder than the attendance number.
But Cleveland has been a thorn in the Green and Gold’s side for years, and Saturday became another reminder that the Guardians do not usually need an engraved invitation to make a mess. Austin Hedges cut the lead to 2-1 in the third with his first homer of the season, but the A’s answered in the fourth when Brent Rooker singled, Jacob Wilson beat out a ball to the pitcher, and Jeff McNeil drove in Rooker on a grounder to left after the Athletics successfully challenged the tag play. That made it 3-1, and for a moment, the A’s had the game in their hands.
Then the fifth inning arrived wearing muddy boots.
Hedges opened with a double, and after Brayan Rocchio lined out, Kwan singled him home. Martínez followed with another single, and Ramírez did what stars do when the door is cracked open. He drove a two-run double to center, turning a 3-2 A’s lead into a 4-3 Cleveland advantage. Ramírez then stole third and scored on Rhys Hoskins’ sacrifice fly, capping a four-run inning that flipped the entire afternoon.
Langeliers tried to drag the A’s back into it by himself, crushing his second homer of the game in the bottom of the fifth, this one a line drive to left-center for his tenth of the season. The blast pulled the Athletics within 5-4 and gave him three RBIs on the day. But every time the A’s found a spark, Cleveland came back with a bucket of water and a bigger match. David Fry opened the sixth with a solo homer to left, pushing the Guardians ahead 6-4.
The A’s still had one more honest push. Carlos Cortes singled to begin the sixth, Wilson ripped a double to center, and McNeil brought Cortes home with a sacrifice fly to make it 6-5. Lawrence Butler walked, putting runners at the corners with one out, but the rally died when Darell Hernaiz popped out and catcher Austin Hedges picked Butler off first. That play felt like a trapdoor opening under the inning.
From there, the game got away fast. In the seventh, Cleveland loaded the bases against Scott Barlow and Hogan Harris, then Fry walked to force in a run. Travis Bazzana followed with a two-run single to center, stretching the lead to 9-5. In the eighth, Kyle Manzardo came off the bench and hammered a three-run homer to right-center after two walks and a wild pitch, turning a close game into a 12-5 runaway.
The Athletics did scratch across one more run in the eighth when Cortes, McNeil, and Butler reached, and Kurtz punched a ground-ball single to right to score Cortes. Kurtz finished with two hits, but his Athletics-record walk streak ended at 20 games. That was a small historical footnote in a game that had much bigger problems.
Cleveland added two more in the ninth on a Rocchio RBI single and Kwan’s run-scoring double play grounder. Hedges finished with a homer, two doubles, and several fingerprints all over the game, while Ramírez, Bazzana, and Manzardo supplied the damage that buried the A’s. Langeliers gave Sacramento the thunder early, but the Guardians brought the storm late.
Starting pitchers to conclude the three game series on Sunday: For Cleveland LHP Parker Messick (3-0 ERA 1.73) for West Sacramento RHP Aaron Civale (2-1 ERA 3.23) first pitch 1:05pm PDT.
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.
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Tampa Bay second baseman Richie Palacios (left) tags out San Francisco Giants baserunner Casey Schimtt (10) attempting to steal second base at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay on Sat May 2, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Barbara Mason
The San Francisco Giants (13-20) lost a second game in their series to the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1.The Giants will be looking to avoid a second sweep in a row Sunday in game three of the three game set in Tampa Bay.
No matter how you look at it, nothing is working for the Giants right now. It’s a hot mess, the answers are slow to come and it’s just pure frustration for San Francisco. They have been moving the starting line ups around trying to right the ship. Nothing seems to be working for San Francisco.
Game recap: The first three innings were scoreless neither team able to generate much offense. The Giants had a single in the first, three and out in the second and a walk in the third inning but not much else. The Rays had much the same with a single in the first, a three and out in the second and a single in the third.
San Francisco had a fourth inning single but the Rays showed some signs of turning things around. Tampa Bay hit a couple of singles (Junior Caminero and Jonathan Aranda) and with the two runners on base, Jake Fraley singled, their third of the inning, driving Caminero home for the first run of the game taking a 1-0 lead.
The Giants had another quiet inning with a Drew Gilbert single in the fifth but that would be all. The game then went into a very long bottom of the fifth that saw the Giants load the bases. Giants pitcher Landon Roupp walked two runners and allowed a double and two singles.
The Rays Hunter Feduccia doubled to start the bottom of the inning followed by a Taylor Walls walk. Chandler Simpson successfully bunted loading the bases. Cedric Mullins also walked and the Rays had a second run now leading 2-0.
Jonathan Aranda singled driving Simpson and Walls home extending the Rays lead out to 4-0. The Giants then brought in Matt Gage to relieve Roupp. He did give up a walk but got out of the inning.
San Francisco finally got on the scoreboard in the sixth inning. Luis Arraez doubled and Rafael Devers also doubled driving Arraez home and the Giants had their first run of the game.
That would be the only run but the San Francisco offense finally had a two hit inning a good sign that things may be turning around for the Giants in this game. The Rays went three and out in the bottom of the inning more good news but it was late in the game and San Francisco needed to make a move. Ryan Borucki relieved Gage in the sixth inning. Gage allowed no runs and no hits and only one walk.
Just when it looked like things were turning around, the Giants struggled through the top of the seventh inning. They had a Heliot Ramos single but not much else. The Giants had a pitching change in the bottom of the seventh inning; Gregory Santos came in to relieve Borucki who finished with no hits, no runs and no walks. Santos got out of the inning and it was onto the eighth.
Arraez had his third hit of the game in the top of the eighth but that would be the only hit for the Giants in the inning. It was just more of the same for San Francisco. The Rays scored an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth driving their lead to 5-1. Jonny DeLuca who had doubled scored on a throwing error.
The Giants were down to their final three outs in the game. Casey Legumina would take the mound looking to close out this game for the Rays. Matt Chapman would strike out, Willy Adames lined out and Ramos ground out and that was the ball game. The Giants had lost their fifth game in a row their longest drought this season. The final was 5-1.
It was just more of the same for San Francisco. They had only scored one run in this entire series. Frustration abounds and just when it looked as if things were turning around with three series wins in a row it all unraveled. We can see why it is happening but turning it around is really tough to figure out. San Francisco has been through this before last season although it happened much later in the season.
Giant post game notes: Saturday evening the Giants took on the Rays in game two of their three game series. San Francisco is in deep trouble offensively unable to generate hits let alone runs. A quandary considering the roster. They have some outstanding players on this team and so it is a real mystery.
The bottom line is that this team somehow has to get going offensively. So easy to say but far more difficult to actually do. The Giants Chung Hoo Lee hit in top the batting order in an effort to shake things up trying to determine what is going to gets things turned around Lee went 0-4 without a basehit. The team desperately needs their offense to heat up.
The Giants will get one last chance Sunday to avoid a second sweep in a row. Tyler Mahle will take the mound with a 1-4 win/loss record and a 5.87 ERA. The Rays will start Steven Matz. He has a 4-1 win/loss record with a 4.31 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 10:40 AM.
Former Oakland A’s owner Lew Wolf is the subject of commentary regarding his book and his saying that the San Francisco Giants played a role in forcing the A’s to move out of Oakland (SF Gate file photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Harvey:
#1 What specific claims does Lew Wolff make in his book about the role of the San Francisco Giants in blocking or influencing the Oakland A’s stadium plans?
#2 According to Wolff, what actions by the Giants allegedly contributed to delaying or derailing a new ballpark for the Oakland Athletics in Oakland?
#3 How does Wolff describe the relationship between the Giants’ ownership and MLB leadership during the period when the Athletics were seeking a new stadium?
#4 What legal, territorial, or political mechanisms does Wolff claim the Giants used to maintain market control in the Bay Area from the economics side of it wouldn’t it been benefical for the Giants having the A’s in Oakland it would have built a strong baseball market?
#5 How do critics respond to Wolff’s assertion that the Giants were “responsible” for the Athletics’ eventual relocation decisions, and what alternative explanations do they offer?
#6 Tony, you were at Sutter Health earlier Saturday where Cleveland Guardians won in an offensive contest 14-6 loss for the Sacramento A’s. This is Cleveland’s second win against the A’s 14-6. Former A’s catcher Stephen Vogt has done a spectacular job managing this Cleveland team.
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.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
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Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
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