San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (left) talks things over with tight end George Kittle (right) during practice with the Los Angeles Chargers at El Segundo CA on Aug 18, 2026 (AP News photo)
San Francisco 49ers podcast David Zizmor:
#1 Can the San Francisco 49ers’ defense contain the Rams’ star-studded offense in the historic Australian opener Thu Sep 10 at 5:35pm PDT?
#2 Will the San Francisco 49ers’ health and depth hold up after the long trip Down Under?
#3 Which key matchup will decide the San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams clash in Melbourne?
San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb, right center, hands the ball to manager Tony Vitello (23) during the third inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
By Barbara Mason
Tuesday evening the San Francisco Giants (57-82) took on the Pittsburgh Pirates (68-71) in the first of a three-game series at PNC Park as the Pirates edged the Giants 13-12. San Francisco comes into this game on a winning note having won Monday’s game against the Atlanta Braves.
Tuesday they will be looking for their third win in a row. This game got off in the right direction for the Pirates scoring two runs in the first inning for the early 2-0 lead. San Francisco punched right back in the top of the second inning scoring five runs taking a 5-2 lead.
The bottom of the third inning turned into another problem start for San Francisco starting pitcher Logan Webb. The Pirates loaded the bases numerous times and when the inning had come to an end they had taken an 11-5 lead and scored nine runs.
The Giants would get back two runs in the sixth inning cutting the Pirates lead to 11-7. Pittsburgh’s Brandon Lowe hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and San Francisco was running out of time trailing 12-7.
This entire game turned in favor of the Giants in the eighth inning when they scored five runs in the inning tying up this game 12-12. When it looked like extra innings, the Pirates Brandon Lowe scored on a throwing error by Giants third baseman Osleivis Basabe and that was the ball game, the Pirates salvaging this game and winning in a walk-off.
GAME RECAP
The Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb was looking for a strong start after stumbling in his last outing. He had a bit of a rough start in the first inning giving up three singles as well as hitting a batter. The Pirates Nick Gonzales singled Brandon Lowe home for the first run of the game. Oneil Cruz would single Bryan Reynolds home taking a 2-0 lead.
San Francisco answered in the top of the second inning with some tremendous at bats. Osleivis Basabe walked to start off the inning followed by a Drew Cavanaugh infield single.
With two runners on base Christian Koss singled Basabe home for their first run of the game. Tommy Hill hit another single and Cavanaugh scored and this game was tied. Rafael Devers cleared the bases with his 31st home run of the season, a three-run shot and San Francisco had taken a 5-2 lead.
It was looking really good for the Giants until they ran into a buzz-saw in the bottom of the third inning. The Pirates went on a scoring frenzy loading the bases a number of time in the inning.
It seemed to be a never ending inning for the Giants and when it was all said and done, the bottom of the inning had taken 35 minutes and the Pirates had scored nine runs taking an 11-5 lead. Pittsburgh had hit eight singles, two batters had walked and Nick Gonzalez had been hit by a pitch. Giants starting pitcher Logan was relieved in the third inning by Braxton Roxby.
The score remained 11-5 in favor of the Pirates going into the top of the sixth inning. San Francisco got back two runs in the sixth inning loading the bases. Christian Koss hit an infield single to start off the inning followed by a Tommy Hill single.
Bryce Eldridge walked and the Giants had the bases loaded. Jonah Cox singled Koss home for the first run and Jung Hoo Lee grounded out allowing Hill to score and San Francisco had cut into the Pirates lead.
The Pirates extended their lead to 12-7 in the bottom of the seventh when Brandon Lowe hit a solo home run making it even more difficult for a San Francisco comeback.
San Francisco relief pitcher Cesar Perdomo had given up the home run in the inning but it did not effect his work on the mound. He continued to throw strikes and got the Giants out of the inning striking out Oneil Cruz. It was on to the eighth inning.
San Francico got a rally going in the top of the eighth loading the bases with only one out. They had a great opportunity to do some major damage with Osleivis Basabe at the plate. There was a pitching change for the Pirates after relief pitcher Evan Sisk walked three batters in a row.
Luke Weaver would take the mound for Pittsburgh walking the first batter he faced putting another run on the board for San Francisco. In an unbelievable turn, and thanks so some shaky pitching by the Pirates, the Giants tied up this game 12-12.
This was the second time in the game that San Francisco had scored five runs in an inning. Basabe walked and Bryce Eldridge scored, Drew Cavanaugh doubled Jonah Cox and Jung Hoo Lee home and Nate Furman singled Basabe and McCray home for the five runs and the tie ball game.
The Giants had one last chance to take the lead going into the ninth inning. They were unable to score and unfortunaely the Pirates were able to put two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth.
With two outs Brandon Lowe scored on a throwing error from third baseman Basabe and that was the ball game. The Pirates won in a walk-off 13-12. San Francisco had fought so hard to tie up this game and it all came down to an errant throw that lost the game for the Giants.
GAME NOTES
It was another rough one for Webb. They pulled him out of the game after only two innings. He had given up nine hits, nine earned runs, two walks with only one strikeout. It was another tough one for the pitcher.
Braxton Roxby relieved Webb for one inning also struggling giving up four hits, two runs. One bright spot for the San Francisco Giants was the appearance of Cesar Perdomo in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings. He was called up by the Giants today making his major-league debut. He had a great outing going four innings, giving up three hits, one earned run with 4 strikeouts.
There were a number of contributing factors that lost this game for the Giants. They certainly had enough offense to have won this game. The bullpen couldn’t protect the lead when they had it.
The Giants needed their relievers to shut the door late and they did not. San Francisco allowed far too many runs after taking the lead. And obviously the third inning was a huge blow for the Giants.
It all came down to the ninth inning defensive mistake with the game tied. Brandon Lowe was able to cross home plate on a throwing error, that being the final difference in the game.
The Pittsburgh offense was relentless scoring 13 runs throughout the game. When you score 12 runs on the road you would normally expect to win the game but it came down to the pitching and the defense. They just could not preserve the means to go into extra innings.
Tuesday the Giants will be looking to tie up this series. Both teams will be stretched after today’s 4 1/2 hour game. Landen Roupp will take the mound for the Giants. He has a 8-13 win/loss record and a 4.25 ERA. The Pirates will start Jared Jones. He comes into this game with a 2-6 win/loss record and a 4.83 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 3:40 PM.
Former Los Angeles Angels broadcasters Jose Mota (left), Amaury Pi Gonzalez (center), and Manny Mota (right) during a Angels telecast. The author Amaury called the play by play for Angels baseball. (photo from Amaury Pi Gonzalez)
By Amaury Pi Gonzalez
Arutaro Moreno, owner of the LA Angels, sold the team to Stan Kroenke’s. Huge sports and Entertainment conglomerate for a record $4 billion. Previous record: the San Diego Padres for $3.9 billion. Mr Kroenke also owns the NFL Los Angeles Rams and, now with the LA Angels, is a big player in the Southern California sports world.
Worth mentioning that Moreno is a very smart businessman and billboard tycoon, and he sold just in time before his fellow owner locked the players out in a few months. The sale is pending approval from MLB owners. Arturo (Arte) Moreno wanted to sell the team a few years ago, but changed his mind.
This time, he had no problem with the KSI offer and sold the team, which he had previously renamed the Los Angeles Angels. Los Angeles is the second-largest television and radio broadcasting market in the United States, right behind New York.
The Los Angeles Angels are currently in the cellar of the American League West Division. Mr. Arturo Moreno, who also speaks Spanish, became a billboard salesman in 1973, just years before leaving the U.S. military. When I broadcast Angels TV in Spanish for Fox Sports Net in Los Angeles, he was always gracious enough to drop by our broadcast booth to say hello, usually before each game.
His booth was to our right and, to this day, is named the Jackie Autry (widow of the once owner) luxury box, famous owner and husband Gene Autry, the Singing Cowboy who owned the Angels. Autry bought the expansion team in 1960 before they began playing in 1961, and he sold majority control to The Walt Disney Company during the 1990s, retaining a stake through 1997.
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.
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New Los Angeles Angels owner Stan Kroenke will tak over ownership in early 2027 as outgoing Angels owner Arte Moreno announced the team has been sold on Tue Sep 1, 2027 in Anaheim (AP News photo)
That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:
#1 Long time Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno sold the Angels to Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke in a transaction that is expected to close in early 2027 for $4 billion the announcement of the sale took everyone by surprise.
#2 Amaury you covered the Angels for many years doing their television broadcast seeing what the Angels have become of late and a mostly last place team over the last couple years did you see as time for Moreno to make that move and sell the team?
#3 Amaury talk about the dead period in baseball between the end of the World Series and Dec 5th when the MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement expires. The owners say their going to get a salary cap one way or the other.
#4 Free agency will be allowed before Dec 21st. Winter meetings start Dec 21st and close later that day so it’s a short 24 window for free agency.
#5 Here’s where the rubber hits the road during a lockout there will be no free agent signing between Dec 21 and the beginning of Feb. In otherwords no free agent signings and no trades will be allowed.
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.
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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) hands of the football to running back Mike Washington (30) in the first half against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on Thu Aug 27, 2026 (AP News photo)
Las Vegas Raiders podcast Tony Renteria:
#1 Can Kirk Cousins give the Raiders the steady quarterback play they need to open the season with a win over Miami?
#2 How much will Ashton Jeanty’s ankle injury affect the Raiders’ rushing attack, and can Mike Washington Jr. step up if Jeanty is limited?
#3 With Maxx Crosby anchoring the defense, can the Raiders generate enough pressure to disrupt Miami’s new-look offense?
#4 Can Fernando Mendoza make an impact if Klint Kubiak turns to the rookie quarterback, or will Kirk Cousins handle the bulk of the workload?
#5 Which Raiders skill-position player—such as Dont’e Thornton or Jalen Nailor—can emerge as a reliable weapon and give the Dolphins’ secondary problems?
Davis Warren (8) starting quarterback for the Stanford Cardinal will be under center against the Miami Hurricane for Fri Sep 4, 2026 game at Stanford Stadium (Bay Area News Group photo)
Stanford Cardinal podcast Micahel Roberson:
#1 Can Davis Warren handle Miami’s pressure and give Stanford enough consistency at quarterback to keep the Cardinal competitive?
#2 Can Micah Ford and Sedrick Irvin establish Stanford’s running game against a Miami defense expected to challenge the Cardinal at the line of scrimmage?
#3 Will Jordan Onovughe emerge as a difference-maker in the passing game and help Stanford exploit Miami’s secondary?
#4 Can Ernest Cooper and Tevarua Tafiti generate enough pressure off the edge to disrupt Miami’s quarterback and slow down the Hurricanes’ offense?
#5 Can Jay Green and Cam Richardson lead a Stanford secondary capable of containing Miami’s talented receivers and preventing explosive plays?
Oakland Ballers Brenden O’Sullivan (8) makes contact against Long Beach Coast pitching in Pioneer League action at Raimondi Field in Oakland on Sun Aug 30, 2026 (Oakland Ballers photo)
Monday, August 31
By Lewis Rubman
OAKLAND–In the past seven days, your Oakland Ballers closed up their home season by doing exactly what you’d expect of them: the unexpected.
On Tuesday, August 25, with the B’s trailing the rising Missoula PaddleHeads 7-4, in the bottom of the eighth, it looked like the visitors’ Brock Lambert, who had entered the game in relief of Jaren Jackson, the PaddleHeads’ starter and eventual winner, plunked Noah Blythe. Home plate umpire Ricardo Rodríguez didn’t see it that way, and Blythe ended up flying out to the warning track in right. The next B at the plate, Mitchell Sanford, homered to left before the Ballers’ small ball combined with some sloppy Missoula fielding combined to bring Brendan O’Sullivan home with another, unearned, run.
Ah, well, the Ballers had beaten the Modesto Roadsters three days earlier on questionable calls; they could well have lost this contest on one.
Winning pitcher: Jaren Jackson (8-4) Losing pitcher: Christian Díaz (3-2) Save: Matthew Taubensee (9
Time: 2:55 Attendance: 2,256
Good bullpen work by Brady Chávez, Tyler Bates, and Nathan Darden, not something we’ve come to expect from the B’s, held the visitors in check long enough for Jeter Ybarra to reach second on a single and a wild pitch to place the potential tying run in scoring position with no one out in the bottom of the ninth. Brock Mayer, pinch running for him, still was there when the game ended,
They say that turnabout is fair play; on Wednesday the twenty-sixth , Oaktown zapped Zootown by the overwhelming score of 17-5. The Ballers massacred Mason Martínez, a righty whom Missoula had acquired from the Tri-City Valleycats of the Frontier League in exchange for the always in demand Player to be Named Later. He made his PBL appearance on August 20 and shut out the feared Long Beach Coast over seven innings in what turned out to be a 4-0 victory and the Paddleheads’ only white wash win of the season.
Mason’s modus operandi on that occasion was to pitch to contact. He used the same technique on the twenty-sixth, but the result was considerably less successful. Martínez lasted three frames and surrendered seven runs, all earned, on five hits and as many walks while registering but one strike out. The B’s scored a quick two runs to take the lead in the bottom of the first. Missoula wiped that out in their next turn at bat, but their hosts plated three in the third on a double by Jeter Ybarra and a two RBI single by Tristan Moore.Their guests never came closing to catching up after that. Even by Pioneer Baseball League standards, the game was decided after four innings,
Winning pitcher: David Thomas (3-1) Losing pitcher: Mason Martínez (1-1)
Time: 2:57 Attendance: 2,078
The Ballers’ mound work was adequate; but, it goes without saying, the story was their offense. Brendan O’Sullivan was the only batter in the starting line up to go hitless, and he got a walk. Tristan Moore got four hits and drove in five runs in five at bats. Ybarra went three for five, with two doubles and three
RBI. Esai Santos, well out of his slump, had a multi-hit night that included a two bagger and a pair of ribbies.
You’d think after a defeat like that, the mountain boys would have slunk away in shame. Instead, they carried a 2-0 lead over the first and a half innings on the twenty-seventh. They got those two runs off hard luck Ren Abe Arias, who, nonetheless, managed to get credit for a complete game. He had been stymied an out short of one on August 2 after throwing 130 pitches against the B’s for the RedPocket Mobiles and again on the fifteenth, this time pitching for them against Long Beach.
Oakland managed to overcome Missoula’s lead in the seventh but wasted an opportunity to go ahead when Leehey got picked off at first with a runner on second and two down.. The
Ballers did take the lead in the eighth with Tristan Moore’s solo shot round tripper to left center. They blew that advantage in the top of the ninth. Abe Arias had kept the PaddleHeads off the board for seven consecutive innings when Sergio Gutiérrez blasted a 3-1 offering into the what looked like to my weakened eyes the Missoula bullpen in right, a shot unanswered by the Ballers in their final chance to win in regulation.
The Shoot Out at the KO corral wasn’t as close as the tie game that preceded it; Nich Klemp’s 4 “home runs” easily bested Leehey’s one fence clearer.
There was no winning or losing pitcher.
Missoula won in first round of KO Inning: Nich Klemp (3), Nick Leehey (1)
Time: 2:40 Attendance: 2,852
Long Beach, almost assured of a playoff spot, coasted into The Town on Friday, August 28.
Reed Butz was ineffective as Oakland’s starter. The team went south almost as soon as the southpaw toed the rubber. Jacob Jablonski, LBC’s third batter, put them ahead, 3-0. Butz lasted until Emilio Corona hit a two RBI safety that brought James Pazdera to the mound. He allowed one inherited run to score. More probably would have come in if the Coasters were better baserunners. Julio Rosario and Valek Cisneros also relieved for the Ballers. Rosario yielded a three run four bagger to Emilio Corona, the fourth batter he faced.
The Ballers stayed in their funk in Saturday’s 4:35 game.
Only one of the Coast’s five tallies was earned. Four Coast runners scored on home runs as the B’s sang The Long Coast Long Ball Blues.
Just when you thought the Ballers would bid farewell for the season with another loss on Sunday afternoon’s Fan Appreciation Day, they blew the Coast out of the water with a game in which the total of runs scored by both teams was 40, the number of their hits also was 40, and they combined to commit four errors.
The Ballers sent their fans home happy.
At 20th and Wood, it’s wait ’til next year. In the meantime, the B’s are off to Marysville for a six game series against Yuba-Sutter. Next Monday, I’ll report on what happens there. It’s been fun watch the Ballers and a privilege to pass my observations on to you.
Texas Rangers starter Jacob deGrom had command of his pitches and the Sacramento A’s at Globe Life Field in Arlington in the opening of a three game series on Mon Aug 31, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Mauricio Segura
The Sacramento Athletics found almost nothing to hit against Jacob deGrom, and the Texas Rangers steadily turned his dominance into an 8-1 victory. DeGrom allowed one hit over seven scoreless innings, struck out eight, issued no walks and faced the minimum 21 batters. Lawrence Butler supplied Sacramento’s only hit against him with a leadoff single in the second, but Tommy White struck out and Max Muncy grounded into a double play, erasing Butler and letting deGrom move on without facing an extra hitter.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner needed only 85 pitches, 56 for strikes, and improved to 10-9 while lowering his ERA to 4.00. Texas gave him all the support he needed in the bottom of the second against rookie left-hander Gage Jump. Brandon Nimmo reached on an infield single, Jake Burger doubled him to third, and Elias Díaz grounded out to score Nimmo. Cody Freeman followed with a single to deep center that brought Burger home for a 2-0 lead.
The Rangers added another run in the third when Corey Seager drew a walk, advanced on a wild pitch and a Wyatt Langford fly ball, then scored on Nimmo’s RBI single. Justin Foscue made it 4-0 in the fourth with his 10th home run of the season, a solo shot to left.
Texas stretched the margin further in the fifth. Ezequiel Duran singled, Seager and Langford drew walks to load the bases, and Nimmo lifted a sacrifice fly that scored Duran. Jump’s outing ended after 4 1/3 innings when Chris Roycroft took over, but the Rangers added two more runs before the inning ended. Burger singled home Seager, and Evan Carter’s fielder’s choice scored Langford for a 7-0 advantage.
Jump was charged with seven runs on six hits and three walks, struck out two and fell to 6-9 as his ERA rose to 5.15. Roycroft gave Sacramento 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, before José Suarez handled the eighth.
Texas scored its final run against Suarez when Logan O’Hoppe doubled and Freeman singled him home, giving Freeman two hits and two RBIs. Nimmo also finished with two hits and two RBIs while scoring once, helping Texas total nine hits.
Sacramento’s offense finally stirred after deGrom and Robby Ahlstrom had combined to hold the A’s to one hit through eight innings. Carlos Cortes opened the ninth with a single off Ben Peoples, and Jonah Heim followed with a double to put runners at second and third. Darell Hernaiz then lifted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Cortes and preventing a shutout. Peoples retired Henry Bolte and Jeff McNeil to finish it.
Sacramento ended with three hits, no walks and 11 strikeouts. The loss dropped the Athletics to 53-85 and extended their skid to four games. They finished August 8-20, their poorest August since going 7-21 in 1978, while Texas improved to 68-70.
The series continues Tuesday with right-hander J.T. Ginn scheduled for Sacramento. Ginn is 9-8 with a 3.71 ERA and 121 strikeouts. Texas will counter with left-hander MacKenzie Gore, who is 7-10 with a 4.40 ERA and 165 strikeouts. First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 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.
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San Francisco Giants designated hitter Rafeal Devers gets around on a pitch for his 30th home run of the season against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Field in Cobb County GA on Mon Aug 31, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Barbara Mason
The San Francisco Giants (56-82) kicked off the week with a makeup game in Atlanta taking on the Braves (83-55) at Truist Field. This game comes as a result of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Arthur back on June 18 that postponed the game. It was originally the final game of that series.
The Giants Anthony Molina took the mound today and Bryce Elder started for the Braves, The Giants Rafael Devers got this game underway in the top of the first with a home run giving San Francisco an early 1-0 lead.
The Braves would tie up the game in bottom of the first 1-1. Atlanta took the lead in the bottom of the second off a Michael Harris II solo home run 2-1. San Francisco would tie up the game in the top of the fifth inning 2-2 when Jonah Cox hit a beautifully executed bunt allowing Rafael Devers to score.
Atlanta took back the lead in the fifth inning 3-2 when Sean Murphy scored however the Braves lead wouldn’t last, the Giants tying up the game 3-3 off a Osleivis Basabe blast to center in the top of the sixth.
San Francisco would score three more runs in the sixth inning taking a 6-3 lead into the top of the ninth inning. Jonah Cox hit a home run in the ninth extending their lead to 7-3. The Braves were unable to get anything going in the ninth and the Giants had won this make-up game 7-3.
GAME RECAP
This game got underway with temps in the high eighties under sunny skies. San Francisco got the start they were looking for with a home run off the bat of Rafael Devers.
The Giants had put Atlanta starting pitcher Bryce Elder on notice. The Braves tied up the game in the bottom of the inning. Drake Baldwin doubled and Matt Olson grounded out to second and Baldwin scored.
The Giants had two runners on base, Andrew Knizner and Nate Furman in the top of the second inning but left them both stranded. The Braves would take the lead 2-1 in the bottom of the second with Atlanta’s first home run of the game, a shot off the bat of Michael Harris II.
The third and fourth innings were a flash for both teams with the score remaining 2-1 in favor of the Braves. SF starting pitcher Andrew Molina went three and out in the third with two strikeouts and picked up another three strikeouts in the fourth inning.
San Francisco was able to tie up the game in the fifth inning. With two outs, Rafael Devers walked and Bryce Eldridge singled with Devers advancing to third. Jonah Cox hit a beautifully executed bunt in the inning and Devers scored tying up the game 2-2.
Atlanta punched back in the bottom of the inning with some back-to-back hits. Sean Murphy scored when Drake Balwin singled breaking the tie, the Braves now leading 3-2 in this see-saw game.
First at bat in the top of the sixth inning Osleivis Basabe hit the Giants second home run of the game and again this game was tied at 3-3. San Francisco went on a hitting spree with Andrew Knizner and Nate Furman each hitting a single and a Christian Koss bunt allowed both Knizner Nate Furman to advance to second and third base.
There was a pitching change for the Braves with Lee relieving Bryce Elder. With two runners on base, Turner Hill doubled driving Furman and Knizner home breaking the tie taking a 5-3 lead. Bryce Eldridge singled Hill home and when the top of the inning came to an end, San Francisco had a 6-3 lead.
The Giants took the 6-3 lead into the top of the seventh inning going three and out. The Braves managed only a single in the bottom of the inning and this game went into the eighth inning with the Giants leading 6-3, the Braves running out of innings.
The Giants would score one more run in the top of the ninth inning when Jonah Cox slammed a solo home run. He had a rbi off a bunt earlier in the game and now a long ball his fourth of the season.
The Braves got a rally going in the bottom of the ninth. The first at bat Ozzie Albies singled followed by a Sean Murphy walk. This was the first walk in the game for the San Francisco pitchers.
Closer Dylan Smith was in a bit of a jam but Austin Riley grounded into a double play and the Giants were one out away from the win. Mike Yastrzemski struck out and that was the ball game with San Francisco winning 7-3 snapping the Braves seven-game winning streak.
GAME RECAP
Devers got the Giants on the scoreboard early hitting his 30th home run of the season taking the early 1-0 lead. Atlanta answered with a Michael Harris II home run and eventually took a 3-2 lead after five innings.
The sixth inning was the turning point of this game. Osleivis Basabe tied the game with a solo home run and then the Giant exploded for four runs in the inning taking a 6-3 lead.
Kudos to Turner Hill who delivered the biggest blow of the rally hitting a two-run double that put San Francisco ahead 5-3. Bryce Eldridge then singled Hill home for a 6-3 score. Jonah Cox added an insureance run in the ninth inning with a home run essentially putting this game on ice 7-3. The Giants’s held the Braves scoreless after then fifth ninning.
The Giants pitching today was very good especially after the fifth inning. They held the Braves scoreless over the final four innings. Starting pitcher Anthony Molina went five innings allowing six hits, three runs, no walks with six strikeouts.
He threw 75 pitches with 54 strikes. He was very efficient and controlled against a dangerous Atlanta lineup. He kept the game within reach throughout. It was the Giants bullpen that shut Atlanta down once San Francisco took the lead in the sixth inning. It was a very solid team pitching win. Molina kept the Giants close, the offense took control in the sixth and the bullpen slammed the door shut.
Tuesday night San Francisco will start off a new series against the Pittsburg Pirates. The Giants plan on sending Logan Webb to the mound. His last outing was rough and he will be looking for a better start.
Webb has an 8-8 win/loss record and a 3.72 ERA. The Pirates will start Paul Skenes. He has a 9-11 win/loss record and a 3.79 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 3:40 PM.
Sacramento A’s righthander Gage Jump will open the series as starting pitcher against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Texas in game 1 of the series on Mon Aug 31, 2026 (AP News file photo)
Sacramento A’s podcast Barbara Mason:
#1 Lawrence Butler drove in two runs early for the A’s Sunday. What was the situation that led to Butler’s two-run hit in the first inning?
#2 Brian Serven hit a two-run home run in the third inning. How did his homer affect the A’s lead at that point?
#3 Jeff McNeil doubled in a run in the second inning. What did that hit give the A’s in terms of momentum against Orioles starter Chris Bassitt?
#4 Jeffrey Springs started on the mound for the A’s. What happened after he allowed Coby Mayo’s three-run homer and Gunnar Henderson’s second home run?
#5 The A’s open up a three game set to start the road trip in Arlington against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on Monday night. Starting pitchers for Sacramento LHP Gage Jump (6-8 ERA 4.69) for Texas RHP Jacob deGrom (9-9 ERA 4.21) first pitch 5:05pm PDT.
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