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Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson: A’s host Detroit Tigers series for last time at Oakland tonight

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Oakland A’s Brent Rooker (25) slugs a ninth inning two run homer as the Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh looks on at the Oakland Coliseum on Fri Sep 6, 2024 (AP News photo)

On Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 The Oakland A’s (61-80) lost game four in their series with the Seattle Mariners (71-70) 6-4 on Thursday but they did split the series winning two walk offs in games one and two. 

#2 Brent Rooker had a couple of home runs giving him a 35 home run season so far and he is sure to add to that total before it is all said and done. 

#3 The M’s Cal Raleigh hit a two home run which contributed to the split in first inning. Raleigh also hit a fifth inning sacrifice fly in the final visit for the Mariners to Oakland.

#4 Not to mention a number of people during this past homestand became emotional as the A’s will be packing up after the next homestand when they prepare to leave for Sacramento. No exception was Seattle starting pitcher Bryan Woo who was raised near the Oakland Coliseum and grew up watching A’s baseball and started the very last Mariners game in Oakland.

#5 The Detroit Tigers are in Oakland for their last Oakland appearance leaving lots of memories of some great Detroit Tigers from years past such as, Denny McLain, Mickey Lolich, Norm Cash, Al Kaline, Willie Horton, who could forget Mark the Bird Fydrich and of course former Oakland Athletic now Tigers manager AJ Hinch to name a few?

Jeremiah Salmonson does the Oakland A’s podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s Split Series With Seattle – Losing Game Four 6-4

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Seattle Mariners Cal Raleigh (right) connects for a two run homer in front of Oakland A’s catcher Kyle McCann (left) at the Oakland Coliseum on Thu Sep 5, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Oakland A’s (61-80) lost game four in their series with the Seattle Mariners (71-70) 6-4 but they did split the series winning two walk offs in games one and two. Seattle took a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the third before Oakland got on the board.

Seattle did just enough to stay a few runs ahead of the A’s and finished with the win. Brent Rooker had a couple of home runs giving him a 35 home run season so far and he is sure to add to that total before it is all said and done. He continues to push that total every time he steps up to the plate.

Game recap: After Wednesday night’s 16-3 beat down, the A’s couldn’t stop Seattle’s early offensive scoring in Thursday’s game. The game plan did not go as planned when the Mariners got on top from the get go.

The M’s scored in the first and third innings taking a 3-0 lead. Cal Raleigh got the party started in the first inning with a two run home run giving Seattle the early 2-0 lead. (He would go on to add a sacrifice in the fifth inning) In the third inning the Mariners Julio Rodriguez had the teams second home run of the game, a solo shot giving Seattle the 3-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third inning, the A’s got up on the board when Seth Brown sacrificed driving Jacob Wilson across home plate. Oakland was on the board but had some work to do trailing 3-1.

Oakland pitcher Joey Estes went four innings in the game. He has been struggling losing three of his last four outings. He allowed four runs on six hits over the four innings. At this point manager Mark Kotsay turned to his bullpen and Estes was relieved by T.J. McFarland who closed out the fifth inning allowing only only one hit and no runs.

In the fifth inning, the Mariners would add to their score when Cal Raleigh hit a sacrifice driving Victor Robles home now leading 4-1. Oakland would also score a run in the fifth inning off a 385 feet home run from Brent Rooker. With this shot Rooker upped his season total to 34 home runs. The way this guy operates; he would be looking for more as this game went into the latter innings.

Neither team would score in the next three innings but in the ninth inning, Seattle hit pay dirt again with a two run home run from first baseman Luke Raley giving the Mariners a 6-2 lead. Oakland really had their work cut out for them in the bottom of the ninth.

With two outs and the game on the line, Brent Rooker hit his second home run of the game with Lawrence Butler on base after walking. JJ Bleday would strike out and that was the ball game 6-4.

The Athletics scored twp runs on the Rooker long ball but just came up short in a valiant effort. The Rooker home run was his 35th of the season.

Oakland had ten hits in this game with all but one player contributing at least a hit. Seattle’s Cal Raleigh was the culprit in this game with his homer and sacrifice pushing the Mariners onto the win splitting the series.

This game would be the Mariners final visit to the Oakland Coliseum. With this win the Mariners are 4 1/2 games behind the division leading Houston Astros.

While it was tough to end up with only a split in the series the way the A’s have been hitting the long ball all season they sure do have a lot to be proud of. They have crushed the ball out of the park 22 times in their last ten games and they have 181 home runs overall with more to come no doubt before this season comes to an end.

Game notes: Thursday afternoon, the A’s split in a series losing to the Mariners in game four of their series. The Mariners evened up this series with an Thursday afternoon win. The A’s starter Joey Estes pitched four innings, allowed six hits, four earned runs, and struck out three. The M’s Bryan Woo is no stranger to the Bay Area growing up in nearby Alameda. He pitched five innings, giving up eight hits, two earned runs, and struck out six.

The A’s will remain at home for their next series with the Detroit Tigers which begins Friday night with first pitch scheduled for 6:40 PM PT. Mitch Spence will take the mound for Oakland with a 7-9 win/loss record and a 4.50 ERA. The A’s offense will be facing a tough one in Tarik Skubal who comes in with a 16-4 win/loss record and a 2.51 ERA.

Seven run seventh buries A’s; Mariners have no mercy in 16-3 win at Coliseum

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Oakland A’s Max Schuemann hangs his head after striking out in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at the Oakland Coliseum on Wed Sep 4, 2024 (AP News photo)

Seattle (70-70). 020 300 740. 16 16 0

Athletics (61-79). 100 001 100. 3. 7 0

Time: 2:47

Attendance: 4,390

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Oakland, CA

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–It was a warm Wednesday evening when play began at Coliseum at 6:40 this evening, and the current occupants of that crumbling stately edifice still were feeling the warmth of their walk off triumph over the visiting Seattle Mariners the night before. The Mariners show no mercy clobbering the A’s 16-3 in the third game of this four game series.

Although the temperature and the A’s performance swifty cooled down after the green and gold had jumped off to a one run lead in their first turn at bat, the result was a massacre, with the departing A’s on the short end of a pestiferous 16- stick. .

Lawrence Butler got things going for the Athletics with a lead off double. It was his ninth straight game with at least one extra base hit, a franchise record. It also extended his hitting streak to 14.Brent Rooker drove Butler in with a single, giving the A’s a 1-0 lead, and, after JJ Bleday and Sean Langeiers struck out, got thrown out trying to steal second.

It was all downhill for the Athletics after that. Seattle’s starter, George Kirby, their first round draft choice in 2019, followed his back to back strikeouts by retiring the next nine batters he faced, five by the strikeout route, before Seth Brown and Zack Gelf touched him for a single and double, respectively, to open the bottom of the fifth.

They died on base. Brent Rooker beat out a grounder to short with one down in the sixth and scored on JJ Bleday’s scorching line drive double to right to give the A’s their second run. The third and final tally for the green and gold came in the seventh on a walk to Zack Gelof, a double by Tristan Grey, his first hit of the year, and an RBI groundout. by Max Schuermann.

Kirby stayed in the game for six innings and got the win, improving his record 11-10, 3.61. The two runs he allowed were earned and came on six hits. Kirby’s nine Ks came unaccompanied by any walks. 58 of his 85 offerings were counted as strikes. JT Chargois allowed a run, earned, in his 2/3 of an inning, Tayler Saucedo struck out the only batter he faced, and Eduard Bazardo and Jhonathan Díaz eached pitched a scoreless frame.

The M’s got to JP Sears, who came to work at 11-9, 4.21,, for a couple of runs in the second on a hit batter, a walk, and a two RBI double by Mitch Garver. They roughed him up in the fourth, plating three more tallies on a two out down the left field line double by Victor Robles, an RBI single to center by Mitch Garver, an RBI double to center off the bat of Luis Urías, and Dylan Moore’s single to right.

In the six innings Sears lasted he gave up five runs, all earned, on as many. hits, and a walk. He also hit one batter and struck out five. He threw 94 pitches to the 26 Mariners he faced, took the loss, and went home 11-10. 4.34.

Sears didn’t come out for the seventh, lifted in favor of Jason Junk, who was making his Athletics debut. The unfortunately surnamed right hander pitched an ugly seventh frame that included a leadoff home run by Luis Urías, a couple of doubles, three singles, and three walks, without an out having been recorded.

I’m not enough of a sadist to inflict a description of what the Mariners did to Junk in his painful stint on the hill; the numbers speak for themselves. four Ross Stripling finally got the required three outs, although his performance in the continuing debacle did nothing to aussage the ignominy of the Athletics’ annihilation.

Two of the runs charged to Junk were inherited by Stripling, who ended up with three innings to his credit, in which he was charged with four earned runs on five hits and a walk.

Maybe the game scheduled to start at 12:37 Thursday afternoon, will restore some of the A’s tattered dignity. Seattle will send Bryan Woo (6-2, 2.30) against them. Mark Kotsay hasn’t yet announced who will take the mound for the Athletics.

A’s win second straight walk off game; Seth Brown sends Oakland home with RBI single in 3-2 win over Seattle

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Oakland A’s Seth Brown slugs a ninth inning RBI single that scored the winning run against the Seattle Mariners at the Oakland Coliseum on Tue Sep 3, 2024 (AP News photo)

Seattle (69-70). 200 000 000 2 5 0

Athletics (61-78). 100 100 001. 3.6 0

Time: 2:15

Attendance: 3,924

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Oakland CA

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–The 80 degree game time temperature before Tuesday night’s encounter between the Seattle Mariners and the betwixt and between Athletics this balmy Tuesday evening was an invitation to a slug fest.

For one brief inning it looked like the teams had accepted the invitation, but then their pitchers stepped up and showed that, Tuesday night at least, good pitching could beat good hitting. The result was a 3-2 walk off win by the Athletics on Seth Brown’s full count single to right center in the bottom of the ninth.

The Mariners started the scoring with their first two batters. JP Crawford led off with a single to right center and advanced to third on a double to left by Julio Rodríguez. Both of them scored on Cal Raleigh’s two bagger to right center. A’s starter JT Ginn settled down after that and didn’t give up another tally until he was relieved by Hogan Harris to face the M’s in the top of the seventh.

Ginn left with the score tied at two after his labor of six innings and, so, had to settle for a no decision. His work was superb. He allowed only two hits in the five frames that followed the Mariners’ three hit first. The 25 year old rookie righthander struck out seven M’s and walked only one.

Ginn threw a total of 88 pitches, of which 23 were balls. Both of the runs he gave up were earned, and his ERA went down to 4.30. He has yet to be credited with a win or charged with a loss.

Harris matched his predecessor’s performance, allowing the visitors from the Puget Sound only two baserunners, both of whom walked. He earned the win to improve his record to 3-3, 2.73. The 37th and last pitch he threw was clutch pitching at its best.

With Randy Arozarena on first and one out, Justin Turner, pinch hitting for Luke Raley, worked a full count. Arozarena broke for second. Harris zipped a 92mph four seamer past Turner, umpire Manny Rodríguez called the third strike, and Shea Langeliers threw Arozarena out at second.

Ginn’s opposite number for Seattle, the veteran Luis Castillo was almost impermeable after Lawrence Butler led off for the A’s in the bottom of the first with a 408 foot home run to right center, his 21st round tripper of the year.

The shot came off an 87 mph changeup that left Butler’s bat 108 mph. Castillo allowed only one more run. It came on Brown’s 13th homer of the season, a 410 foot blast to center off a 94mph four seamer. Brown had a three hit night and drove in two of the Athletics’ three runs.

Butler and Brown provided the only four hits off Castillo in his seven innings of work. He struck out five and walked on, throwing 99 pitches, 29 of which were balls. Like Ginn, he got a no decision. His record now stands at 11-12, 3.60.

Troy Taylor pitched a perfect eighth for the Mariners, and Trent Thornton, who struck out Brent Rooker, walked JJ Bleday, who scored the winning run, and yielded back to back singles to Langeliers and Brown, took the loss. He’s now 3-3, 4,19.

Butler’s blast extended his hitting streak to 13 games and validated his status as the most recent AL Player of the Week. He now has tied the franchise record of eight consecutive games.

Wednesday, evening at 6:40pm PT, both two teams will go at each other again. George Kirby (10-10, 3.63) will take the mound for the Mariners; JP Sears (11-9, 4.21) for the Athletics.

A’s Langeliers hits two homers one for a walk off edge M’s 5-4 at Coliseum on Labor day

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Oakland A’s Shea Langeliers gets the Gatorade treatment while interviewing on the Oakland Coliseum PA system talking about his walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth run against the Seattle Mariners On Mon Sep 2, 2024 (AP News photo)

Seattle (69-69). 201 001 000. 4 6 0

Athletics (60-78) 004 000 001. 5 5 0

Time: 2:40

Attendance: 12,167

Monday, September 2, 2024

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–It was a clear 73 degrees in Oakland when the famous disappearing act scheduled to open any year now in Las Vegas after a two or three year out of town opening in Sacramento took the field against the Seattle Mariners at 4:07 this Labor Day afternoon.

Two hours and 40 minutes later, the stadium lights still were on but the sun still was out, and the A’s had won, 5-4, on a stunning lead off, walk off home run by Sean Langeiers that landed just inside the left field pole, 418 feet deep. It came off a 79mph sweeper from Austin Voth.

The Mariners had sailed off to an early lead on Cal Raleigh’s 382 foot home run a third of the way up the staircase behind the A’s Community Fund sign to the right of the 367 foot sign in right field. JP Crawford, who had walked to open the game, was on first, so the A’s were in the Mariners’ wake, 2-0, before their first at bat. Two frames later, the M’s put another run on the board, Victor Robles defeated The Curse of the Leadoff double by stealing third and scoring on Julio Rodríguez’s sacrifice fly to left.

That three run lead in the third evaporated before the ending had ended. Lawrence Butler smacked a two out double to right center. Brent Rooker followed with a drive down the left field line for another two bagger, driving in Butler. Bleday worked a walk, and Langeliers launched his first long ball of the contest, his 24th of ’24, a 400 foot drive off an 89 mph Logan Gibert slider that gave the A’s a 4-3 lead.

Seattle knotted things up in the top of the sixth. With A’s starter Osvaldo Bido still on the mound, Julio Rodríguez began the frame with a single to right and promptly stole second. He stayed put when Raleigh grounded out to third but moved on to third when Randy Arozarena bounced out to second and crossed the plate on Justin Turner’s single to left.

The M’s almost took the lead in their half of the eighth. Michel Otáñez, who was pitching for the A’s, issued back to back one out walks to Justin Turner and Jorge Polano. At this point, Leo Rivas entered the game to pinch run for Turner at second.

Pinch hitter Dylan Moore went down swinging and Rivas was called out attempting to steal third. That would have ended the threat, but the relay crew in New York thought otherwise and overturned the call. Otáñez then bore down and caught Mitch Haniger, who had pinch hit for Josh Rojas two innings earlier, looking at a called strike three.

That set the scene for Langeliers’ dramatic walkoff in the bottom of the ninth.

The Athletics used five pitchers in their pursuit of the win. Osvaldo Bido went 5-1/3 innings and faced 23 batters, who reached him for four runs, all earned, on six hits, one of which went yard, and a walk. 31 of his 91 offerings were balls.

The no decision left him at 5-3, 3.52. The other four hurlers held the M’s scoreless over the remaining 3-2/3 frames. TJ McFarland allowed the Mariners a walk to close out the top of the sixth. Grant Holman struck out two and walked one in the seventh.

Otáñez struck out two and walked an equal number in the hairy eighth, and Tyler Ferugson garnered his third win against two losses by fanning all three batters he faced in the visitors’ half of the ninth.

Seattle used four moundsmen in their losing cause. Logan Gilbert allowed four runs, earned, on four hits in his six inning stint. He struck out nine and granted one free pass, throwing 95 pitches, 61 of which counted as strikes, ending the day at 7-10, 3.19).

JT Chargois and Collin Snider each faced the Athletics for an inning. Neither gave up a hit. The former fanned two; the latter, one, and also issued a walk. All you need to know about Austin Voth’s brief appearance is in the first paragraph of this report.

Justin Gray, picked up off waivers from the Marlins, made his major league debut today. He went 0 for 3 and made a pair of snazzy plays at third base.

The A’s goTuesday, at 6:40 with JT Ginn(0-0, 5.19) against Seattle’s Luis Castillo (11-12,3.65) in the second of this four game series.

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Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason: A’s open three game set with Mariners Tonight; Oakland trying to recover after Texas trip

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Oakland A’s starter Mitch Spence delivers against the Texas Rangers line up at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Sun Sep 1, 2024 (AP News photo(

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason:

#1  Texas took the early lead in the first inning 1-0. Adolis Garcia doubled Corey Seager home and the Rangers would extend their lead in the third inning to 2-0. 

#2 The A’s finally got on the board in the fifth inning. It was no surprise that it was Brent Rooker who started the Oakland rally hitting a single allowing Jacob Wilson to reach home for the single run.

#3 The A’s would tie up the game in the eighth inning when Max Schuemann singled and Zach Gelof scored for the 2-2 game.

#4 The Rangers Josh Jung in the bottom of the ninth took a mighty swing and sent the ball out of the park for a 6-4 Texas win and a Mason Miller blown save.

#5 The Seattle Mariners will come calling on Monday night at the Oakland Coliseum. The M’s will start Logan Gilbert (7-10, 3.09) for the A’s Osvaldo Bido (5-3, 3.21) first pitch 4:07 pm PT.

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

Rangers Beat A’s In a Second Walk Off In a Row 6-4

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Oakland A’s reliever Mason Miller (19) walks off the field after the Texas Rangers Josh Jung (6) took Miller deep for a walk off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Sun Sep 1, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

Oakland A’s (59-78) fought back in their game three with the Texas Rangers (65-72) Sunday tying it up in the eighth inning 2-2. Mason Miller got out of the bottom of the ninth inning but did not fare as well in the tenth.

Oakland took the lead in the tenth inning scoring two runs and taking a 4-2 lead. Things were looking very promising for Oakland. Miller pitched the tenth inning walking Wyatt Langford and with two runners on base Josh Jung knocked the ball out of the park for their second walk off win of the series winning 6-4 on Sunday at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

What was even more disappointing was that Miller was one strike away from an out twice in the tenth and just came up short.

Game recap: Texas took the early lead in the first inning 1-0. Adolis Garcia doubled Corey Seager home and the Rangers would extend their lead in the third inning to 2-0. Josh Smith singled Justin Forcue home and Texas had a great start in this game. Through seven innings the Rangers had seven hits (they would finish with ten hits) and Oakland had 11 (they would finish with 16 hits).

The A’s finally got on the board in the fifth inning. It was no surprise that it was Brent Rooker who started the Oakland rally hitting a single allowing Jacob Wilson to reach home for the single run.

The A’s would tie up the game in the eighth inning when Max Schuemann singled and Zach Gelof scored for the 2-2 game. Schuemann pushed his luck and attempted to reach second base and was thrown out.

This game went into the bottom of the eighth all knotted. It would be up to Michel Otanez to keep Texas from scoring giving the A’s one more chance to take the lead in the ninth inning. The A’s were still looking for their first homer of the game. Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker both had 3 hits apiece through eight innings but no long balls.

Oakland’s Mitch Spence went five innings allowing five hits, two runs, three walks and five strikeouts. He was relieved by Ross Stripling who allowed a couple of hits but no runs. He pitched the sixth inning before being relieved by T.J. McFarland in the seventh inning going three up and three down. Michel Otanez took over on the mound in the eighth inning also going three up and three down.

In the ninth inning Lawrence Butler had his fourth hit of the game, a single. Brent Rooker came to the plate singled and Butler reached third base with one out and Shea Langeliers at the plate.

Langeliers made contact but unfortunately hit into a double play and the game remained tied at two. Texas had another opportunity for a walk off after winning in a walk off in game two. Mason Miller took the mound for Oakland looking to extend this game into extra innings. Miller allowed a single but that would be it for the Rangers and this game went into the tenth inning.

JJ Bleday and Daz Cameron both struck out in the tenth and it was up to Seth Brown to save this game and he came up huge hitting a triple bringing home second base runner Shea Langeliers. Oakland took a 3-2 lead which they extended when Zach Gelof doubled and Seth Brown crossed home plate for a 4-2 Oakland lead.

Miller struck out first at bat Corey Seager on a full count looking to save this game. Josh Smith flied out for the second out. Adolis Garcia connected singling Marcus Semien home and we had a 4-3 ball game with two outs.

Miller walked Wyatt Langford and the Rangers had runners on first and second with Josh Jung at the plate. Jung took a mighty swing and sent the ball out of the park for a 6-4 Texas win and a Mason Miller blown save.

Despite the loss, Lawrence Butler continued to be on fire with four hits in this game. Brent Rooker also finished the game with four hits. Zach Gelof had three hits in the game and Seth Brown was terrific in the tenth inning with the triple that gave the A’s the lead in the top of the tenth.

Game notes: Saturday the A’s lost a close game to theRangers (65-72) after tying up the game in the sixth inning. They are looking for their 60th win of the season and it has not come easy. In today’s rubber game Oakland will have another chance of reaching that milestone. At season’s end last year they finished with 50 wins and with roughly a month left to play they could finish with a very nice second half of the season. In today’s game, Mitch Spence will take the mound with a 7-9 win/loss record and a 4.54 ERA. The Rangers will be looking to Walter Pennington to win the series for Texas.

Monday night the A’s will travel home to take on the Seattle Mariners in a four game series at the Coliseum. They continue to look for their 60th win of the season and right now it is like pulling teeth. It is painful, it is just not happening. Osvaldo Bido will take the mound for the Athletics with a 5-3 win/loss record and a 3.21 ERA. Seattle will start Logan Gilbert with a 7-10 win/loss record and a 3.09 ERA. First pitch on the holiday is scheduled for 4:07 PM.

Oakland A’s relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum: A’s jump into the frying pan known as Sutter Health Park in Sacramento

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A Brigham Young University survey shows the temperature comparisons on how hot artificial turf gets on hot days the increase is an astounding 40 degrees. The Sacramento A’s will be playing on artificial turf and will sharing be the park with minor league team the Sacramento River Cats for the 2025 season. (image by Brigham Young University)

Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel:

#1 Daniel the A’s are just one month away from saying good bye to Oakland for good. They will be playing in Sacramento for the interim for the next three seasons as they’re new ballpark in Las Vegas is scheduled to be ready in 2028.

#2 Lots of talk about how things will be in play for the visiting teams that come to Sacramento, the small clubhouses, going through the outfield fences to get to the clubhouse. Smaller weight rooms and family rooms. Just from a starting point how much of a mistake will this be for MLB who have the A’s play at Sutter Health next season.

#3 It was baking hot this week in Sacramento and it’s like that all summer no relief. How fans can sit in those hot seats all season long and fry at Sutter Health and it’s going to be no different next season with 99 or 100 degree heat. River Cat fans might be used to it but some of the big club visitors will not have cover that their used to.

#4 The first two rows at Sutter Health are going for $61,000 per season for a season ticket holder. How well do you see that going over? Tickets very well could go fast because of the novelty of having a big league club in minor league Sacramento.

#5 The heat for the players could be a disaster. They will be sharing some 160 home games a combination between the Sacramento A’s and Sacramento River Cats. Sutter Health is installing turf because with natural grass with that many games the field will get torn up. A turf surface on the field for a 99 degree day in Sacramento would be 120 to 180 degrees. Players falling or diving in or on the turf could suffer burns. How this is being allowed by MLB and the players union is perplexing?

Daniel Dullum does the Oakland A’s relocation podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s Drop Game Two In Rangers Series 3-2 In a Walk Off; Butler homers but A’s fall short

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Oakland A’s Lawrence Butler (4) rounds the bases after slugging his 19th home run of the season in the top of the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Sat Aug 31, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Oakland A’s (59-77) fought their way back into this game after trailing 2-0. Another Lawrence Butler home run cut the Texas Rangers (64-72) lead in half in the fourth inning. The A’s tied up the game in the 6th inning when Brent Rooker doubled Lawrence Butler home.

It was a new ball game but it all came crashing down when A’s pitcher Tyler Ferguson loaded the bases with one out. A single from Leody Taveras was all it took for the 3-2 Ranger’s win.

Game recap: The Rangers took the early lead in the second inning 2-0. Jonas Heim hit a 373 feet home run with Nathaniel Lowe on base and that would be the only scoring for the Rangers going into the bottom of the ninth inning.

The Oakland A’s had some catching up to do trailing by a couple of runs. In the fourth inning Lawrence Butler cut the Rangers lead in half with a 367 feet home run. This was his sixth home run in five games. The A’s tied up this game in the 6th inning with a Brent Rooker double and a Lawrence Butler score. Neither team was able to reach home plate going into the bottom of the ninth inning.

Tyler Ferguson remained on the mound for the ninth inning after pitching the eighth and ran into some trouble. He hit Nathaniel Lowe followed by a Carson Kelly single. Jonas Heim popped out but then Ferguson walked Travis Jankowski and the bases were loaded with one out. Texas had a serious chance to walk off this game and that is exactly how this game ended. Leody Taveras singled and Ezequiel Duran ( who ran for Lowe) scored for the 3-2 win.

Oakland fought their way back into this game but they were unable to score another run in the game after the sixth inning. They went three and out in the seventh and eighth innings. They left two runners on base in the ninth inning but could not bring them home. Oakland finished this game with five hits, the Rangers with nine hits.

Oakland’s Joey Estes had a nice outing going six innings and allowing six hits, two runs, no walks with seven strikeouts. The Rangers starter Cody Bradford went seven innings allowing four hits, two runs, no walks with eight strikeouts in a solid game.

Game recap: After winning game one of their series with the Rangers Friday night 9-2, the A’s took the field in game two looking for another win. . Friday night the game was attended by over 28,000 fans and on Saturday night another well attended game for game two at Globe Life with 28,454.

It was a well pitched game Rangers starter Cody Bradford went seven innings, allowed four hits, two earned runs and eight strike outs. For the A’s Joey Estes six innings, six hits, two earned runs and seven strikeouts.

Sunday Oakland will be looking to win this series in game three. Mitch Spence will take the mound for the A’s with a 7-9 win/loss record and a 4.54 ERA. At the time of this post, the Rangers have not decided on a starting pitcher. First pitch for this game is scheduled for Sunday at 11:35 AM.

Oakland A’s podcast with Augie Mesenburg: Rooker goes yard twice, Bleday goes deep for 2 run HR

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Oakland A’s Brent Rooker (25) is congratulated by Lawrence Butler (4) after hitting a top of the seventh home run against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Fri Aug 30, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Augie Mesenburg:

#1 Oakland A’s Brent Rooker hit home runs in the first and seventh innings at Globe Life Field in Arlington against the Texas Rangers on Friday night. With the two home runs Rooker has 31 home runs and no doubt he’s seeing the baseball just fine.

#2 Shea Langeliers connected for his 23rd home run of the season. Langeliers has had his share of good at bats and he provided one of the many runs for the A’s.

#3 JJ Bleday hit a three run homes in the top of the third inning against the Rangers.

#4 A’s pitching gave two runs to the Rangers and kept their run total under control with great pitching from starter JP Sears pitching seven innings, allowing five hits and one run.

#5 The good pitching by the A’s could very well help them close in on third place and this is their best opportunity facing the third place Rangers.

#6 The A’s will start RHP Joey Estes (6-6, ERA 4.37) and for the Rangers LHP Cody Bradford (4-2, 3.31) first pitch at Globe Life on Saturday night slated for 4:05pm PT.

Augie Mesenburg is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com and is a reporter for 1080 KWAI Honolulu