Sacramento A’s Lawrence Butler swings for a two run home run in the bottom of the third inning off the Seattle M’s starter George Kirby at Sutter Health Park in Seattle on Fri Sep 11, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Harvey:
#1 Sacramento A’s Donavon Walton’s two run walk off home run put the A’s over the top with a 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. Walton getting the home run off M’s reliever Eddie Bazardo.
#2 Earlier in the game the A’s got scoring help in the bottom of the first inning with Jeff McNeil hitting an RBI double scoring Henry Bolte to make 1-0 later in the inning Max Muncy got a infield hit that scored McNiel making it 2-0.
#3 In the third inning Lawrence Butler hit his 14th home run of the season a two run home run off Mariners starter George Kirby as the A’s took a 4-2 lead.
#4 With the score tied 4-4 in the last of the tenth you saw it M’s releiver Eddie Bazardo gave up a cookie and Walton took him deep and the A’s who are on a run having beat the M’s in Seattle three of four and two out of three to the Blue Jays in Sacramento and open this series with the M’s with a 6-5 razor close win.
#5 M’s and A’s go at it again Saturday night first pitch 6:40 pm PDT at Sutter Health Park starters for Seattle RHP Bryce Miller (4-9 ERA 4.22) for Sacramento LHP Jacob Lopez (6-4 ERA 4.78).
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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San Francisco Giants Rafeal Devers (16) is congratulated by teammates at home plate in the fifth inning after hitting a grand slam against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri Sep 11, 2026 (AP News photo)
San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman:
#1 How did Rafael Devers’ grand slam in the fifth inning change the momentum of the game?
#2 What impact did Bryce Eldridge have on the Giants’ offense, and how did his final at-bat against Mason Miller end?
#3 How did Jonah Cox contribute to the Giants’ late-inning comeback attempt?
#4 What went wrong for Giants starting pitcher Anthony Molina during his three innings against the Padres?
#5 How did Yunior Marte help keep the Giants within striking distance after Molina left the game?
Sacramento A’s starter Jeffrey Springs pitches to the Seattle Mariners line up at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Fri Sep 11, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Mauricio Segura
Sacramento A’s game wrap:
Walton Sends the Green and Gold Home Happy in Ten
Sacramento A’s Donovan Walton saved the best swing for last. The Seattle Mariners had taken a 5-4 lead in the top of the 10th when Julio Rodríguez singled home automatic runner Randy Arozarena. Max Muncy then began the bottom half at second base, Michael Stefanic took his place as a pinch-runner, and Walton drove a two-run homer to right field for a 6-5 Athletics walk-off win. Walton finished 3-for-5, and the homer gave him seven this season, already more than the four he hit across his first six major-league seasons combined.
Seattle struck first in the opening inning. J.P. Crawford singled, Arozarena reached on a force out and stole second, and Dominic Canzone moved him to third with a single before Cal Raleigh’s grounder brought him home. The A’s answered immediately. Henry Bolte singled and stole second, Jeff McNeil doubled him home, and Max Muncy’s infield single scored McNeil for a 2-1 lead. Bolte’s steal was his 20th, putting him among only four A’s rookies in the last 39 years to reach 20 in a season.
The Mariners tied it in the second when Josh Naylor singled, Taylor Ward drew a walk and Weston Wilson’s force out scored Naylor. Sacramento answered again in the third. McNeil singled, and Lawrence Butler followed with a two-run homer to right for a 4-2 lead. Butler had been 0-for-15 before the game, three at-bats shy of the longest hitless stretch of his career, and his blast became his 14th homer of the season.
The fourth inning supplied one of the game’s biggest defensive turns. Cole Young tripled to right with one out, then Wilson lifted a fly ball to Butler. The Athletics challenged the play at the plate, and the ruling was overturned, completing a double play from Butler to catcher Jonah Heim and erasing what would have been Seattle’s third run.
Jeffrey Springs made the lead stand through five innings, allowing two runs. In his previous start, also against Seattle, Springs threw seven scoreless innings and ended a 13-game losing streak that had stretched from April into late August. He did not get a decision here, but he left with the Athletics ahead 4-2.
That advantage disappeared in the sixth. Josh Naylor reached on Scott Blewett’s fielding error, and pinch-hitter Lazaro Montes tied the game with a two-run homer to right-center. From there, both teams kept finding traffic without finding the run that would separate them.
Zack Gelof and Butler singled in the seventh before Seattle reliever Seranthony Domínguez escaped. Jonah Heim singled in the eighth, Denzel Clarke ran for him and moved to second on a passed ball, but Henry Bolte grounded out to end the inning. Butler doubled with two outs in the ninth and was stranded.
Seattle finally broke the tie in the tenth. Arozarena began at second, moved to third on Raleigh’s groundout and scored when Rodríguez singled to center. Naylor followed with another single and stole second, but Clarke caught Montes’ liner to center to keep the deficit at one.
That was all Walton needed. Claimed off waivers from the Angels in July, he had already hit six homers in 77 games after totaling four in his first six big-league seasons. His third hit of the game ended it, gave the Athletics their seventh win in nine games and moved them ahead of Seattle 6-5 in the season series.
Game 2 brings a fresh pitching contrast, with Athletics left-hander Gage Jump (6-10, 5.12 ERA, 106 strikeouts) facing Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo (11-9, 4.03 ERA, 158 strikeouts), with first pitch set for 6:40 p.m. Pacific.
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.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
Former San Francisco Giant now with the San Diego Padres Robbie Ray will face his former teammates Fri Sep 11, 2026 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (photo from Instagram)
SF Giants podcast Lincoln Juarez:
#1 Can Logan Webb set the tone for the Giants against a Padres lineup featuring Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill? Webb is coming off a strong outing against St. Louis, striking out eight while allowing one run.
#2 Will Rafael Devers continue to carry the Giants’ offense against San Diego? Devers has been one of San Francisco’s biggest offensive threats, while rookie Bryce Eldridge has also emerged as a key power bat.
#3 Can Bryce Eldridge keep making an impact in the middle of the Giants’ lineup? The rookie has 16 home runs and recently delivered a crucial game-tying hit against St. Louis.
#4 Will Grant McCray’s speed create problems for the Padres? McCray has been one of San Francisco’s standout baserunners as the Giants have emphasized aggressive stealing and taking extra bases.
#5 Can the Giants’ young core—including Shay Whitcomb and Dylan Smith—help them challenge a Padres club still fighting for the postseason? San Francisco has leaned heavily on rookies and newcomers, while San Diego entered the final weeks of the season in the NL wild-card race.
A good look at Melbourne Cricket Ground Stadium in Melbourne who hosted the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams week 1 contest on Thu Sep 10, 2026 (AP News photo)
San Francisco 49ers podcast David Zizmor:
#1 The San Francisco 49ers took control of the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne Australia with quarterback Brock Purdy throwing 24-33 for 205 yards, three touchdowns and one intrerception to open up the season with a 27-7 win.
#2 Talk about the 49ers defense and how much they were able to get to Rams quarterback Matt Stafford who was running out of pocket going 15-25, 155 yards, one interception and no touchdowns.
#3 Talk about how the Rams idea to fly in for the game one day before and then play without getting acclamated to Melborne time as opposed to the 49ers who got there a week earlier?
Sacramento A’s pitcher Hogan Harris pitches into the eighth inning in releif against the Toronto Blue Jays at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Wed Sep 9, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson::
#1 The Sacramento A’s come away with a 2-0 win against the Toronto Blue Jays. The A’s releiver Scott Blewitt picked up the win for Sacramento and was the second pitcher out of five pitchers to combine for a A’s 2-0 shutout.
#2 A’s got key runs one in the bottom of the third on a Henry Bolte home run it was Bolte’s tenth home run of the season and there is no doubt he’s been seeing the ball to get some of those big flies.
#3 A’s starting pitcher Brady Basso pitched four innings allowed three hits, two walks, and struck out four hitters. Great work by Basso setting up the relief duties for Blewitt.
#4 In the bottom of the fourth inning the A’s picked up another run on a wild pitch by Michael Lorenzen when Tommy White scored on a wild pitch that advanced Max Muncy to second and that would be all the scoring for Sacramento got for the afternoon for the win.
#5 It’s the Seattle Mariners Friday night and their looking for revenge after the A’s took three of four from them last week in Seatle. It will be the first of a three game series with Seattle starting RHP George Kirby (9-11 ERA 4.18) and for Sacramento LHP Jefferey Springs (4-13 ERA 6.02) gets the call a 6:40pm first pitch at Sutter Health Park.
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.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer can only hope for a better future as poor decisions and a struggling team have hampered the club all 2026 season long (photo from Axios)
Giants 2026 Season Organizational Failure
That’s Amaury News and Commentary
By Amaury Pi-González
The San Francisco Giants’ failure this season is an organizational failure. I cannot blame a rookie manager who has never played or managed a single game in the minor leagues or the majors for this failure. The team signed Tony Vitello for three years with an option for a fourth season. Personally, I didn’t like the novice manager hire, like a pilot telling passengers, “Buckle your seat belt; this is my first flight, and I’ve never flown before, so wish me good luck”
But it is silly to blame him; the best Jockey in the world cannot win if his horse is limping. I thought the Giants should have given the skipper’s job to Ron Washington, their current infield coach. He has managed before, unlike Vitello, and has a great reputation in the baseball world. This team’s failure rests with the front office and the people who built it. The front office allocated minimal financial resources to upgrade or heavily retool the back end of the bullpen, which proved to be a liability all season long. Nobody wins without a good bullpen; today, the average starter throws between 5 to 6 innings.
The Giants now have offered to pay it’s fans to come to September games as ticket sales have fallen.
Numbers do not lie: The San Francisco Giants have recorded 22 blown saves out of 48 save opportunities, a 54% save success rate, contributing directly to a large portion of their late-game struggles. The Giants are #11 in total payroll among the 30 teams in Major League Baseball. Teams with much smaller payrolls are fighting for a postseason berth. In fact, the Tampa Bay Rays have the #17 payroll, the Chicago White Sox #29, and the Miami Marlins #30. With about 15 games left for most teams, the Rays lead the American League East, the Chicago White Sox lead the American League Central, and the Miami Marlins are in third place behind two powerhouses: the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. I would not be surprised if the Marlins make it as a wild card team. The Marlins won two World Series (1997 and 2003) as a Wild Card.
If money won you anything in baseball, the Mets today should have close to 100 wins, but look at the standings, living around the cellar of the NL East with a Payroll the size of the Pentagon. The Dodgers are also in that group, and with all that talent and bankroll behind them, yes, they are in first place, but teams like Milwaukee and the Cubs, with half those riches, are there contending with a real shot at a World Series. Dodgers Shohei Ohtani’s injuries are hurting the World Champs, but he was back in the lineup on September 7th; he probably will not pitch anymore this season.
.I am old enough to remember how important Major League scouts were to the game, but today front offices are all about Analytics; soon, if not already, AI (Artificial Intelligence) will be running baseball. Why not? They are already running everything else, and Data Centers are on the way. WAR in baseball stands for Wins Above Replacement, an advanced statistic that estimates the total number of wins a player contributes to their team compared to a minor-league replacement player or a free-agent fill-in. About Artificial Intelligence: Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon stated that AI could kill all of humanity by the end of this decade, so by then we will not need a bullpen.
The San Francisco Giants have about a dozen games left this year, and then, like they say in New York, “fuhgeddaboudit”
Jorge Posada, former catcher for the New York Yankees, criticized the modern game as “garbage” and too analytical, arguing that the heavy reliance on numbers has made the sport overly robotic.
The Giants now have offered to pay it’s fans to come to September games as ticket sales have fallen. For any season ticket holder that attended the last series against the St Louis Cardinials they will be offered a credit “equal to 15% of that ticket’s value.” Including a five percent credit as season ticket holders got in the three game series with the Cards which works out to 20%.
Quote: “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer: –Ted Williams.
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 Henry Bolte rounds the bases after slugging his tenth home run of the season off Toronto reliever Michael Lorenzen in the bottom of the third inning for the A’s first run of the game at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Wed Sep 9, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Bridget Mulcahy:
#1 The Sacramento A’s come away with a 2-0 win against the Toronto Blue Jays. A’s releiver Scott Blewitt picked up the win for Sacramento and was the second pitcher out of five pitchers to combine for a A’s 2-0 shutout.
#2 The A’s got key runs one in the bottom of the third on a Henry Bolte home run it was Bolte’s tenth home run of the season and there is no doubt he’s been seeing the ball to get some of those big flies.
#3 A’s starting pitcher Brady Basso pitched four innings allowed three hits, two walks, and struck out four hitters. Great work by Basso setting up the relief duties for Blewitt.
#4 In the bottom of the fourth inning the A’s picked up another run on a wild pitch by Michael Lorenzen when Tommy White scored on a wild pitch that advanced Max Muncy to second and that would be all the scoring for Sacramento got for the afternoon for the win.
#5 It’s the Seattle Mariners Friday night and their looking for revenge after the A’s took three of four from them last week in Seatle. It will be the first of a three game series with Seattle starting RHP George Kirby (9-11 ERA 4.18) and for Sacramento LHP Jefferey Springs (4-13 ERA 6.02) gets the call a 6:40pm first pitch at Sutter Health Park.
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.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
San Francisco Giants Jung Hoo Lee slugs a single in the second inning against the St Louis Cardinals at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Sep 9, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Lincoln Juarez
SAN FRANCISCO – The Giants hoped to continue to play spoiler to the St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday afternoon in the final game of a three-game set. St. Louis dropped the first two games of the series plunging them to 6.0 games back of the Arizona Diamondbacks for the final Wild Card spot in the National League. For the Giants, a sweep of the Cardinals at home would’ve been their first since June 29-July 1, 2001.
A beautiful 80 degree afternoon at Oracle Park began with a 95mph called strike one to Cardinal leadoff hitter Bryan Torres who popped out to Shay Whitcomb at third for the first out of the day. The first of three quick outs to set the Cardinals down in order with the help of another great diving play by Bryce Eldridge at first base to end the inning.
Drew Gilbert leadoff the home first with a line drive up the middle and in the blink of an eye he was testing his luck for two bases. He dove in well ahead of Nathan Church’s throw for a leadoff double. Two batters later, Bryce Eldridge, who extended his on-base streak to 17 games Tuesday night, blooped a base-hit to left field to bring home Gilbert, extending his streak to 18 games. After reaching on a fielder’s choice, Jonah Cox was caught stealing to end the Giants rally in the first with a 1-0 lead.
It was the third time in as many games against the Redbirds the Giants scored in the first inning hoping for the same result from the first two games in which the Giants secured their first series win against St. Louis since sweeping a three-game set at Busch Stadium in 2023.
The one-run lead wouldn’t last as the Cardinals brought a run home on two hits in the top of the second. In the third, the Cardinals added more after an unfortunate sequence of events for Giants’ starter Blade Tidwell. In the process of having Ivan Herrera picked off between first and second base Tidwell was called for interference after running through the baseline, making contact with Herrera, allowing him to advance to second base.
Tidwell then walked Alec Burleson and gave up a 378ft homerun to Leo Bernal putting the St. Louis ahead 4-1. A situation that could’ve been two out with nobody on resulted in Tidwell being visibly frustrated on his way back to the dugout after the three-run inning.
He would only last another full inning, getting pulled in the fifth with the bases loaded from a single, hit-by-pitch, and walk with nobody out. Tidwell’s final line was 4.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K. He was replaced by left-hander Philip Abner, making his Giants debut.
St. Louis was held to just one in the fifth thanks to Abner rolling a double-play on the first pitch he threw. They got one more in the sixth and had a 6-1 lead the rest of the way.
It was a game in which the Giants offense struggled to get anything going past the first inning thanks to Cardinals’ starter Andre Pallante giving up the lone run across 5.0 innings of work. San Francisco was shutout after the first inning until the bottom of the eighth, when Bryce Eldridge came through with his second RBI-hit of the afternoon. It knocked in two to make it a 6-3 Cardinal lead. Jonah Cox followed with a base-hit of his own driving in another run to get the Giants within two.
Edridge stood on second base with Cox at first and Jung Hoo Lee in the box with two out. Jung Hoo lined a double off the brick wall in right bringing home both Eldridge and Cox, who shared a long, celebratory hug after Cox scored. On the next pitch Shay Whitcomb, who had been great all day defensively, smacked one to centerfield also off the wall to trade places with Jung Hoo Lee. The Giants came all the way back and had a 7-6 lead.
As the Oracle Park crowd gave a standing ovation to the Giants offense at the end of the eighth inning, Trent Harris made the trek to the mound to close out a Giants comeback win. Jose Fermin leadoff the ninth with a single on the first pitch prompting the Cardinals to pinch-hit with the Homerun Derby champion, Jordan Walker. Walker rolled into 6-4-3 double-play and one pitch later Trent Harris got his first career big-league save and Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson earned his first career win courtesy of the Giants’ eighth inning comeback.
St. Louis could not avoid the sweep heading into their nine-game homestand, their final of the season, where the final three games of the Giants, Cardinals season series will be played next Monday through Wednesday. The Cardinals look to make one last run at the final National League Wild Card spot with 15 games remaining.
The Giants swept a team in 2026 in three consecutive days for the first time, they won all three games in their road series against the Atlanta Braves but the final game of that series was over two months after the first two.
Tony Vitello and his squad of young prospects will welcome the San Diego Padres to town for a three-game series beginning Friday night at 7:15pm, hoping to spoil more playoff hopes. The Padres, another team trying to overcome the Diamondbacks for the final Wild Card spot.
Starters for Friday for San Diego LHP Robbie Ray (11-8 ERA 3.38) for San Francisco RHP Anthony Molina (3-0 ERA 2.79) first pitch 7:15pm PDT.
WEST SACRAMENTO–With the mercury close to 100 degrees throughout the duration of today’s series ending showdown, Henry Bolte needed one swing to give the Athletics a lead, and a five-man pitching relay made sure it held. Bolte launched a solo homer to left-center in the third inning, Tommy White scored on a wild pitch in the fourth, and the A’s shut out Toronto 2-0 to take two of three in the series.
Brady Basso set the tone with four scoreless innings in his sixth start of the season. The left-hander allowed three hits, walked two and struck out four, repeatedly escaping before Toronto could cash in. His biggest jam surfaced in the fourth, when Alejandro Kirk singled and Ernie Clement later moved him to third with two outs. Basso ended the threat by striking out Brandon Valenzuela, preserving a scoreless game and handing the offense a chance to move first. Basso had worked as both an opener and reliever throughout the season, making this another short-start assignment rather than a traditional turn through the rotation.
Bolte did exactly that in the bottom of the third. Facing Michael Lorenzen, the 22-year-old drove a fly ball over the wall in left-center for his 10th home run of the season. The blast continued a September surge that had already seen Bolte bat .367 with three homers, six RBI, eight walks and five stolen bases through his first eight games of the month. He also began the day with 19 steals, the most by an A’s player age 22 or younger since Rickey Henderson stole 56 in 1981.
The Athletics added their second run without needing another extra-base hit. White singled to right in the fourth and Max Muncy followed with a single to left, moving White to third. Lorenzen then bounced a wild pitch that brought White home and moved Muncy to second. Donovan Walton sent a fly ball to right that pushed Muncy to third, but Toronto kept the margin at 2-0.
That small cushion turned into a bullpen assignment, and Scott Blewett handled the most dangerous part of it. Brett Bateman doubled with one out in the fifth, and pinch-hitter Nathan Lukes followed with an infield single that put runners at the corners. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. then hit a grounder back to Blewett, who started a 1-4-3 double play with Walton and White to end the inning. In the sixth, Kirk drew a leadoff walk before Kazuma Okamoto bounced into another double play, this one started by Zack Gelof at third.
Luis Medina took the seventh and struck out Valenzuela and pinch-hitter Josh Smith after retiring Clement on a ground ball. Hogan Harris followed with a perfect eighth, getting Bateman, George Springer and Guerrero in order. Elvis Alvarado finished the ninth, striking out Kirk and Okamoto before Andrés Giménez singled. Clement then flied out to right, ending Toronto’s final chance.
The A’s offense produced only four hits, with Muncy collecting two of them, but it was enough because Toronto never crossed the plate. That made the result even more striking considering the Athletics had batted only .167 through their first five games against the Blue Jays this season. They finished the season series 2-4 against Toronto, but both victories were in this three-game set.
The pitching performance also extended a better stretch for an Athletics bullpen that had allowed one earned run or fewer in 14 of its previous 19 games. Blewett, Medina, Harris and Alvarado combined for five scoreless innings after Basso’s four, giving the A’s nine consecutive scoreless innings against a Toronto lineup that had scored four times the previous game.
After Thursday’s off day, the A’s turn to Jeffrey Springs (4-13, 6.02 ERA, 104 K) against Seattle, which is expected to counter with George Kirby (9-11, 4.18 ERA, 133 K), with first pitch scheduled for 6:40 p.m. Pacific.
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.
