Sacramento A’s pitcher Jeffery Springs throws against the Los Angeles Angels at Sutter Health Field at West Sacramento on Sun Aug 17, 2025 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason:
#1 Jeffrey Springs wasn’t the sharpest on Sunday and it cost the A’s as the Angels downed the A’s late, 11-5.
#2 Springs was getting hit around early in the game while doing his best to limit the damage. Springs was able to go four and two-thirds innings while giving up five runs (all earned) on eight hits during his outing. Springs struck out five Angels and walked three in the game.
#3 Mark Kotsay reflected after the game on what he saw from Springs. “I thought he settled in nicely and had a chance to get out of that game with five innings pitched, three runs. Moore hits a ball that’s off the plate. It was a good pitch. Sometimes you make a good pitch and the hit finds a spot in the field where he gets a hit. Ultimately I thought he gave us a good start.”
#4 The A’s bullpen stepped up in a big way again on Sunday, something that has become commonplace for the staff as of late. However, a late-inning collapse of Michael Kelly and Ben Bowden did the A’s in.
#5 Tuesday, the A’s and Twins are slated to begin at 4:40 PM PST at Target Field in Minneapolis. Jacob Lopez (6-6, 3.30 ERA) is set to go for the A’s as the Twins will counter with Joe Ryan (12-5, 2.72 ERA).
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Jeffrey Springs #59 of the Athletics walks off the mound after being pulled from the game during the top of the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Sutter Health Park on August 17, 2025 in Sacramento, California. (Mandatory Photo Credit: Scott Marshall/Getty Images)
By Jeremiah Salmonson
WEST SACRAMENTO — Jeffrey Springs wasn’t the sharpest on Sunday and it cost the A’s as the Angels downed the A’s late, 11-5.
Springs was getting hit around early in the game while doing his best to limit the damage. Springs was able to go four and two-thirds innings while giving up five runs (all earned) on eight hits during his outing. Springs struck out five Angels and walked three in the game.
Mark Kotsay reflected after the game on what he saw from Springs.
“I thought he settled in nicely and had a chance to get out of that game with five innings pitched, three runs. Moore hits a ball that’s off the plate. It was a good pitch. Sometimes you make a good pitch and the hit finds a spot in the field where he gets a hit. Ultimately I thought he gave us a good start.”
On the other hand, Springs was much harder on himself after the game.
“Yeah, not a very good outing to be honest. Giving up a three-run homer in the first just really puts us behind. I felt like it got better there towards the end, and then the fifth inning just not making pitches… it can’t happen… just not very good there, to be honest.”
The Bullpen
The A’s bullpen stepped up in a big way again on Sunday, something that has become commonplace for the staff as of late. However, a late-inning collapse of Michael Kelly and Ben Bowden did the A’s in.
Tyler Ferguson came in and worked one and a third innings in which he didn’t allow a hit and struck out two in the fifth and sixth innings.
Osvaldo Bido replaced Ferguson and pitched a scoreless seventh inning in which he struck out the side.
Elvis Alvarado was the third man out of the pen for the A’s and worked a scoreless eighth inning.
Sean Newcomb, who has become accustomed to pitching late in games for the A’s, came on for the ninth inning in hopes of keeping things tied. Newcomb worked a scoreless ninth inning to keep the game tied at five heading to the bottom of the ninth inning.
The A’s couldn’t score in the bottom of the ninth, and Michael Kelly came on to pitch the 10th for the A’s. Kelly was only able to record one out as the Angels shelled him for four runs (three earned) on a hit and a walk. Bowden, who came in and tried to stop the bleeding, was equally ineffective. Bowden got the final two outs of the 10th but gave up two runs on two hits while also giving up a home run.
Kotsay stressed postgame that the bullpen has really worked over the last stretch and mostly by throwing up zeroes. However, when a pen is taxed the way the A’s is, it can lead to running out of gas late.
“They work, they do, and when they do work a lot, the results tend to go the other direction,” Kotsay said after the game.
The Bats
The A’s did a nice job during the Springs innings to strike back and keep the game from getting away from them.
The A’s answered back immediately after the Angels’ three runs in the top of the first inning with a run of their own thanks to a Tyler Soderstrom RBI single in the bottom half to make it a 3-1 game.
In the bottom of the third, Nick Kurtz (batting leadoff) and Shea Langeliers hit back-to-back solo home runs to tie the game at three.
In the sixth inning, the A’s would score two more times to tie the game at 5-5. Lawrence Butler crushed a solo home run to right field that traveled 417 feet, followed by a Luis Urías RBI single.
The A’s wouldn’t score again. However, the last two games Nick Kurtz went deep and that’s a positive sign his power is coming back for the A’s.
“For me that’s [power hitting] going to come and go,” Kurtz said after the game. “Hopefully when it [power] comes, it comes in bunches.”
Kurtz went on to elaborate how his walks and power seem to coincide together. Is it because of his approach or how pitchers start pitching around him?
“I think it’s more just when the power stroke is going I’m seeing the ball a little bit better, which means I’m swinging at the right pitches more often. I think it all kind of goes together. You start with seeing the ball well and you swing at the right pitches and when you swing at the right pitches, good things tend to happen.”
Up Next
The A’s will have an off day on Monday prior to starting a three-game series in Minnesota against the Twins. Tuesday, the A’s and Twins are slated to begin at 4:40 PM PST. Jacob Lopez (6-6, 3.30 ERA) is set to go for the A’s as the Twins will counter with Joe Ryan (12-5, 2.72 ERA).
The A’s fell to 56-70 with Sunday’s loss to the Angels.
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Milwaukee Brewers starter Quinn Priester delivers against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Sat Aug 16, 2025 (AP News photo)
MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:
#1 The Milwaukee Brewers are one hot club they have now won 14 straight games to rally from behind to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5. The Brewers came back from behind in the second straight game to win it in 11 innings. The 2025 Brewers became the first team since the 1987 Brewers who won 13 straight to pass them with their 14 game win streak.
#2 Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced that Phillies ace pitcher Zack Wheeler has been placed on the 15 day IL on Saturday. Wheeler has a blood clot in his right arm. Dombrowski said there isn’t much they can say about it right now but doctors were commended for finding the clot. Dombrowski said it could have been a much more worse situation.
#3 Houston Astros All Star closer Josh Hader will not throw for the next in three weeks due to a left capsule shoulder strain last Friday. Hader hopes he can pitch again in the 2025 season. Hader said he wants to get as strong as he can in the next three weeks. Hader’s record for this year 6-2 ERA 2.05.
#4 The San Francisco Giants continue to spiral losing it’s seven in a row and 15 of their last 16 home games, marking the worst 16-game stretch at home since 1901.
#5 The Sacramento A’s continue to roll winning their sixth game out of their last ten and defeating a Los Angeles Angels team that just swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in three games. The A’s have taken the first two games of the current series with wins on Friday 10-3 and on Saturday night 7-2. The A’s are four games behind the Angels to move out of the basement in the AL West.
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Fans watch the A’s play the Minnesota Twins at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in West Sacramento. Charles Russo/SFGATE
Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast Daniel Dullum:
#1 On Wednesday night at Sutter Health Park John Fisher who was walking from his seats on the luxury box level was booed at the end of the sixth inning from fans who he walked past.
#2 Fisher also walked on the field before the game and fans in Sacramento who are known for being laid back let the foul language fly at Fisher and one fan stood above the tunnel where Fisher was walking and said some extra obscenities pertaining his thoughts about the A’s relocation from Oakland and the A’s not committing to Sacramento.
#3 Daniel simply what would you say the fans are the most angriest with Fisher for his moving the A’s out of Oakland, not committing to the Sacramento fans, or fans believe he’s yanking their chain over the construction of the Las Vegas ballpark and how that was handled.
#4 Fisher who hardly appeared at any of the Oakland A’s games before they moved and had avoided being seen when in Oakland, has been at a number of A’s games at Sutter Health Park and even gave a rare interview with a Nevada paper regarding the Las Vegas ballpark and relocation.
#5 The A’s had the worst attendance during their series with the Tampa Bay Rays and players and fans have expressed that they are not happy seeing or playing Major League Baseball in a triple A park and they have laid that blame on Fisher.
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Luis Morales #58 of the Athletics pitches against the Los Angeles Angels during the top of the first inning at Sutter Health Park on August 16, 2025 in Sacramento, California. (Mandatory Photo Credit: Scott Marshall/Getty Images)
By Jeremiah Salmonson
WEST SACRAMENTO — After losing their series to the Tampa Bay Rays at home last week, the A’s got back into the series win column on Saturday night, defeating the Angels 7-2 and taking the first two games of the three-game set.
The A’s sent Luis Morales to the mound for just his second major league start on Saturday. Morales didn’t disappoint, as the 22-year-old right-hander from Cuba tossed five innings of one-run ball while scattering five hits and two walks.
“I thought he got better and better as he went,” Mark Kotsay said after Morales stranded the bases loaded in the first inning.
“I’m very blessed and enjoying the process,” Morales said after his first MLB win. “It’s been a long road, but I’m just enjoying the process.”
The Bullpen
The A’s bullpen was impressive once again, allowing only one run in four innings of work.
Justin Sterner pitched a scoreless sixth inning, and Tyler Ferguson came on and tossed a scoreless seventh. However, Ferguson ran into some trouble with one out in the eighth as he walked two batters. Mark Kotsay had seen enough and elected to go to Sean Newcomb for the last two outs of the inning. It worked out, as Newcomb struck out the next two batters swinging.
In the ninth, Newcomb gave up one run but was able to secure the win for the A’s. All in, Newcomb tossed one and two-thirds innings while striking out three and giving up one run.
The Bats
The A’s offense wasn’t clicking as much as on Friday, but they did enough to take care of the Angels.
Colby Thomas got the A’s going again early on Saturday as he clubbed a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning to give the A’s an early lead.
Darell Hernaiz kept the party going in the third inning with a two-RBI single to make it a 4-1 game.
The A’s scored again in the fifth inning on Brent Rooker’s 25th homer of the season, a 421-foot shot into the Sacramento night.
They weren’t done yet. The A’s added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth thanks to Brett Harris and Rooker RBI singles. The A’s built a commanding 7-1 lead while tallying eight hits on the night.
Up Next
The A’s improved to 56-69 as they continue to try to climb back to the .500 mark.
The A’s will send Jeffrey Springs (10-8, 4.06 ERA) to the mound as they look to sweep the Angels. José Soriano (8-9, 3.84 ERA) is set to start for Los Angeles.
Sacramento A’s Gio Urshela breaks his bat on a swing in the seventh inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sat Aug 9, 2025. The A’s battle the Los Angeles Angels Sat Aug 16, 2025 at Sutter Health Park in game 2 of their three game series (AP News file photo)
A’s Baseball podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson:
#1 The A’s offense has stayed hot and continued to provide run-support. Shea Langeliers and Brent Rooker have been leading the way the last week.
#2 Nick Kurtz went 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run Friday night in game one of a series against the Angels at Sutter Health Park. After struggling the last week or so, how important is that for him to get going again?
#3 JJ Bleday has also been a big addition to the A’s lineup since being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas. He’s been making the of this opportunity since returning to the big leagues.
#4 The A’s will face Angels lefty, Tyler Anderson Saturday in West Sacramento. He’s not having the greatest of years at 2-7 with a 4.63 ERA. Going for the the A’s Luis Morales (0-0 ERA 1.99)
#5 The A’s put up a 10 spot on the Angels Friday night. They’ve been consistently scoring a lot of runs the last few weeks.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
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Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
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Jack Perkins #50 of the Athletics pitches against the Los Angeles Angels during the top of the second inning at Sutter Health Park on August 15, 2025 in Sacramento, California. (Mandatory Photo Credit: Scott Marshall/Getty Images)
By Jeremiah Salmonson
WEST SACRAMENTO–Looking to bounce back after a series loss to the Rays on Wednesday, Nick Kurtz and the A’s got right on Friday night as they defeated the Los Angeles Angels 10-3.
Jack Perkins got the ball for the A’s in the start after the off day in Sacramento on Thursday.
Perkins, who won his last start in Baltimore on the ninth in 11-3 fashion, went five solid innings on Friday to secure his second win in as many starts. Perkins scattered five hits and three walks in his outing, only giving up three runs to the Angels lineup. He also struck out seven in the game, a career high.
Perkins tossed 103 pitches in his outing, something he feels he can continue to do after speaking with reporters.
“I pride myself on being a big, strong guy and I take my preparation very seriously in the weight room.”
Manager Mark Kotsay praised the effort from Perkins after the game.
“Perkins is the type of pitcher he’s going to use a lot of pitches and is going to be challenging sometimes to get through five innings… he’s a swing-and-miss type pitcher. He is a strikeout guy and it’s a night I thought he did a nice job, especially getting through the fifth inning. We ran pitch count up. It’s just a challenge as we’ve kind of let him go out there. So overall I thought he did a nice job.”
The Bats
Perkins wasn’t the only player who did a nice job on Friday.
The A’s bats exploded for 10 runs off 14 hits in an all-around effort as Kotsay used his entire position player pool.
“I really like when we use the roster and we use it effectively,” Kotsay said. “I thought getting Sodi up there with the bases loaded gives a chance to kind of open the game up right there and add on and it worked out.”
Shea Langeliers led off the game in the bottom of the first for the A’s and launched a solo home run, his team-leading 25th of the season.
“Shea up there at the top… he’s obviously the best that we have in the lineup right now versus left-handed pitching,” Kotsay said postgame. “But it feels good whether it’s left or right, right now, he’s definitely swung back really well.”
In addition to the Shea homer, Colby Thomas and Nick Kurtz also each hit a three-run homer to blow things open for the A’s. Thomas’s homer in the third inning went 433 feet, and Kurtz came just short of that mark with his opposite-field shot in the eighth inning traveling 424 feet.
The Bullpen
The A’s bullpen was perfect in four innings aside from a sixth-inning walk by Michael Kelly. The combo of Kelly, Justin Sterner, Elvis Alvarado, and Ben Bowden each pitched one inning and gave up no runs and no hits, an impressive showing to say the least.
Sacramento journalist Tony Harvey asked Kotsay in the postgame press conference what he thought of Bowden’s performance late in the game, something fans have seen often recently.
“I just like the way Bowden attacks, he throws strikes, there’s confidence in him going after hitters,” Kotsay said. “He may get hit, but at the end of the day, the confidence in him going out and throwing strikes and attacking hitters, it feels good to put him out there when you have that type of situation.”
Up Next
With the win, the A’s improved to 55-69 on the season.
The A’s will try to win the series against the Angels on Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. PST at Sutter Health Park. Luis Morales (0-0, 1.93 ERA) will take the mound for the A’s against Tyler Anderson (2-7, 4.63 ERA) for the Angels.
For fans attending, the game will feature a postgame fireworks show immediately following the action.
Athletics’ Shea Langeliers scores on a wild pitch by Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Shane Baz (not shown) during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
A’s Baseball podcast with Lincoln Juarez:
#1 The A’s offense has stayed hot and continued to provide run-support. Shea Langeliers and Brent Rooker have been leading the way the last week.
#2 Nick Kurtz went 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run Friday night in game one of a series against the Angels at Sutter Health Park. After struggling the last week or so, how important is that for him to get going again?
#3 JJ Bleday has also been a big addition to the A’s lineup since being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas. He’s been making the of this opportunity since returning to the big leagues.
#4 The A’s will face Angels lefty, Tyler Anderson Saturday in West Sacramento. He’s not having the greatest of years at 2-7 with a 4.63 ERA. Going for the the A’s Luis Morales (0-0 ERA 1.99)
#5 The A’s put up a 10 spot on the Angels Friday night. They’ve been consistently scoring a lot of runs the last few weeks.
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
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Sacramento A’s Lawrence Butler rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the bottom of third inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Health Park West Sacramento on Wed Aug 13, 2025 (AP News photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson:
#1 The Tampa Bay Rays Brandon Lowe and Junior Caminero both hit home runs against the Sacramento A’s on Wednesday night at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento 8-2.
#2 Lowe’s home run was his 24th of the year off A’s starter JT Ginn who drops his record to 2-5 that made the score 6-0.
#3 The Rays who got the six run win over Sacramento 8-2 picked up their first road series win over the A’s since May 2-4, 2022 when they won that series at the Oakland Coliseum.
#4 The Rays got good starting pitching from Drew Rasmussen who went six innings, allowed three hits and one run and five strike outs.
#5 The Athletics host the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night starting pitchers for the Angels LHP Yusei Kikuchi (6-7, 3.37) for the Sacramento A’s RHP Jack Perkins (1-2, 4.08) at Sutter Health Park first pitch at 7:05pm PT.
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.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
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Athletics owner John Fisher announces the A’s will have a “Las Vegas” logo on players uniforms during a press conference announcing a marketing partnership with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority at the Las Vegas Convention Center Friday, March 7, 2025. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Why is the A’s owner hated?
That’s Amaury News and Commentary
By Amaury Pi-González
We have all heard this phrase: “The customer is always right”, emphasizing the importance of customer satisfaction and prioritizing their needs. Many fans believe that A’s owner John Fisher has unfairly blamed the fans for the team’s struggles, thereby fostering considerable animosity. Baseball is a business; the A’s product is baseball, and the fans who attend the games and purchase their merchandise are the customers.
The A’s fans are correct to have certain expectations about the team; they pay to see the team play, and they expect to have a cohesive plan by management that, after a few years, you can finally have a team that performs well enough to be a competitive team, maybe worthy of a playoff birth, but not this season, as they looked like they will finish last, this would be the third time in the last five years they finish in last place.
While the phrase “the customer is always right” originated in the retail sector, it’s widely applied to various industries to encourage businesses to focus on meeting customer expectations. In September 2024, Mr. Fisher apologized for the team’s departure from Oakland in a letter addressed to fans. This letter was appropriately issued one day before the A’s open their final home series in Oakland, where they spent 57 years. That letter was not a hit with the fans; actually, it was more of a strikeout, with many fans believing it was an insult.
During the games in Oakland, after completing my preparation for the broadcast, which includes gathering statistics, reviewing starting lineups, and conducting interviews, I walk from the broadcast booth down to the seats and start conversations with fans.
The anger toward Mr. Fisher was evident to me from many fans during the last home stand in Athletics history at Oakland, September 2024. I have spoken to A’s fans through the years at the park before games, and I would be conservative to say that 98% have shown great displeasure and animosity for the A’s departing Oakland and their desire for the owner to SELL.
From those who told me “How can we build a winning team, when he trades the good players, because he didn’t want to pay them,” to others who told me “he doesn’t care for Oakland, so Oakland should not care for him”. Other comments, I heard, would not be prudent for me to write here; let me say, it is the type of language you can see every day on social media. Where the “F word”is commonly used, before the owner’s name. I am not a fan of the “F” word, but it seems the youngest generation uses it with great frequency in our culture today.
KTVU CH 2 FOX Bay Area (FOX News) which is frequently cited as a top-rated news station in the San Francisco Bay Area, reported along with other news sources, the team is promising a $1 million fund for Coliseum workers impacted by its departure.
However, there have been reports from some workers who say they haven’t received assistance from this fund. reports indicate that some of the workers who expected to receive assistance from this fund were denied, leading to disappointment and anger among some former employees.
The A’s stated that the fund was created to provide meaningful support during the transition for the team leaving town. There is nothing like stiffing people that work very hard by the hour. In my world this is “immoral” some would call it “unethical”, dishonest, just pick one, they all fit very well..
The Oakland A’s relocated their entire broadcast operation this season, encompassing both radio and television, from Oakland to Sacramento, which included play-by-play announcers, commentators, producers, broadcast coordinators, directors, and other personnel.
However, they did not take their Spanish crew that they had for years in San Francisco, on station KIQI 1010AM, which also has a repeater station in Sacramento, 990AM. The Spanish crew consisted of three people. The only broadcast people that the A’s did not take to Sacramento were the Spanish broadcast crew. The team decided to “outsource “the Spanish to another station in Sacramento.
My friends at the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce note that over 560,000 residents in the greater Sacramento region (including El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties) identify as Hispanic.
Someone in the A’s organization never gave Mr. Fisher the memo that California is not like Maine or Vermont, where there are no Spanish speakers. During the first of three years in Sacramento, the new digs have not been a great success for the ATH, selling just over 9,000 tickets per game, with approximately 20 home games left this season. Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento is a minor league park, with 14,000 capacity.
According to the website DIMERS, John Fisher is today the most hated owner in baseball.
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.
While in the Bay Area, great food and great prices. 998cuba.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.
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