San Francisco Giants third baseman Buddy Kennedy is hitting .091 but has started the last three games (photo from Field Level Media)
That’s Amaury News and Commentary:
#1 The SF Giants are bascially using a triple A line up and even have a third baseman Buddy Kennedy who hitting .038 starting in the line up.
#2 The Giants had used Matt Chapman and Casey Schmitt as starting third basemen and both are on the IL around the time of the trade deadline and had to look to Kennedy for third base help.
#3 The Sacramento A’s are also having injury problems most recently Tyler Soderstrom suffered a hip inpingement and went on the 10 day IL, how much of an impact is it having Soderstrom out of the line up?
#4 Reggie Jackson recently said that at one time he attempted to purchase the Oakland A’s when former A’s owner Ken Hoffman and Steve Schott owned the team but Reggie said he was denied by MLB Commissioner at the time Bud Selig. The purchase as the team was sold to Lew Wolf. Reggie felt that was his best opportunity to own the A’s but was denied because Selig helped his fellow sority brother Wolf.
#5 The A’s have recently fell into last place in the AL West after being in first place earlier in the season. During the period when they were a first place team there was optimism and even some hope that they can hold on and get to the post season.
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.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
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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.
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Sacramento A’s Lawrence Butler (4) celebrates his home run with Tommy White (47) In the bottom of the second inning against the Texas Rangers on Sun Aug 16, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Daniel Dullum:
#1 Sacramento A’s Zack Gelof and Lawrence Butler both hit two run home runs and Tommy White had his first MLB home run as the A’s defeated the Texas Rangers 5-2 Sunday at Sutter Health Park.
#2 This was the first time the A’s won a home series since Jun 12-14 against the Colorado Rockies at Las Vegas Ballpark and they won their first series at Sutter Health Park bac on Apr 28-30 against the Kansas City Royals.
#3 A’s starter Jacob Lopez struck out six hitter and allowed two runs on five hits to get his first win after making four starts.
#4 A’s shortstop Jacob Wilson is walking a tight rope after mishanding a ground ball in the top of the fourth it was ruled a hit and kept his 114 game errorless streak alive.
#5 The A’s travel to Kansas City to face the Royals Monday night starting pitchers for Sacramento RHP Mason Barnett (1-3 ERA 6.16) for Kansas City RHP Michael Wacha (5-8 ERA 3.46) first pitch 4:40pm 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 shortstop Jacob Wilson (5) attempts to bare hand the ball and was not called for an error as Wilson’t 114 consecutive errorless streak stays alive against the Texas Rangers at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Sun Aug 16, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Mauricio Segura
WEST SACRAMENTO–The Sacramento Athletics were in a 2-2 tie with Texas when Zack Gelof’s single swing turned the game in the A’s favor. With Henry Bolte aboard after his third single of the game, Gelof drove Jakob Junis’ pitch over the wall in right-center for a two-run homer in the seventh, giving the A’s a 4-2 lead they never relinquished. Tommy White added the finishing touch an inning later with the first home run of his Major League career, and the Athletics beat the Rangers 5-2 to take the three-game series Sunday.
All five Athletics runs scored on home runs, but the offense was hardly all-or-nothing. The A’s collected 13 hits, with Bolte going 3-for-5 and Gelof, White, Lawrence Butler and Max Muncy each producing two hits. Butler supplied the first big swing in the second.
After White singled, Butler drove Cody Bradford deep to right for a two-run homer that turned a 1-0 Texas lead into a 2-1 Athletics advantage. It was Butler’s 11th homer of the season and continued a productive stretch after he had already homered in three straight games earlier in the week.
Texas answered in the third. Wyatt Langford drew a leadoff walk, advanced on a wild pitch and reached third on Brandon Nimmo’s single. Jake Burger then grounded into a force play that brought Langford home and tied the game. Burger was responsible for both Rangers runs. He had opened the scoring with a solo homer in the second and finished 3-for-4.
The Athletics had opportunities to move ahead earlier, but their baserunning created some trouble. Bolte was caught stealing in the first, and Gelof was thrown out trying to take third in the third after an Athletics challenge failed to overturn the call. The A’s also left runners at the corners in the fourth. Bradford and the Texas bullpen kept the score even until Gelof finally broke through in the seventh.
That swing carried extra weight for Gelof, who had been reinstated from the injured list less than a week earlier after a right knee laceration sidelined him for a month. He entered the game with two home runs in five starts since returning, then added another at the most important moment of the series. His return has provided a boost for a roster that has spent much of the season dealing with injuries.
Jacob Lopez gave the Athletics exactly what they needed on the mound. The left-hander worked six innings, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six. He settled down after Burger’s homer and the tying run in the third, holding Texas scoreless over his final three innings. Lopez also continued a much better run since returning from Triple-A, where he had posted a 3.16 ERA over his previous seven appearances entering the game.
Luis Medina handled the seventh and struck out two around an Evan Carter double. Elvis Alvarado and Drew Rom combined for a scoreless eighth, and Hogan Harris retired the Rangers in order in the ninth, striking out Cody Freeman and Joc Pederson around an Elias Díaz groundout to finish it.
White’s milestone provided the final exclamation point. The rookie had built his early Major League résumé mostly with singles after being promoted from Triple-A last month. Leading off the eighth, he drove a 2-0 fastball from Peyton Gray 413 feet to center for his first big-league homer. White finished 2-for-4, and the blast gave the Athletics a three-run cushion. MLB reported that 22 of White’s first 24 Major League hits had been singles before his breakthrough homer.
The victory also ended a long home-series drought. The A’s had not won a series in Sacramento since taking two of three from Kansas City in late April and had gone 0-12-1 in their previous 13 series there. They also entered the finale having lost nine consecutive home day games. This time, three home runs, a steady starter and three scoreless bullpen innings were enough to change both streaks.
Next up, the Athletics open a four-game series in Kansas City with Mason Barnett (1-3, 6.16 ERA, 36 K) facing Michael Wacha (5-8, 3.46 ERA, 117 K), with first pitch scheduled Monday for 4:40 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 Zack Gelof runs the bases after hitting a two run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Sun Aug 16, 2026 (AP News photo)
Barbara Mason on the Sacramento A’s podcast:
1.The game between the Texas Rangers and the Sacramento A’s was tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the seventh inning when this game completely turned around in favor of the Green and Gold.
2.It was an outstanding offensive effort for the Athletics in the later innings after a rather ugly game in the earlier innings.
3. Athletics Pitching could not have done any better from the starting pitcher to the four relievers that got the job done Sunday.
4.This was a great game and a great series win and a chance to see the future of the Athletics on the field in these young guys that are loaded with talent and only getting better.
5.Next up for the Athletics will be another cellar team the Kansas City Royals Monday late afternoon at Kaufmann Stadium.
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.
Jeff McNeil (22) high fives Lawrence Butler (4) after hitting a home run in the bottom of the sixth inning off the Texas Rangers at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Harvey:
#1 Sacramento A’s right hander Justin Sterner had right knee surgery in Los Angeles on Thursday. Sterner will miss the remaining of the 2026 season. Sterner came to Sacramento on Friday for rehabilitation process. Sterner had been out since July 17th going 2-3 with a 6.12 ERA over 42.2 innings.
#2 The A’s upended the Texas Rangers on Friday night 8-3 after getting swept by the Tampa Bay Rays in three games.
#3 The A’s opened up the contest scoring three runs in the bottom of the third inning off Rangers starter Kumar Rocker when Carlos Cortez hit a three run double to right field making it 3-0.
#4 The A’s Jeff McNeil homered in the sixth inning and Lawrence Butler homered in the seventh inning. making it 5-3. In the bottom eighth inning Henry Bolte hit an infield ground out to score Tommy White making it 6-3 and McNeil hit a two run double to make it 8-3.
#5 Starting pitchers Saturday for the Texas Rangers LHP MacKenzie Gore (6-9 ERA 4.43) for Sacramento RHP JT Ginn (8-6 ERA 3.41) first pitch 1:05pm PDT at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento.
.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 pitcher Jack Perkins struggled in his outing against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wed Aug 12, 2026 at Sutter Health Park (Sports Illustrated)
Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson:
#1 Dan Feinstein the A’s new general manager spent 25 years working with A’s former general manager David Forst who said Forst was one of his closest friends. Forst was fired as A’s general manager, “So, the last few days have been difficult for me, personally. I have enormous respect for David and the impact he’s made not only on me, but for so many people in this organization for a very long time. Things will not be the same here without him.”
#2 Feinstein said that for the remaing 40 plus games he will get behind A’s manager Mark Kotsay, the staff, the players in trying to win the remaining 44 games.
#3 A’s starter Jack Perkins who struggled against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday pitching five innings allowing 12 hits and six earned runs
#4 Perkins said about his performance, I’m being tested,” Perkins said. “One day it’s the homer. Today, it was the singles. It’s just frustrating. I’m going to keep grinding and see where we go from here. … Right now, it’s tough to look at who I am out there.”
#5 Jeremiah on Tuesday night we saw A’s shortstop Jacob Wilson’s throw go wide at second that missed second baseman Donavon Walton that allowed the Rays runner Richie Palacios to advance to second the throw was ruled a fielders choice error at first by official scorer Mark Honbo but was reversed to just a fielders choice that kept Wilson’s errorless streak at 112 games.
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.
Tampa Bay Rays Junior Caminero hits an RBI single during the top of the fourth inning against the Sacramento A’s at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Wed Aug 12, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Bridget Mulcahy:
#1 What went wrong for A’s starter Jack Perkins, and how difficult was it for Sacramento to recover after Tampa Bay built an early lead?
#2 How important were Lawrence Butler’s two-run home run and Zack Gelof’s solo homer in giving the A’s a chance to get back into the game?
#3 What did Carlos Cortes contribute offensively, and did his performance provide a positive sign for the A’s going forward?
#4 How did the A’s pitching staff handle Tampa Bay’s lineup, particularly after the Rays scored seven runs through the first four innings?
#5 What can the A’s take away from the series despite the sweep, and which players—including Lawrence Butler, Zack Gelof and Carlos Cortes—gave fans the most encouraging performances?
Join Bridget Mulcahy does the Sacramento A’s podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com and read her for A’s commentary at the Davis Enterprise
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.
Tampa Bay Rays Liam Hicks looks on after being tagged out at the plate by Sacramento A’s catcher Brian Serven (not pictured) in the top of the third inning at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Wed Aug 12, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Maurcio Segura
The Sacramento Athletics kept Tampa Bay within reach for three innings, then watched the Rays turn a one-run game into a steep climb. Things are not changing for this Sacramento temporarily anchored ballclub. Liam Hicks’ three-run homer capped a four-run fourth inning and pushed Tampa Bay past the A’s 8-4, despite late solo homers from Zack Gelof and Lawrence Butler.
Jack Perkins escaped the first without allowing a run despite Hicks’ two-out double that sent Junior Caminero to third. The second was different. Jonny DeLuca opened with a double, Cedric Mullins beat out a bunt single, and Richie Palacios drove in DeLuca with a single to left. Taylor Walls moved both runners with a sacrifice bunt, and Mullins scored when Yandy Díaz reached on a fielder’s choice that included a fielding error by Perkins. Jonathan Aranda then grounded into a double play, limiting Tampa Bay to two runs.
The Rays added another run in the third when Caminero singled, Hicks followed with a base hit and Mullins doubled home Caminero. Hicks tried to score on the play, but Carlos Cortes started a relay through Donovan Walton to Brian Serven, who recorded the out at the plate. That defensive play mattered moments later.
In the bottom half, Walton was hit by a pitch and Gelof singled before Cortes drove a double into right. Both runners scored, cutting Tampa Bay’s lead to 3-2 and giving the A’s their best chance to turn the game around.
Tampa Bay answered immediately, scoring all of its fourth-inning runs with two outs. Díaz singled, Aranda followed with another hit, and Caminero brought Díaz home with a single to left. Hicks then changed the shape of the game with a three-run homer to right-center, scoring Aranda and Caminero for a 7-2 advantage.
Perkins finished five innings after DeLuca doubled again in the fifth but was left stranded. The right-hander allowed 12 hits and seven runs. His outing continued a difficult stretch that had already included an eight-game losing streak entering the start, while A’s starters carried a 6.62 ERA in August before the game. The club’s pitching staff also entered with a 5.49 season ERA, the highest in the majors.
The Athletics’ bullpen gave the offense a chance to chip away. Drew Rom retired all three batters he faced in the sixth, Scott Blewett worked around DeLuca’s single and stolen base in the seventh, and Seth Johnson handled a scoreless ninth. Hayden Juenger allowed Tampa Bay’s final run in the eighth when Palacios drew a walk, Walls singled and Díaz drove in Palacios with a base hit.
The A’s finally found the seats in the bottom of the eighth. Gelof hit his 13th homer to left-center, and after Cortes struck out, Butler added his ninth to right-center. The two solo shots made it 8-4, but Michael Grove stopped the inning there and Tampa Bay retired the side in order in the ninth.
Gelof’s day also carried a bigger streak. He entered with a 23-game home hitting streak, already the second-longest by an Athletic in the expansion era behind Carney Lansford’s 30-game run in 1984, and his third-inning single pushed it to 24. Tyler Soderstrom also extended his hitting streak to ten games with a first-inning double. He had already posted two other ten-game streaks this season, making him the first Athletic with three streaks of at least ten games in one season since Jay Payton in 2006.
After a Thursday breather, the A’s welcome the Rangers on Friday at 6:40 p.m. Pacific, with ESPN currently listing Kumar Rocker (4-9, 4.46 ERA, 103 K) opposite Gage Jump (5-7, 4.46 ERA, 84 K), although MLB still has both starters officially marked TBD.
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 Jeff McNeil (22) is greeted at the plate by Tommy White (47) after scoring in the top of the eighth inning at Fenway Park in Boston on Sun Aug 9, 2026 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason:
#1 The Sacramento A’s down a run 3-2 going into the top of the eighth inning at Fenway Park against a rugged Boston Red Sox team ended up tying up the ball game and picked up a go ahead run in the top of the ninth inning to take a 4-3 lead and win their second straight game over one of baseball’s toughest’s clubs.
#2 Barbara after beating the Red Sox on Saturday 7-3 and snapping their nine game win streak how much confiendce does that do for a club going into the rubber game and to take a series like that for the A’s?
#3 The A’s who allowed two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning got some relief pitching that held the Red Sox to no runs until the end of the game getting releif help from Brady Basso, Elvis Alvarado, and Hogan Harris.
#4 The A’s just got by the Sox Sunday but the Red Sox are no laughing matter they took out the A’s on Friday night 13-1 but the A’s regrouped and came back to the ballpark and won it Sunday 7-3 and squeaked by Sunday the Sox are a force to reckon with.
#5 A’s return back to West Sacramento for a three game series with the first place Tampa Bay Rays at Sutter Health Park. The Rays are no slouches and could be a handful for the A’s pitching staff but after taking two in Boston the A’s might have some momentum goimg into this series on Monday night. Starting pitchers for Tampa Bay RHP Freddy Peralta (5-9 ERA 5.37) and for Sacramento LHP Jacob Lopez (5-4 ERA 5.64) 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.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal fist pumps pitching the the Chicago Cubs after making a play at home plate against the Chicago Cubs on Tue Aug 4, 2026 at Wrigley Field in Chicago (AP News photo)
MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:
#1 The Los Angeles Dodgers have pitcher Tarik Skubal but they also had a seven game losing streak which they snapped Saturday by defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 in ten innings. Was this just a hic up for the Dodgers?
#2 Toronto Blue Jays right hander Max Scherzer became the 10th all time pitcher in strikeouts moving past Hall of Famer Walter Johnson as the Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday 7-5.
#3 Detroit Tigers RHP Jackson Jobe made his first start in almost 14 months after coming back from Tommy John surgery limted the San Francisco Giants to just one hit and threw five shutouot innings in a 8-0.
#4 Former New York Yankees pitcher Tommy John who is battling bladder cancer sent a farewell to the Yankees saying as he missed Old Timers day at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. John is 83 years old he said that he is greatful for the surgery named after him and that it saved a great number of arms and players careers.
#5 The Sacramento A’s handed the Boston Red Sox their fourth loss in 31 games with a 7-3 win Saturday. The Sox became the seventh team since 1920 to win 27 games in just 30 games with their win on Friday against the A’s.
