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Schoop’s grand slam send Giants to their eighth straight loss 6-3

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By Jeremy Kahn

Jonathan Schoop came up with the biggest hit of the day when the Milwaukee Brewers needed it the most.

Schoop hit a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning that gave the Brewers the lead for good on their way to a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Miller Park on Sunday afternoon.

The win by the Brewers helped them sweep the Giants, who went 0-6 on the road trip and have lost eight games in a row overall.

Madison Bumgarner allowed the grand slam to Schoop just after Bumgarner hit Ryan Braun in the back that forced the Brewers players to come out of the dugout and led to the ejection of manager Craig Counsell by home plate umpire Tom Hallion.

It was a bit of sweet redemption for Schoop, who struck out in his first at-bats against Bumgarner and then in the bottom of the sixth, he launched a Bumgarner pitch over the wall to give the Brewers a 5-2. This was the fourth home run for Schoop as a member of the Brewers since July 31 from the Baltimore Orioles.

Bumgarner was looking for the Giants, as he was cruising into the sixth inning and the Giants led 2-1. Braun doubled off Bumgarner in the first inning that scored a run, but he then retired the next 15 batters before he gave up a walk to Christian Yelich with two outs in that fateful sixth inning.

After the Yelich walk, Bumgarner gave up a single to Jesus Aguilar, which allowed Braun to come to the plate. The first pitch to Braun was inside, and then Bumgarner threw another pitch inside that ended with a stare down between the two. Bumgarner then hit Braun to load the bases, and brought the Brewers players out of the dugout, and eventually led to the ejection of Counsell, who was upset that there was no warning given to Bumgarner.

With the victory, the Brewers were able to maintain their 2.5 game for the top wild card spot over the St. Louis Cardinals, who defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-2 at Comerica Park.

The eight straight losses for the Giants is a season-high, as they cut the Brewers lead down to two in the top of the eighth inning, as Austin Slater hit an RBI triple; however, Schoop put the finishing touches on the game, as he drove in a run with a Fielders’ Choice in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Bumgarner ended up going six innings, allowing five runs on six hits, walking just one and striking out four.

Gregor Blanco gave the Giants a 2-1 lead in the top of the fifth inning, as he hit a sacrifice fly off of Brewers starter Zach Davies, who was not involved in the decision. Corbin Burnes picked up his fourth win of the season, as he struck out two of the four batters that he faced and Corey Knuble went 1.1 innings of perfect ball to nail down his 15th save in 18 opportunities.

Blanco gave the Giants an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, as he hit a Davies pitch over the right field wall for his second home run of the season.

NOTES: Ryder Jones started at first base for Brandon Belt, who was scratched from the game with a sore right knee on Saturday night came on in the top of the fifth inning, to replace Jones, who was forced to leave the game with a dislocated knee after he fouled off a pitch.

UP NEXT: The Giants will return home to host the Atlanta Braves for a three-game series starting Monday night at 7:15 pm PDT.

Dereck Rodriguez will take to the AT&T Park mound on Monday, as he looks to stop to the bleeding of this eight-game losing streak against the National League East leading Atlanta Braves, who will send Sean Newcomb to the mound.

After 4-3 loss in Milwaukee, Giants’ losing streak now stands at seven

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By Jeremy Kahn

It seems that this nightmare of a road trip will never come to a close for the San Francisco Giants.

Gio Gonzalez made his debut with the Milwaukee Brewers a memorable one, as he received a standing ovation, as he allowed an unearned run on just three hits in 5.2 innings of work and the Brewers defeated the Giants 4-3 at Miller Park on Saturday.

Gonzalez, who was making his Brewers debut after being acquired from the Washington Nationals on August 31, also retired 16 of the 21 batters he faced.

The Brewers now lead the National League Wild Card by 2.5 games over the St. Louis Cardinals, who lost 4-3 to the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

Christian Yelich hit his 28th home run of the season, his first season with the Brewers after beginning his career with the Miami Marlins.

Travis Shaw also hit his 28th home run of the season, as he got the Brewers on the board in the bottom of the first off of eventual losing pitcher Chris Stratton.

The Brewers also got RBIs from Mike Moustakas, who drove in a run with a double and Orlando Arcia drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Austin Slater drove in the Giants first run of the game in the top of the fifth inning, as he hit a line out to Yelich, to score Chase d’Arnaud, who was originally called out by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi; however, after a review, d’Arnaud was called safe for the Giants first run of the evening.

Ryder Jones got the Giants within one run in the top of the eighth inning, as he hit a two-run pinch hit home run.

Stratton went just five innings, allowing four runs on four hits, walking three and striking out six, as his record fell to 9-9 on the season and the Giants have now lost seven games in a row.

NOTES: Brandon Crawford was not in the lineup again, but did make a pinch-hit appearance in the top of the eighth inning, where he walked. Brandon Belt was a late scratch at first base, as d’Arnaud started at first in his place.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Brewers conclude their series with a Sunday finale at 11:10 am PDT.

Madison Bumgarner looks to stop the losing streak on Sunday, as he takes the mound for the Giants. Zach Davies looks for his third win of the season, as the Brewers goes for the series sweep.

MLB The Show podcast with Matt Harrington: Tigers’ announcers–will they be through after brawling?; Angels’ Ohtani and his Tommy John case; plus more

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On the MLB The Show podcast with Matt:

#1 On Tuesday night, Detroit Tigers broadcasters Rod Allen and Mario Impemba got into a physical altercation in the broadcast booth in Chicago. The argument was over a chair. Both broadcasters have been suspended for the rest of the month.

#2 The Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani can still swing the bats with no problem it’s that he can’t pitch and it’s looking pretty apparent that Ohtani will have Tommy John surgery. Ohtani is making good contact as a hitter, but the surgery will certainly set him back.

#3 Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia won’t return for 2018 because of discomfort from surgery from last year with a cartilage replacement in the left knee. The Sox have been using Ian Kinsler for second base.

#4 How big is it to get Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale, who will be activated from the DL Tuesday, against the Toronto Blue Jays? Sale is on tap to be used for openers for the rest of the way.

#5 The San Francisco Giants are playing the Milwaukee Brewers. The Giants are 10 games out of first place and have lost six straight. For the Giants, will we see them using the call up or will they be trying to be spoilers in Milwaukee?

Matt does the MLB The Show each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Jesus Aguilar sends the Giants to their sixth straight loss 4-2

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By Jeremy Kahn

Jesus Aguilar usually hits the ball very far, but the Milwaukee Brewers power hitter kept the ball in the ballpark and it helped his team in a huge way.

Aguilar hit a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning off of Tony Watson, as the Brewers defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-2 at Miller Park on Friday night.

Losing pitcher Hunter Strickland started the seventh inning, but after walking back-to-back pinch hitters in, Curtis Granderson and Eric Thames, Strickland was replaced by Watson, who gave up the eventual game-winning double to Aguilar.

With the victory, the Brewers increased their lead in the wild card race to a 1.5 games over the charging St. Louis Cardinals, who lost to the Detroit Tigers on a walk-off home run by Jose Castellanos in the bottom of the ninth inning at Comerica Park, by the final score of 5-3.

On the other side of things, it could not have gotten any worse for the Giants, who have lost six games in a row and are now a season-high six games under .500.

Josh Hader pitched two strong innings to pick-up his fifth win of the season, Joakim Soria got through the Giants in the top of the eighth and then Jeremy Jeffress closed it out to notch his ninth save of the season.

Bruce Bochy was not around to see the end of the game, as the Giants manager was ejected in the top of the ninth inning after arguing the strike zone with home plate umpire Adam Hamari. Bochy was ejected from the game after Nick Hundley was called out on a low strike call, and then Bochy came out to add his two cents before he got the heave-ho from Hamari.

Derek Holland once again pitched a great game, as he went six innings, allowing two runs on just two hits, walking five and striking out a season-high tying eight. It was the fourth time this season that Holland notched eight strikeouts in a game.

The Brewers got on the board in the bottom of the first inning when they got their only hits off of Holland, as Lorenzo Cain singled and then after then two outs later, Ryan Braun hit his 15th home run of the season.

Chris Shaw got the Giants on the board in the top of the fourth inning, as his groundout scored Evan Longoria, who hit back-to-back singles with Brandon Belt and the two advanced an additional 90 feet on a Chase Anderson wild pitch and then Longoria scored the first run of the night on the Shaw groundout.

Alen Hanson tied up the game, as he led off the top of the fifth inning with his eighth home run of the season off of Anderson, who gave up his National League leading 29th home run of the season. Anderson, who like Holland, did not fare in the decision, went five innings, allowing two runs on five hits, walking one and striking out five.

NOTES: Once again, Brandon Crawford was out of the starting lineup for the Giants, but he was available to pinch-hit for the Giants. Crawford last started for the Giants on Monday after missing the previous three games with a sore left knee. Crawford last played on Tuesday, but sat out Wednesday’s game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field and with the off-day on Thursday, Bochy said that he is listed as day-to-day.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Brewers play in game two of the series on Saturday at 4:10 pm PDT.

Chris Stratton will go for his 10th win for the Giants, while the Brewers will send Gio Gonzalez to the mound. This will be the first start as a member of the Brewers for Gonzalez, who was acquired from the Washington Nationals on August 31.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants expecting big things from new second baseman Abiatal Avelino

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On the Giants podcast with Michael:

#1 In the Andrew McCutchen deal that sent him to the New York Yankees, it gave the Giants a young prospect that’s maybe the key to this deal in acquiring Abiatal Avelino a promising second baseman.

#2 Avelino thought that when he got the call to go the show. He thought he was going to New York to replace injured second baseman Greyber Torres, but he found out he was being traded to San Francisco for Andrew McCutchen.

#3 Avelino wasn’t disappointed about coming to SF realizing he’ll have a better chance at starting in the Giants’ rebuild. Also, what does that mean for second baseman Joe Panik’s future with the Giants?

#4 The Giants take a five-game losing streak into Milwaukee tonight. The Brewers are in the hunt. Is this going to be a series on what the call ups can do or can they get up for this game and take it to the Brew Crew and play spoilers?

#5 Also, talk about the Rockies’ Trevor Story, who hit three home runs Wednesday night and 31 for the year, and how Giants pitcher Andrew Suarez just couldn’t contain him.

Michael Duca does the Giants podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants starting to play out the string in upcoming series against the Brewers

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By Jeremy Harness

It’s quite evident that the Giants are not going to make the playoffs – Buster Posey having season-ending surgery and the team trading Andrew McCutchen after a little more than half a season more than showed they have waved the right flag – so they might as well mess things up for teams that are still contending.

They can start with this weekend’s three-game series in Milwaukee against the Brewers, which starts Friday night at Miller Park. The Giants just got finished getting their heads handed to them by the Rockies in Colorado (what else is new?) in getting swept in a three-game series at Coors Field.

So if they are going to play spoiler–or if they think they actually have a chance in grabbing a wild-card spot in the National League–they will need to get things back on track very quickly.

The Giants’ Derek Holland (7-8, 3.56 ERA) will take the ball Friday night against the Brewers’ Chase Anderson (9-7, 3.96 ERA).

Anderson has won each of his last three decisions, and in his last outing, he went five innings and gave up only a run on four hits in a loss to Washington, although he got a no-decision. Holland, meanwhile, has won each of his last two decisions, while he has spent some time in the bullpen this season.

The left-hander went six innings in a loss to the Mets at home–he got a no-decision–and he also gave up only a run and surrendered only four hits in the process.

Chris Stratton (9-8, 4.90 ERA), who has spent some time in Triple-A Sacramento this year, will go Saturday afternoon, and he will face Milwaukee lefty–and former Nationals and A’s standout–Gio Gonzalez.

Stratton has been stellar in his past two starts, although he lost his last outing in a 4-1 loss to the Mets four days ago, when he gave up only a pair of runs on three hits over six innings. The outing before, he shut out the Diamondbacks over eight innings, giving up only five hits and striking out six in a 2-0 win.

On Sunday, Madison Bumgarner (5-5, 3.07 ERA) will take the hill for the Giants and opposite the Brewers’ Zach Davies (2-5, 4.88 ERA).

Story blasts Giants 5-3 with 3 HR’s

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By Jeremy Harness

Trevor Story blasted three home runs on Wednesday, and that proved to be the difference as the Colorado Rockies beat the Giants, 5-3, inside Coors Field.

One of those, which was in the bottom of the fourth inning, traveled 505 feet and was the longest ball ever to be hit in the history of the Rockies’ home field.

With the loss, the Giants fell to five games under .500 and are now 10 games behind the National League West lead. That, to go along with the fact that the Giants just cannot beat the Rockies in Coors Field, particularly when it matters.

The first bomb by Story gave the Rockies a 2-1 lead, but the Giants came right back in the third when Austin Slater’s run-scoring single tied the game at 2-2, and they took the lead when Aramis Garcia slammed a home run of his own in the fourth.

However, Colorado took over the game from that point on, and this time, the Giants could not recover.

In the bottom of the fourth, Story struck again and re-tied the game at 3-3 with his record-breaking home run the cleared the bleachers in left field. He left the ballpark one last time in the bottom of the sixth to give the Rockies a 4-3 lead.

D.J LeMahieu added some insurance in the seventh when he singled to score Carlos Gonzalez, and the Colorado bullpen slammed the door on the Giants the rest of the way, as they keep their hopes alive for the postseason.

Meanwhile, the Giants’ playoff hopes are long gone at this point. That was hammered home when catcher Buster Posey elected to have hip surgery a month ago, and then the team traded away right fielder Andrew McCutchen.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca and Morris Phillips: First time for SF being four games from .500, but not in a good way

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On the Giants podcast with Michael and Morris:

It’s a red letter day for the San Francisco Giants this is the first day that the Giants have not been within three games above .500. They’re four games below .500. They’ve lost four out of five. They’ve lost four straight. Giants manager Bruce Bochy admitted last week it’s a strong uphill climb.

The Giants are competitors and they’re never going to wave the white flag, but they’re acknowledging the rest of this season is audition time. Remember this is the club that was the only MLB team that didn’t make a move after the All-Star game and before the trade deadline.

The one major move they’ve made is obtaining Austin Jackson from Texas and McCutchen’s move earlier this week to New York. It has been audition time for a while now and one of the things that we’ve been pointing to is how guys are pitching and that the Giants pitcher Reyes Moronta, who came in to relieve on Tuesday night, was touched up by the Rockies.

Join Michael and Morris on the Giants podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose sports podcast with Ana Kieu and Jerry Feitelberg: Do the Quakes really have home field advantage?; Is it time to throw in the towel on SJSU football?

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On the San Jose sports podcast with Ana:

1. The Quakes took on the WhiteCaps at BC Place in Vancouver on September 1st. What were your three takeaways from this match and how did it compare to the August 25th match at Avaya Stadium?

2. The Wondo watch remains in full effect as Chris Wondolowski is just four goals away from making history. Right now, Wondo has 142 goals.

3. Vako is the other Quakes player that fans should be talking about whether or not they’re a diehard or a casual fan.

4. Quakes attacking midfielder and Loomis, Calif. native Tommy Thompson is grateful for the amazing fans.

5. The Quakes will host a Beer Fest at Avaya Stadium on September 15th versus Sporting Kansas City. All proceeds will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

6. Flipping the script to San Jose State football. The Spartans lost to the UC Davis Aggies 44-38 and that was a game that they were supposed to win, according to most Spartans’ media members and fans and even some college football odds in Las Vegas.

7. A lot of people have contacted you through email, phone and social media that it’s time to throw in the towel on SJSU football. Do you still stand by your prediction of 5-7 and do you think that head coach Brent Brennan should get fired?

Ana does the San Jose sports podcast each week at sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Giants’ skid hits four; drop second game to Rockies 6-2; no pitching relief nor hitting in sight

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On the Giants podcast with Marko:

Marko talks about the Giants’ tough 4-1 loss at AT&T Park last Sunday versus Noah Syndergaard and the New York Mets. Syndergaard won on his game, striking out a career-high 11 and going the distance and allowing only one Giants run.

The Giants lost to the Colorado Rockies on Monday night to open the series as Giants starter Madison Bumgarner got lit up for eight hits and seven runs (six earned), one walk, and six strikeouts. The Giants made a three-run comeback in the top of the ninth, but came up one short to lose 9-8 it as Rockies closer Wade Davis shut the door.

The Giants, who in the second game of their three-game series with the Rockies, dropped another tough one 6-2 at Coors Field on Tuesday night. The Giants continue the series at Coors Field Wednesday night with Giants starter Andrew Suarez (6-9) against the Rockies’ Antonio Senzatela (4-5).

Marko Ukalovic does the Giants podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com