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Sacramento A’s podcast Daniel Dullum: A’s Law Dog hits a right centerfield two run walk off homer to defeat M’s 8-7

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Sacramento A’s Lawrence Butler (4) slugs a 405 foot home run to right center field in the bottom of the first inning as Seattle M’s catcher Jhonny Pereda (5) and plate umpire Andy Fletcher will watch it fly at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Sun Sep 13, 2026 (Golden Bay Times photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Daniel Dullum:

#1 Daniel, Lawrence Butler hit a game winning bottom of the ninth two run walk off home run to wrap up the game for a 8-7 win at Sutter Health Park. The A’s were down in the ninth 7-6 with Zack Gelof on base and Butler cleared the right centerfield fence for the walk off.

#2 A’s are going good they have now won four of their last five games and this team got hot going back to Aug 2 when they topped the Texas Rangers 9-2 avoiding a sweep at that time and have gone 7-3 since then.

#3 Butler hit two home runs in Sunday’s game and looking back on Aug 2 in Texas had a team meeting and that lit the fuse he was slumping in the first half of the season and now has come back with vengence and after hitting around .155 before the break and now in mid September has improved to .230 and has been one of the key guys in the line up.

#4 What can you also say about Henry Bolte whose been the lead off man scored a run in Sunday’s game where every run has counted to edge the M’s and take two out of three. Bolte even though he went 0-3 scored a crucial run and is hitting .275 in the lead off role.

#5 A’s take Mon Sep 14th off and open up a three game series in Tampa Bay against the Rays on Tuesday night Sep 15 in St Petersburg. Starting pitchers for Sacramento RHP Jack Perkins (3-11 ERA 6.53) for Tampa Bay RHP Griffin Jax (7-10 ERA 3.99) first pitch 3:40pm PDT.

Join Daniel Dullum for the A’s podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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 game wrap: Butler Has Last Word as A’s Steal an 8-7 Thrill

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Lawrence Butler runs the bases after hitting a first inning home run for the Sacramento A’s against the Seattle Mariners at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Sun Sep 13, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Mauricio Segura

WEST SACRAMENTO–In nine innings, two Lawrence Butler home runs and one furious comeback turned a four-run deficit into an 8-7 win over the Seattle Mariners. Butler’s second shot was a game-winning walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, sending Zack Gelof home ahead of him and giving the Sacramento A’s the season series against the Mariners, seven games to six.

Gelof and Butler gave the A’s a dream start by going back-to-back in the first inning against Bryce Miller. Gelof drove a fly ball over the wall in left, and Butler followed with one to right-center for a 2-0 lead. The pair already belonged to a notable group before the game, joining Henry Bolte as three Athletics with at least ten home runs and ten stolen bases this season, only the eighth time in franchise history the club has had three such players.

Seattle erased the lead in the third. Jhonny Pereda doubled, and Randy Arozarena followed two batters later with a two-run homer to left. The Mariners then worked over Jacob Lopez in the fourth. Josh Naylor singled, Michael Arroyo walked and Weston Wilson loaded the bases with a single. Pereda’s sacrifice fly scored Naylor, J.P. Crawford brought home Arroyo with an infield single, and Arozarena greeted reliever Scott Blewett with another single that scored Wilson for a 5-2 Seattle advantage.

The Mariners added another run in the fifth when three walks helped bring Cal Raleigh home. Luis Medina took over with the bases loaded and struck out pinch-hitter Lazaro Montes, but Pereda drew a bases-loaded walk before J.P. Crawford grounded into a force play. At 6-2, Seattle appeared to have firm control.

The A’s changed the game in the seventh. Alika Williams opened the inning with a ground-rule double and Bolte was hit by a pitch. An Athletics challenge overturned the call on Jeff McNeil’s ground ball, turning it into an infield single and loading the bases. Gelof followed with a walk that scored Williams, and Butler’s groundout brought Bolte home.

Then Shea Langeliers, one day after being reinstated from the injured list following right-knee meniscus surgery, stepped up as a pinch hitter against Seranthony Domínguez. Langeliers lined a ball to right that deflected off Domínguez, scoring McNeil and Gelof to tie the game 6-6. Langeliers had undergone surgery after suffering a torn meniscus and had only returned to the active roster one day earlier.

Seattle answered in the eighth. Arozarena hit his second homer of the game, this one off Hogan Harris, to put the Mariners back in front 7-6. The A’s nearly answered in the bottom half when Williams doubled and reached third on Dominic Canzone’s throwing error, but Andrés Muñoz struck out Bolte and retired McNeil to keep Seattle ahead.

Elvis Alvarado handled the ninth without allowing a run, giving the top of the Athletics order one final chance. Gelof singled to left, bringing Butler to the plate as the potential winning run. Butler ended the discussion himself, lifting a two-run homer to right-center for his second homer of the game and an 8-7 victory.

The finish gave the Athletics their first season-series victory over Seattle since 2020 after dropping the previous five, a meaningful reversal against a division opponent that had given them trouble for years.

After Monday’s off day, the A’s open a three-game set at Tampa Bay on Tuesday, with Jack Perkins (3-11, 6.53 ERA, 119 K) facing Griffin Jax (7-10, 3.99 ERA, 103 K) at 3:40 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. 

Sacramento A’s game wrap: Mariners Turn the Dial to Nineteen; Seattle explodes on Sacramento pitching 19-1

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Sacramento A’s catcher Jonah Heim (right) attempts to make the put out on the Seattle M’s baserunner Michael Arroyo in the top of the fourth inning at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Sat Sep 12, 2026 (AP News photo)

Mariners Turn the Dial to Nineteen

By Mauricio Segura

WEST SACRAMENTO–The Seattle Mariners wasted little time putting the Sacramento Athletics in a hole so deep that they almost ended up playing the Beijing Tigers! The Mariners pounded out a 19-1 win behind five home runs, 22 hits and a lineup that produced runs in six different innings Saturday night.

Dominic Canzone opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the first after J.P. Crawford singled. One inning later, Randy Arozarena delivered the bigger blow. Weston Wilson singled, Crawford was hit by a pitch, and Arozarena sent a three-run homer to left-center to make it 5-0.

That ended Gage Jump’s outing after two innings. The rookie left-hander allowed five runs on five hits, including two homers. The early damage continued a season-long problem for the Athletics, who had already allowed 218 home runs before the game, second most in the majors.

The A’s showed a brief sign of life in the third. Henry Bolte drew a leadoff walk and reached third when Bryan Woo made a throwing error on Jeff McNeil’s fielder’s choice. Shea Langeliers then brought Bolte home on another fielder’s choice, trimming the deficit to 5-1. It was a notable return for Langeliers, who had been reinstated from the injured list after recovering from surgery on a torn meniscus in his right knee.

Seattle quickly erased any thought of a comeback. Michael Arroyo doubled in the fourth and scored on Wilson’s single. Arozarena followed with another RBI single, stretching the lead to 7-1. In the fifth, Josh Naylor singled and Cole Young followed with a two-run homer to right-center.

Woo did the rest from the mound. The right-hander worked six innings, allowing one run on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts. The Athletics managed only one run against him despite putting runners at the corners in the first and again creating trouble in the third.

The Mariners were nowhere near finished. Arroyo hit a solo homer in the seventh, and Crawford followed later in the inning with a two-run shot after Wilson doubled. That pushed Seattle’s lead to 12-1.

The eighth inning turned the game into a rout. Victor Robles reached on an error, Julio Rodríguez singled, and Naylor doubled home Robles. Young drove in Rodríguez with a single, Arroyo singled home pinch-runner Brock Rodden, and Lazaro Montes drew a bases-loaded walk to force in another run. Seattle sent ten batters to the plate and scored four times.

By then, the Athletics had begun emptying the bench and rearranging the field. Carlos Cortes eventually moved from the outfield to the mound. He had already pitched eight times this season, making him the only position player in Athletics history to pitch more than five times in one season.

Seattle added three more runs in the ninth against Cortes. Cal Raleigh, Rodríguez and Rodden drew consecutive walks before Young lined a two-run single to left. Arroyo followed with a sacrifice fly, giving him another RBI in a game in which he also doubled, homered and singled.

Wilson finished with five hits, while Young drove in five runs. Crawford, Arozarena, Canzone, Young and Arroyo all homered. The Athletics, meanwhile, were held to five hits and did not score after the third inning.

The series wraps Sunday with left-hander Jacob Lopez (6-4, 4.78 ERA, 104 strikeouts) going for the Athletics against Seattle right-hander Bryce Miller (4-9, 4.22 ERA, 101 strikeouts), with first pitch set for 1:05 p.m. Pacific and the A’s hoping the scoreboard gets a much quieter workout.

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. 

Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Harvey: A’s Donavon slugs two run 10th inning walk off homer does in M’s 6-5 at Sutter Health

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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).

Tony Harvey does the Sacramento A’s podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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 game wrap: Walton’s walk off gives A’s 6-5 win in 10 innings to open series with M’s

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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. 

Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson: Five A’s pitchers combine in 2-0 shutout over Toronto; A’s host M’s Friday night

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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.

Jeremaih Salmonson does the A’s podcasts Thursdays at www.sportsradioservice.com

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 podcast Bridget Mulcahy: A’s take two out three from Jays; Bolte slugs tenth HR of season

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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.

Bridget Mulcahy does the A’s podcasts Wednesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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. 

A’s Roast The Jays in the Sacramento Heat 2-0

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(Graphic by The Golden Bay Times)

A’s Roast The Jays in the Sacramento Heat 2-0

By Mauricio Segura


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.

Blue Jays Even Series With A’s Behind 4-2 Win in Sacramento

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Jack Perkins #50 of the Athletics pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning at Sutter Health Park on September 08, 2026 in Sacramento, California. (Mandatory photo credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the first fake fall in Sacramento came to a screeching halt on Tuesday with the return of near-100-degree temperatures, the A’s and Blue Jays engaged in game two of their three-game series at Sutter Health Park at 6:40 p.m. PDT. The A’s, having won the first game of the series in walk-off fashion on Monday, sent Jack Perkins to the hill to start the ballgame as they looked to secure the series win.

The Blue Jays spoiled the night for the A’s and evened the series as they took game two, 4-2.

As mentioned earlier, it was Jack Perkins taking the ball for the A’s in what was his 34th appearance for the club this season (his 14th start). Perkins got off to a bit of a rough start, allowing two home runs in the second inning, but he settled in nicely until he was eventually chased in the sixth inning. Perkins allowed the first two batters of the sixth to reach base via singles, and that prompted Mark Kotsay to come and get him. When it was all said and done, Perkins allowed four runs on seven hits across five-plus innings of work while striking out three and allowing no walks.

“Honestly, this is probably the first one this year that I can really say that I feel like I took a good step in the right direction,” Perkins said to the media after the game. “Obviously the no walks was huge, but I think the way my pitches were working off of each other, getting the sinker involved more… the way the other pitches performed, I thought I did really well.”

A’s manager Mark Kotsay was also pleased with the way Perkins performed.

“Command was better and for him to get into the sixth inning after the last start… tonight was a different guy.”

Chris Roycroft was first out of the bullpen for the A’s in the sixth inning, taking over for Perkins. Roycroft was unable to help Perkins out and keep any inherited runners from scoring, but he limited the damage to keep the A’s in the game. Roycroft pitched two innings of no-run, three-hit baseball while walking none and striking out one during his outing.

In the eighth inning, the A’s turned to Geoff Hartlieb. Hartlieb allowed no runs, one hit and one walk and managed two strikeouts across his two innings of work, allowing Mark Kotsay to save the rest of the bullpen as he finished the game.

At the plate, the A’s totaled two runs on six hits while walking only once.

The A’s first run of the game came in the fourth inning when Carlos Cortes sent a booming home run over the wall in right-center field. It was the ninth home run of the season for Cortes and his 40th RBI, which pulled the A’s to within a run, 2-1, at the time. The home run left the bat of Cortes at 99.4 mph and landed 388 feet from home plate.

The A’s second run of the game came later, in the seventh inning, when Donovan Walton went yard to get the A’s back on the board. It was the sixth homer of the year for Walton and his 23rd RBI. The homer left Walton’s bat at 104.9 mph and landed 369 feet away from home plate over the wall in right field.

That would be all the offense the A’s could muster in the game.

With the win, the Blue Jays are back at the .500 mark at 73-73, while the A’s fell to 59-88. Jack Perkins was charged with the loss for the A’s (3-11), while José Soriano was credited with the win (12-7).

The A’s and Blue Jays will play the rubber game of the three-game series on Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. PDT at Sutter Health Park. On Wednesday, the Blue Jays will send Braydon Fisher (3-4, 3.20 ERA) to the hill while the A’s will go with Brady Basso (1-2, 4.32 ERA) to start the game.

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 podcast Barbara Mason: A’s open up 3 game set with Blue Jays in Sac Monday night

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Sacramento A’s pitcher Jacob Lopez will be dealing against the Toronto Blue Jays at Sutter Health Park on Mon Sep 7, 2026 to open a three game series in West Sacramento (AP News photo)

Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason:

#1 A’s–Mariners game on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, which Seattle won 2–0 the A’s did take three of four from the M’s.

#2 How would you evaluate Gage Jump’s performance despite allowing Seattle’s two fourth-inning runs?

#3 What stood out about Max Muncy’s recent offensive production, following his home run and two-RBI performance in Saturday’s 6–2 win?

#4 How did Lawrence Butler and the A’s offense struggle against Bryan Woo, who held Sacramento to just one hit over eight scoreless innings?

#5 What did Zack Gelof’s performance contribute to the A’s lineup, and what more did Sacramento need from its hitters in the series finale?

#6 Toronto Blue Jays come calling in Sacramento opening a three game series on Monday night starting pitchers for Toronto RHP Dylan Cease (10-5 ERA 2.25) for Sacramento LHP Jacob Lopez (6-4 ERA 4.71) first pitch at 6:40pm PDT.

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

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.