Sacramento A’s LHP starter Jeffery Springs will face the St Louis Cardinals at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Tue May 12, 2026 (AP file photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Daniel Dullum:
#1 Sunday the Sacramento A’s just missed getting a sweep over the Baltimore Orioles by just a run 2-1 going 3-3 for the road trip.
#2 The A’s saw some successes on the trip getting some great hitting support from Nick Kurtz, Brent Rooker, and some solid pitching from Aaron Civale on Saturday for the win.
#3 On Sunday the Orioles wanted to avoid getting swept with some great pitching from former A’s pitcher and current Oriole Chris Bassitt who pitched six innings.
#4 Tough game for the A’s they didn’t get enough offense and scored only just a run and couldn’t get the sweep.
#5 A’s open up a six game homestand against the St Louis Cards Tue-Thu and San Francisco Giants Fri-Sun. The A’s have had some success with their starting pitching starter for St Louis on Tuesday RHP Andre Pallante against Sacramento LHP Jeffery Springs (3-2 ERA 3.89) first pitch 6:40pm PDT.
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.
Sacramento A’s reliever John Sterner looks on after a Kansas City Royals Kyle Isbel bunt in the top of the tenth inning at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Tue Apr 28, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Bridget Mulcahy:
#1 How did Bobby Witt Jr.’s extra-inning performance impact the outcome of the game, and what does it say about his role in clutch situations?
#2 What were the key differences in pitching effectiveness between the Royals’ bullpen and the Athletics’ relievers during the late innings?
#3 How did injuries (like those affecting players such as Tyler Soderstrom or Jonathan India) influence each team’s lineup and overall performance?
#4 In what ways did the game reflect each team’s season trajectory—Royals trying to climb the standings versus the Athletics competing near the top of their division?
#5 What strategic decisions (such as pitching changes or batting order adjustments) proved most critical in the game’s shift during extra innings?
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.
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora signs autographs for the fans just before a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Fri Apr 24, 2026. Turns out this was Cora’s last game managing the Red Sox. (AP News photo)
MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:
#1 The Boston Red Sox on Saturday morning fired manager Alex Cora and five of his coaches Bench coach Ramón Vázquez, hitting coach Peter Fatse, third base coach Kyle Hudson, assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson and hitting strategy coach Joe Cronin were also dismissed. The Sox are in last in the AL East. Was this firing justified or was it premature of the Sox as the first month of the season isn’t even over yet.
#2 After Cora and his coaching staff was fired the Sox responded with a grand slam home run by Andruw Monasterio in the tenth inning snapping the Red Sox four game losing streak Saturday.
#3 No matter how many injuries keep piling up for the 2026 Chicago Cubs the Cubs keep winning. This time on Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers at sold out Dodger Stadium beating the two time champs in a come from behind 6-4 win after getting some great defense by the Cubs Dansby Swanson and Nico Hoerner it was the Cubs tenth straight win the most since their World Championship seaon in 2026. The Cubs did end losing Saturday and Sunday but had a ten game win streak with lots of injuries.
#4 The St Louis Cardinals got home run help from Julio Rodriguez, Will Wilson, and Cole Young and Leo Rivas got a two run home run in the ninth inning in the Seattle Mariners win over the Cards 11-0. The Cards are getting some offense.
#5 The Sacramento A’s have won six of their last 11 games. They are tied for first place with the Texas Rangers and have accomplished winning most of their series. They’ve built up their hitting and are getting good pitching from their starters.
Sacramento A’s pitcher Justin Sterner pitches to the Texas Rangers line up in releif in the sixth inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Sun Apr 26, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s game wrap: Green and Gold Fly Home With a 2-1 One-Run Nerve Test
By Mauricio Segura
The Sacramento A’s did not exactly storm out of Texas on Sunday afternoon. They tiptoed through traffic, ducked a few falling anvils, and still somehow walked away with a 2-1 win over the Rangers. In a game that began with a first-place tie in the American League West, the Green and Gold grabbed two runs in the first inning, then spent the next eight innings protecting them like a man carrying soup across a trampoline to retain sole poscession of the top spot.
The biggest swing came early. After Nick Kurtz struck out and Shea Langeliers grounded out, Tyler Soderstrom and Brent Rooker worked back-to-back walks against Kumar Rocker. That brought up Carlos Cortes, who has been one of the hottest bats on the roster during this road trip. Cortes turned on a line drive to center field, racing all the way to third as Soderstrom and Rooker scored. Just like that, the A’s had a 2-0 lead before Texas could settle into the day.
That triple fit right into Cortes’ recent surge. Entering the game, he had gone 10-for-20 on the road trip with three homers, two doubles and five RBIs, and he kept applying pressure Sunday. He added singles in the fourth and eighth, finishing with three hits and both Athletics RBIs. For a lineup that stranded chances later, Cortes’ first-inning swing became the whole offensive meal, not just the appetizer.
J.T. Ginn did his part before leaving after an injury delay in the fourth. He opened with a ground-ball single to Brandon Nimmo, then immediately erased it with a double play off Joc Pederson’s bat. Texas threatened in the second when Josh Jung doubled, Josh Smith walked, and a balk moved both runners into scoring position. Ginn responded by striking out Danny Jansen to keep the Rangers empty-handed. He worked around another single in the third and left with a 2-0 lead after Evan Carter was hit by a pitch and stole second in the fourth.
From there, the bullpen turned the game into a long, sweaty trust exercise. Joel Kuhnel escaped the fourth. Jacob Lopez worked a clean fifth but ran into trouble in the sixth when Jung doubled and Carter’s sacrifice bunt turned into a throwing error, allowing Jung to score and cutting the lead to 2-1. When Jake Burger walked and Josh Smith reached on a bunt single, Texas had the bases loaded with nobody out and every reason to believe the game was about to flip.
Justin Sterner refused to let it happen. He struck out Jansen, struck out Sam Haggerty, and got Nimmo to line out to center. That was the game’s hinge, the moment when the Rangers had the door open and the Athletics slammed it shut with both hands. It also continued a strong bullpen stretch for the A’s, who entered the day having allowed just four runs over their previous seven games from the relief corps.
The A’s offense had chances to breathe easier but could not cash in. Langeliers doubled in the fifth and singled in the seventh. Nick Kurtz singled in the seventh, and Zack Gelof stole second as a pinch-runner in the eighth. In the ninth, Lawrence Butler singled, Darell Hernaiz moved him over with a sacrifice bunt, Kurtz was intentionally walked, and Soderstrom walked to load the bases. But Brent Rooker struck out, leaving the lead stuck at one run.
That made Jack Perkins’ finish even bigger. After Hogan Harris handled the seventh and Perkins struck out two in the eighth, the right-hander returned for the ninth with no margin for foolishness. Nimmo lined out sharply to left. Andrew McCutchen struck out swinging. Corey Seager then grounded out to Kurtz, who flipped to Perkins covering first, ending a tight win that felt more like a street fight than a clean baseball game.
Side note: Kurtz also made a little franchise history with his ninth-inning intentional walk, extending his walk streak to 16 straight games and breaking the all-time Athletics record he had shared with Topsy Hartsel, Max Bishop and Rickey Henderson.
This win did not come with fanfare, but it came with grit, bullpen nerve, and and a sprinkle of Cortes thunder. Sometimes that is all a club needs. The Green and Gold did not bury Texas. They simply outlasted them on their own turf.
The Kansas City Royals are scheduled to visit the A’s and West Sacramento on Tuesday night at Sutter Health Park starting pitcher for the Royals LHP Kris Bubic (2-1 ERA 4.80) the A’s have not announced a starter for Tuesday night yet first pitch 6:40pm 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.
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.
Seattle Mariners Josh Naylor front is hugged by teammate Julio Rodriguez back after celebrating Naylor’s walk off single against the Sacramento A’s at T Mobile Field on Wed Apr 22, 2026 (AP News photo)
Kurtz Cracks the Door and Seattle Slams It Shut 5-4 at T Mobile
By Mauricio Segura
The Sacramento Athletics came to Seattle riding a six-game road winning streak and sitting alone atop the American League West, and for most of Wednesday afternoon they looked ready to leave town with another gritty win. Instead, they got a reminder that baseball loves to wait until the last possible moment to break your heart dropping the third game against the Seattle Mariners 5-4 at T Mobile Field.
The A’s jumped on Logan Gilbert right away and looked sharp from the first pitch. Nick Kurtz opened the game with a walk, which fit the patient approach that has become part of his early-season identity. Shea Langeliers followed with a single, Carlos Cortes added another, and just like that the bases were crowded with trouble for Seattle.
Tyler Soderstrom lifted a sacrifice fly to center to bring home Kurtz for the game’s first run, and after Jacob Wilson flew out, Jeff McNeil lined a single to center that scored Langeliers. Julio Rodríguez misplayed the ball behind him, which allowed Carlos Cortes to move to third, and the A’s had a quick 2-0 lead before many fans had even settled into their seats.
Seattle answered in the bottom of the first, because this game had no interest in being calm. J.P. Crawford singled, Julio Rodríguez and Josh Naylor followed with base hits, and Randy Arozarena’s sacrifice fly cut the lead to 2-1. Aaron Civale managed to escape a bases-loaded jam by striking out Dominic Canzone, which felt important at the time and still did later.
The A’s stretched the lead again in the third, and Wilson was right in the middle of it. Carlos Cortes singled to start the inning, and Wilson drilled a double to left that brought him home for a 3-1 lead. Wilson has been swinging a hot bat lately, and the hit fit what the Athletics had already been seeing from him.
Wilson also entered Wednesday with a record-breaking 62-game errorless streak at shortstop, the longest ever by an Athletics shortstop, so his name was already all over the game notes before he added another extra-base hit. Nick Kurtz also came in with a walk in 11 straight games, one of the longest such streaks in franchise history, and he extended it right out of the gate. Those are not side notes anymore. They are becoming part of who these young A’s are.
Seattle kept punching back. Cal Raleigh led off the bottom of the third with his fifth home run of the season, sending a ball to right that made it 3-2. Civale then settled back down for a bit, and the A’s bullpen tried to carry the rest. Brady Basso entered in the sixth after Josh Naylor singled and Randy Arozarena popped out, but the Mariners got even when pinch-hitter Mitch Garver doubled and Rob Refsnyder lifted a sacrifice fly to center. That tied the game at 3-3 and erased the edge the Athletics had been protecting since the opening inning.
The seventh inning was where Seattle finally moved in front. Mark Leiter Jr. took over for the A’s, and Crawford singled again to set the table. Raleigh then ripped a double to right, pushing Crawford to third. Julio Rodríguez did not need a hit that time. He rolled a grounder to short, and while Wilson made the play cleanly, Crawford scored to give the Mariners their first lead at 4-3. Raleigh later stole third after a challenge overturned the original call, but Leiter escaped any further damage by striking out Naylor.
That should have been the swing that decided it. Then Kurtz showed up again.
Leading off the ninth against Andrés Muñoz, with the A’s down to their last three outs, Kurtz drove a ball to center field for a game-tying home run. It was his fourth homer of the season and the kind of shot that changes the whole mood of a dugout.
One minute the A’s were staring at a frustrating road loss, and the next they were six outs from maybe stealing another one-run game. That would have fit their season so far. The Athletics had already shown during this stretch that they were comfortable living close to the edge.
But the bottom of the ninth belonged to Seattle. Leo Rivas opened with a single. Crawford then grounded into a double play, which looked enormous. Two outs, bases empty, tie game. Then Raleigh singled. Rodríguez singled. Naylor lined another single to left, and Raleigh scored the winner. Just like that, Seattle had a 5-4 walk-off win, and the A’s were left staring at a game they nearly stole twice and still could not finish.
It was a bruising kind of loss because the Athletics did a lot right. They scored first. Wilson delivered again. Cortes kept hitting. Kurtz worked a walk and blasted the tying homer in the ninth. But this one turned on timing, not talent. The Mariners got the last swing, and the A’s left Seattle with a lesson that every contender learns sooner or later: being tough is not always enough when the other team gets the final word.
The A’s move onto Texas to face the Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Fri Apr 24, 2026. The A’s have Thu Apr 23, 2026 off it’s the A’s first day off in 16 days. Starting pitcher for Sacramento RHP Luis Severino (0-2 ERA 6.20) Texas has not announced a starter yet.
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.
Former New York Met and current Sacramento A’s infielder Jeff McNeil swings for a fourth inning double against his old team the Mets at Citi Field in New York on Fri Apr 10, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Jessica Kwong
NEW YORK. — The Sacramento Athletics shut out the New York Mets 4-0 in the first game of the three-game series at Citi Field on Friday night, a day after shutting out the Yankees and taking that series.
Jeff McNeil delivered two hits in his first game against his former team, including a single that drove in one of three runs in the ninth. The Mets prepared a video tribute for McNeil, who called it “awesome” and the standing ovation “great,” and also admitted he “felt a little choked up out there.”
“I just tried to collect myself, you know, it was kind of nice when the first at-bat was over. It was like, alright, let’s just go and play some baseball,” said McNeil. “That’s kind of what this whole day was too. It was a super special day, but got through it, and now we just get to go play baseball.”
In the third inning, Shea Langeliers singled on a line drive to right fielder Brett Baty and Carlos Cortes scored, putting the A’s up 1-0.
In the ninth, McNeil singled on line drive to left fielder Carson Benge and Jacob Wilson scored, giving the A’s a 2-0 lead. Then Denzel Clarke singled on a ground ball to center fielder Luis Robert Jr. and Zack Gelof and Max Muncy scored, making it 4-0.
A’s starting pitcher JT Ginn threw a season-high four innings and notched his second scoreless outing of the season.
“It feels good to go out there and do my job today, you know, whatever role they need me to do, I’m ready to get the ball and go,” said Ginn.
A’s manager Mark Kotsay complimented the team’s “awesome job tonight,” including key contributions from the bullpen.
“For our offense to add on like we talked about, we felt good about our chances to add on this season, and it came together tonight,” said Kotsay.
The game marked the first time the A’s have recorded shutouts in consecutive road games since July 29 and 30, 2021.
The A’s (6-7) are 5-2 in their last seven games. The Mets (7-7) suffered their first loss of an opener in a home series this season.
In game two of the series, A’s left-handed pitcher Jacob Lopez (0-1 ERA 6.48) will face Mets right-handed pitcher Kodai Senga (0-1 ERA 3.09). First pitch is at 1:10 p.m. PT. on Saturday.
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.
Atlanta Braves Mauricio Dubon cracks a two run single in the bottom of the first inning against the Sacramento A’s at Truist Park in Atlanta on Mon Mar 30, 2026 (AP News photo)
Cold Bats Continue To Haunt the A’s in Atlanta; Braves Elder and relief corp blank A’s 4-0
By Mauricio Segura
The Sacramento Athletics came into Atlanta searching for traction after suffering a season opening sweep in Toronto, but by the end of Monday night’s game, they were still stuck in neutral. A game that began with promise on paper, with Jacob Lopez bringing strong recent interleague numbers into his first career outing against the Braves, quickly turned into a 4-0 loss defined by one rough first inning, a handful of missed chances, and an Atlanta pitching staff that never really loosened its grip.
The green and gold put men on base, sprayed a few line drives around Truist Park, and even flashed some clean defensive work, but when the night demanded one big hit, none arrived. The Braves got theirs early, then calmly shut the door.
Atlanta wasted no time setting the tone. Ronald Acuna Jr. opened the bottom of the first with a walk, Drake Baldwin followed with a single, and after Ozzie Albies popped out, Matt Olson lined a double into left to drive in Acuna and move Baldwin to third.
Austin Riley was retired, which gave the Athletics a chance to escape with only minor damage, but Lopez could not quite find the last clean landing spot of the inning. Eli White worked a walk, Mauricio Dubon lined a single to right, and suddenly two more Braves runs were home. Just like that, the Athletics were in a 3-0 hole before their offense had even found a rhythm.
To Lopez’s credit, the first inning did not snowball into a total disaster. After that early storm, he settled in and kept the Braves from blowing the game open. Acuna singled and swiped a bag in the second, but Lopez worked around it. He got through the third without damage, then caught a break in the fourth after Acuna walked again and was picked off and erased trying for second on a sharp play involving Shea Langeliers and Jacob Wilson.
That moment felt like a possible hinge in the game. Wilson, who was celebrating his 24th birthday, helped create one of the A’s cleanest defensive sequences of the night, and for a brief stretch the Athletics looked like they might still punch back.
The problem was Bryce Elder was not in a charitable mood. The Athletics did put traffic on the bases against him, but they never found the follow-through. Carlos Cortes doubled in the third, only to be stranded. In the fourth, Tyler Soderstrom and Brent Rooker hit back-to-back singles with one out, which gave the inning some real pulse, but Jacob Wilson flew out and Lawrence Butler, (playing in front of his home crowd for the first time in his Major League career) followed with another fly ball to center.
In the fifth, Cortes walked with two down, then Nick Kurtz struck out looking. By then, the pattern had become obvious. The Athletics were not lifeless, but they were incomplete. One batter reached, two reached, then nobody delivered the swing that could tilt the night. That fit an ugly early trend for a club that entered the game already buried under an embarrasing mountain of fifty total strikeouts through the opening series.
Elder finished six scoreless innings, and Atlanta’s bullpen handled the rest with very little drama. Aaron Bummer worked around Max Muncy’s seventh-inning double. Robert Suarez escaped an eighth-inning jam after Dubon’s error put Langeliers aboard and Soderstrom followed with a single, only for Rooker to bounce into an inning-ending double play.
In the ninth, Raisel Iglesias got a little help from the Braves defense when Jacob Wilson reached on another Dubon error, then Butler grounded into a replay-reviewed double play that snuffed out the last bit of daylight.
For the Athletics, the final line told a frustratingly familiar story. Seven hits, no runs, and too many innings that ended a little too quietly. There were moments to like: Lopez recovered well after the early punch, Wilson helped engineer a slick pickoff play on his birthday, and the bullpen mostly kept the game within reach until the eighth. But the offense never landed its counterpunch, and in a season-opening road swing already heavy with miles, the Braves made sure the Athletics kept carrying that weight a little longer.
The A’s will meet up again with the Braves tomorrow for Game 2 at 4:15pm PDT
Costa Rican-born Mauricio Segura has covered sports in the Bay Area since 2001 for various magazines and newspapers, as well as his own publication, The Golden Bay Times. 2026 marks his 15th season covering Athletics baseball.
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.
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