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NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast Len Shapiro Fri May 2, 2025: Leafs eliminate Sens in six games with 4-2 win; Knights edge Wild 3-2 to advance to next round; plus more NHL news

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Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander (right) and Matthew Knies (23) as Autin Matthews scores on the Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) in game six of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Canadian Tire Centre on Thu May 1, 2025 (AP News photo)

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast Len Shapiro:

#1 In the Eastern Conference first round Max Pacioretty ended a 2-2 deadlock for the Toronto Maple Leafs at 5:39 in the third period and eliminated the Ottawa Senators 4-2 and in the series by the same score in game six at Canadian Tire Centre Thursday night. Senators goalie Linus Ullmark was beat by Pacioretty glove side with a wrist shot from the left face off circle.

#2 The Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel scored his first goal in the playoffs and also added an assist as the Knights eliminated the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in game six in the First Round of the Western Conference playoffs at the Xcel Energy Center Thursday night.

#3 Colorado Avalanche Valeri Nichushkin led with two goals to help prevent the Avalanche from being eliminated in game 6 on Thursday night with a 7-4 win at Ball Arena in Denver. The series is now tied up 3-3 with game seven in Dallas on Saturday. The Aves Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists, Martin Necas scored a goal and got an assist.

#4 The Edmonton Oilers eliminated the Los Angeles Kings in game six four games to two. The Oilers got a two goal win 6-4 and got goals from Connor Brown, Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent Hopkins, Darnell Nurse, Trent Frederic, and Adam Hendrique. Plenty of help in putting this first round to bed on Thursday night.

#5 Friday night the Winnipeg Jets who hold a 3-2 lead over the St Louis Blues play game six at the Enterprise Center. It’s been a grind of a series with the Jets winning the last game 5-3 on Wednesday night in Winnipeg. The Blues have home ice and tie this series up in game 6.

Len Shapiro does the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB podcast with Michael Duca Fri May 2, 2025: Ex- Yankee Mariano Rivera and wife named as defendants in church civil suit child abuse case; Man in PNC fall listed as critical; plus more MLB news

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Former New York Yankee Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera and his wife Clara have been named as defendants in a civil lawsuit claiming their responsible for an older child abusing a younger child in the church the Riveras own Westchester County New York (photo from Mariano Rivera Instagram)

MLB podcast with Michael Duca:

#1 Former New York Yankees Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera and his wife Clara have been accused of being a non protector a girl that was abused by an older child at Rivera’s church that they own in Westchester County in New York. The Rivera’s were added to a defendants list in a civil lawsuit by the girl and the mother stating that the girl was abused in 2018. It is important to note that the Rivera’s have not been charged with any crime.

#2 A scary and tragic fall took place at PNC Park in Pittsburgh during Wednesday night’s game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. A man fell above the 21 foot Roberto Clemente wall in right field. The training staffs from the Cubs and Pirates attended to the man and he was taken from the right field warning track on a cart. Pittsburgh Public Safety, Pittsburgh Police and EMS said the man was listed in critical condition and listed it as an accident.

#3 Kansas City Royals left hand pitcher Noah Cameron took a no hitter into the seventh inning against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night in his big league debut. Cameron was called up to replace pitcher Cole Ragans who is out with a sore groin. Cameron stayed in until the Rays Curtis Mead broke up the no hitter with a base hit to left field. Royals manager Matt Quataro came out and replaced Cameron and the next day (Thursday) he was demoted to the triple A Omaha. Cameron became the first pitcher who debuted to go seven innings since the Toronto Blue Jays Nick Kingham who got two outs in the seventh against the St Louis Cardinals on April 29, 2018.

#4 The Colorado Rockies ended the month of April with a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. It didn’t make a difference the Rockies still went down with the losingest April in the history of Major League Baseball going 5-25. The Rocks had a eight game losing streak going until they snapped the skid on Wednesday. Last season the White Sox had won just six games in the month of April.

#5 The Sacramento A’s who started the 2025 season in the cellar have got a bump up in their last homestand they took out of three from the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox. On this current road trip they took three out of four from the Rangers and have improved their home record to 6-9 and moving five games over .500 on the road record to 11-6. For the A’s has it been getting the key hits? The right kind of pitching? and to manager Mark Kotsay’s credit just great managing?

Join Michael Duca Fridays for the MLB podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson: Springs sprung into action pitching ace shuts Rangers out in 6 innings of work; A’s open series in Miami Friday

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Sacramento A’s starter Jeffrey Springs wipes his brow in the A’s dugout in the fourth inning. Springs was dealing pitching six innings of shutout ball against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Thu May 1, 2025 (AP News photo)

On the Sacramento A’s podcast Jeremiah Salmonson:

#1 Sacramento A’s starter Jefferey Springs pitched six innings of scoreless baseball and surrendered only two hits. Springs line was two hits, one walk and two strikeouts against the Texas Rangers for the 3-0 win.

#2 The A’s have been getting good pitching and for Springs in his last five starts he’s given up three runs. Closer Mason Miller retired all three hitters in the ninth and picked up his tenth save of the season.

#3 Jacob Wilson got an RBI single in the top of the seventh inning and Luis Urias got himself an RBI single to contribute the A’s scoring.

#4 The A’s also got help from their bullpen after Springs left in the seventh. A’s relievers Mitch Spence, TJ McFarland, Justin Sterner, and closer Mason Miller all kept the shutout going against the Rangers.

#5 The A’s return to action on Friday night in Miami at Loan Depot Park. The A’s season road record are 11-6 five games above .500. The A’s and Miami Marlins neither team has announced a starter for Friday’s game. The Marlins are struggling in last place in the NL East. They are 8-8 at home at Loan Depot.

Join Jeremiah Thursdays for the A’s podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Rockies score two late off Rogers to top Giants 4-3 in series opener

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The Colorado Rockies Jordan Beck (left) dives in to score on the San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey on a Hunter Goodman single in the top of the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Thu May 1, 2025 (AP News photo)

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Colorado Rockies 4 (6-25)

San Francisco Giants 3 (19-13)

Win: Angel Chivilli (1-2)

Loss: Tyler Rogers (2-1)

Save: Zach Agnos (2)

Time: 2:19

Attendance: 27,198

By Stephen Ruderman

In the great game of baseball, even the worst teams will occasionally beat the best teams, and that is what happened at Oracle Park Thursday night, as the Rockies scored two runs off Tyler Rogers in the top of the eighth inning to top the Giants 4-3 in the series opener.

The Giants returned home to San Francisco after getting swept in their short two-game set in San Diego. It was only the third time all year that the Giants had even lost consecutive games. In fact, through 31 games, the Giants came into Wednesday night’s game having yet to lose three-straight games all season. That’s pretty impressive.

What’s even more impressive is that the Giants have gotten off to this great start playing almost nothing but good teams. The only subpar team the Giants had yet to play prior to Wednesday night’s game was the Los Angeles Angels. Oddly enough, the Giants lost two of three in Anaheim.

Wednesday night, the Giants would welcome the 5-25 Colorado Rockies into Oracle Park for a four-game series. The Rockies won their fifth game of the season yesterday, as they beat the Braves on a getaway afternoon in Denver by a final 2-1. Not only did the Rockies come in with just five wins, they had yet to win consecutive games all year.

It took Justin Verlander nine starts to earn his first world series win. Tonight, Verlander would look for his first win in a Giants’ uniform in his seventh start of the still-young season. He has had some rough starts as well, but he has been burned by a lack of run support from a usually-reliable Giants’ offense.

Verlander was coming off a pair of strong starts, and a cold and foggy night against the Rockies was the perfect setting for his first win. Verlander got off to a solid start, as he pitched through an error in the top of the first inning.

Heliot Ramos wasted no time against the Rockies’ veteran left-hander, Kyle Freeland, as he led off the bottom of the first with a home run to left-center field. It was Ramos’ fifth home run of the season, and his second in as many days.

The Giants looked to do more in the bottom of the first, as a pair of singles set things up nicely with one outs for Mike Yastrzemski, who got a head start on his fifth-straight Mustache May. However, Yaz grounded into a double play to end the inning.

The Rockies tied the game in the top of the third, and the Giants once again struggled to provide run support for Verlander. The game became a pitcher’s duel as it made its way through the middle innings.

Verlander finally threw his first one, two, three inning of the night in the top of the sixth, and the Giants’ offense finally made some real noise in the bottom of the sixth. Willy Adames led off the inning with a base-hit to left, and then he ran like the wind and scored when Wilmer Flores lined a double down the right field line.

The Giants had the lead back, and they looked to add more. Matt Chapman got Flores over to third on a flyout to right, and up came Yastrzemski. Yastrzemski doubled off the wall in left, and Flores scored to make it 3-1.

The Rockies made a statement when Ryan McMahon led off the top of the seventh with a home run to straightaway center to make it 3-2. Mickey Moniak then flew out to left for the first out, and that did it for Verlander, who had pitched into the seventh inning for the first time this season.

Verlander gave up two runs and five hits over six and a third innings of work. He walked one and struck out four. Most importantly, he was in line for his first win of the season.

However, after Angel Chivilli threw a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh for Colorado, Verlander would lose his win in the top of the eighth. Bob Melvin summoned his setup man, Tyler Rogers. Left-fielder Heliot Ramos made a tremendous sliding catch on a Texas Leaguer off the bat of Alan Trejo to start the inning, but the inning quickly went south for Rogers afterwards.

With one out, Brenton Doyle lined a base-hit to right and stole second base. Jordan Beck then lined a ground-rule double down the left field line to tie it. Michael Toglia grounded out to third for the second out, and Rogers had a chance to get out of it with the game still tied.

Hunter Goodman came up with two outs, and lined a base-hit the other way to right. Right-fielder Mike Yastrzemski was in perfect position to throw Beck out of the plate, but as he set up to throw, he lost his footing, and his throw sailed past catcher Patrick Bailey. Beck scored, and the Rockies took a 4-3 lead.

The Giants looked to respond, as Wilmer Flores led off the bottom of the eighth with a base-hit off Chivilli. However, after former Giant Scott Alexander came in with one out, Brett Wisely, who came in to pinch-run for Wilmer, was thrown out trying to steal second.

Randy Rodriguez threw a scoreless top of the ninth, but the Giants were unable to do anything against Zach Agnos in the bottom of the ninth. Agnos closed it out with a one, two, three inning, and the Rockies win it 4-3.

Angel Chivilli got the win; Tyler Rogers took his first loss of the season; and Zach Agnos picked up his second save.

The Giants have lost three in a row for the first time this season, as they fall to 19-13. The Rockies, meanwhile, have won consecutive games for the first time this season, and they improve to 6-25.

The Giants will look to snap their three-game slide tomorrow, and they will have no better man on the mound to do so than Robbie Ray (3-0, 3.73 ERA.) The Giants are 6-0 in Ray’s six starts this season. The Rockies will counter with Antonio Senzatela (1-4, 5.22 ERA).

First pitch will be at the old 7:15 p.m., which is still the start time for Friday night games at Oracle Park.

Giants News and Notes:

Tyler Fitzgerald was placed on the 10-day injured list prior to the game with a fracture in one of his left ribs. Brett Wisely was called up to take Fitzgerald’s place on the 25-man roster.

Final Thoughts:

Baseball is a beautiful game, but it’s also cruel at times. Even the worst teams occasionally beat the best teams.

In 2018, the 108-win world champion Boston Red Sox went 16-3 against the 115-loss Baltimore Orioles. That means the 115-loss Orioles beat the 108-win Red Sox three times.

A’s Depart Arlington On Sweet Victory Airlines; Sac’s Springs deals 6 innings of shutout ball for 3-0 win

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Sacramento A’s pitcher Jefferey Springs was dealing all game long shutting out the Texas Rangers through six innings. Springs was lifted after the sixth inning at Globe Field in Arlington on Thu May 1, 2028 (AP News photo)

A’s Depart Arlington On Sweet Victory Airlines

By Mauricio Segura

Jeffrey Springs may have had a rocky April, but May started off with a gem. The left-hander turned in a sharp six-inning outing, and the A’s bullpen slammed the door behind him as the green and gold shut out the Texas Rangers 3-0 on Thursday afternoon at Globe Life Field. With the win, the Athletics clinched their second consecutive series victory and moved one game above .500 for the third time this season, now standing at 17 and 15.

Springs entered the game having allowed 13 runs over his previous two starts. But against his former club, the Rangers, he was locked in. He scattered four hits across six innings, walked two, and struck out three. Most importantly, he kept the Rangers off the board. It was a much-needed rebound performance from a pitcher who had been shelled for seven runs just five days prior.

Backing him up was a bullpen that has grown into one of the team’s biggest strengths. Mitch Spence, T.J. McFarland, Justin Sterner, and fireballer Mason Miller combined for three scoreless innings to seal the victory. Miller, touching triple digits on the radar gun once again, notched his ninth save in as many tries and struck out Marcus Semien to end it.

Offensively, the A’s didn’t need a home run to do their damage, a rarity for a team that ranks fifth in the majors in long balls. Instead, they pieced together a series of timely hits. Miguel Andujar, continuing his torrid stretch at the plate, drove in the game’s first run with a single in the opening frame. Jacob Wilson, the club’s hottest rookie, added an RBI single in the seventh to make it two to nothing. A sacrifice fly by Luis Urías in the eighth brought Brent Rooker home and capped the scoring.

Wilson finished with two hits, pushing his average to .325, good for eighth in the league. Andujar is now batting .338 over his last 18 games and looks every bit the consistent presence the A’s were hoping for when they picked him up.

Though the A’s managed only three runs, they made them count. They left just five runners on base and executed a rare outfield-assisted double play to end the second inning, erasing a walk by Semien and halting any early Texas momentum.

Rangers starter Tyler Mahle, who entered with a sparkling 1.14 ERA, saw that number creep upward after allowing two runs on seven hits over six and a third innings. He took the loss, dropping to 3-1.

This win marks six victories in the last nine games for the A’s, who now hit the road to face Miami. For a team that started the season 6-10, their recent surge has them tied for third in the AL West and just two and a half games back of division-leading Seattle.

If Springs’ bounce-back and the bullpen’s dominance are signs of things to come, the A’s may finally be rounding into form.

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.

San Francisco Giants podcast Morris Phillips: Giants open 4 game set with Rockies after getting swept in San Diego

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San Francisco Giants baserunner Willy Adames (2) jokes around with San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado (center) during a review on a previous play in the top of the sixth inning at Petco Park in San Diego on Wed Apr 30, 2025 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast Morris Phillips:

#1 The San Diego Padres got a home run and two runs from Elias Diaz and Fernando Tatis Jr got three hits as the Padres won in a two run game 5-3 to sweep the Giants at Petco Park in San Diego on Wednesday afternoon.

#2 The Padres win moves them up a notch in second place in the NL West into second place passing the Giants and just behind the Los Angles Dodgers who are in first.

#3 Diaz’ homer was a line shot in left field against Giants starter Landen Roupp that started off the third inning that gave the Padres a 2-0 lead. A Giants fan reached over the fence as the ball went off his wrist. The Giants called for fan interference but after the review it ruled a home run.

#4 The Padres got more help from Tatis who got three hits all singles and also scored on a Manny Machado base hit to right field for an RBI. Jose Iglesias was safe on an infield hit for an RBI that scored Luis Arraez. Arraez got a triple to knock in Diaz in the sixth inning. The Padres executed on offense to get the win.

#5 The Colorado Rockies and Giants will open a four game series and a brand new month of May 1 today in San Francisco. Starting pitcher for the Rockies RHP Kyle Freeman (0-4 ERA 5.93) for the Giants Justin Verlander (0-2 ERA 4.99) for a 6:45pm first pitch.

Morris Phillips is a San Francisco Giants analyst for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NBA Playoffs podcast Michael Roberson: Rockets close the gap with 131-116 win over Golden State; Warriors hold a one game lead 3-2

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Golden State Warriors Brandin Podziemski (2), Jimmy Butler (22), and Stephen Curry (30) watch from the bench in the second half as they lose game 5 of the NBA Playoffs first round to the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center in Houston on Wed Apr 30, 2025 (AP News photo)

NBA Playoffs podcast Michael Roberson:

#1 Golden State Warriors failed on both end of defense and offense on Wednesday and failed in an elimination opportunity to take out the Houston Rockets with a 131-116 loss as the Rockets cut the deficit in a now 3-2 series.

#2 The Warriors got into a jam early in the game as you saw super star players sitting on the Golden State bench, Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and the remaining Warriors starters as head coach Steve Kerr played the backups in the last five minutes in the third quarter with the Rockets up with a 20 point lead.

#3 Kerr did share in the blame of how the Warriors performed in Houston in game five saying that he did not have them ready to play. That the Warriors got into foul trouble with three fouls in a two minute segment of the game. The Rockets were 13 for 13 from free throw line at the end of the first quarter.

#4 After a very physical game 4 at Golden State and the series moved back to Houston for game 5 how fired up were this Rockets group they just jumped out at the Warriors right from the tip off?

#5 The Rockets head to Golden State for game 6 Fri May 2 for a 6:00pm PDT tip off. The Warriors can put this away with home court advantage and advance to the second round. However if the Rockets come out again keyed up and with another game plan to shut down Golden State’s starting line up it would force a game 7 that would go back to Houston on Sun May 4th.

Michael Roberson is an NBA analyst for http://www.sportsradioservice.com and writes for the African American Athlete.com

Sacramento A’s game wrap: A’s Rooker and Butler Saddle Up Deep In The Heart of Texas for 7-1 win

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Sacramento A’s pitcher Luis Severino is all fired up after striking out the Texas Rangers Jake Burger in the bottom of the third inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Wed Apr 30, 2025 (AP News photo)

A’s Rooker and Butler Saddle Up Deep In The Heart of Texas for 7-1 win

By Mauricio Segura

For eight innings, the A’s and Rangers were locked in a tense, low-scoring tug of war that hinted at extra innings. But in the ninth, Lawrence Butler slammed the door on that idea, and kicked it right off its hinges.

With one swing, Butler delivered the green and gold a defining moment in their young season, a grand slam to straightaway center field, the exclamation point on a six-run ninth inning that propelled the Athletics to a 7-1 victory over Texas at Globe Life Field.

The late-inning fireworks began modestly enough. Tyler Soderstrom led off with a single and was lifted for pinch-runner Seth Brown. Brent Rooker, quiet for most of the evening, then launched a go-ahead two-run homer, his eighth of the season, to give the A’s a 3-1 lead.

That alone would’ve been a satisfying turn for a team that entered the game averaging just 2.5 runs over its last four contests. But the A’s weren’t finished.

After a Shea Langeliers single and two walks loaded the bases, Butler stepped to the plate with two outs. He fell behind in the count, then crushed a 2-2 pitch to dead center, clearing the wall with authority and igniting a boisterous celebration in the A’s dugout.

Butler’s fifth homer of the year capped a redemptive night for the 23-year-old, who had entered the game 1-for-8 in the series with four strikeouts. The blast also marked the first grand slam of his career.

Until the ninth, both teams had struggled to cash in on scoring chances. Starter Luis Severino battled through six innings, scattering nine hits but limiting the Rangers to just one run. He escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third and left with the game tied 1-1, thanks in part to crisp defense behind him, especially third baseman Gio Urshela, who snuffed out a Josh Jung chopper with a highlight-worthy play in the fourth.

Severino, who has yet to surrender a home run on the road this season, extended his scoreless streak away from Sutter Health Park to 14 innings. The A’s bullpen, a mixed bag of youth and redemption stories, held the line from there. Justin Sterner, Grant Holman, and Tyler Ferguson combined for three shutout frames, with Ferguson recording the final three outs for his first save of the year.

Jacob Wilson, who entered the night hitting .321, contributed a third-inning RBI bunt single to open the scoring, a rare small-ball spark from a team that ranks among the league’s best in slugging. That early lead was erased by an Adolis García RBI in the fourth, but the Rangers failed to score again despite putting runners on in nearly every inning after.

The victory pushes the Athletics above .500 and continues their trend of tight late-game wins. Four of their last five victories have come by one run or in late-inning surges. While they still rank near the bottom in run differential and defensive miscues, it’s clear they’re not short on the never-give-up attitude.

Next up: left-hander Jeffrey Springs (3-3, 6.04 ERA) taking the mound against Rangers righty Tyler Mahle (3-0, 1.14 ERA). If tonight was any preview, the A’s are bringing firepower, even if it takes eight innings to light the fuse.

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.

Giant’s Lack of Offense Results In Another Loss to Padres 5-3

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San Diego Padres Fernando Tatis Jr rounds second base and heading for third after single by Luis Arraez. The San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames can only watch at Petco Park in San Diego on Wed Apr 30, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants offense was hurting in their latest series losing against the San Diego Padres 5-3. San Francisco was swept in this two-game series. Through five innings the Giants only managed a single and a walk. It was dismal.

The Giants got something going in the latter innings but like yesterday’s game one, it was too little too late. Every time the the Giants attempted a rally, the Padres answered right back in control from start to finish. The bright spots in this game were the two home runs from Heliot Ramos and Mike Yastrzemski both solo shots.

Game recap: Much the same as Tuesday the Padres got going early scoring in the second inning for the early 1-0 lead. Tyler Wade singled driving in Gavin Sheets. The Padres struck again in the third inning when Elias Diaz hit a solo home run extending their lead to 2-0.

San Diego piled on a couple more runs in the fifth inning ; their offensive woes clearly turned around. Fernando Tatis Jr. got the inning off to a great start with a single. Luis Arraez and Manny Machado both singled, the Machado single driving in Tatis Jr. for a 3-0 tally.

San Diego then loaded the bases scoring a second run in the inning off a Jose Iglesias infield single driving Arraez across home plate for a 4-0 lead going into the sixth inning. Through five innings the Giants had only managed a walk and a LaMonte Wade Jr. single, a disappointing offensive effort. They had some ground to make up, they had to get their bats going.

It was not until the sixth inning that San Francisco finally got on the scoreboard. It was only one run but the Giants were finally getting some offense going. Tyler Fitzgerald was hit by a pitch taking first base advancing to second on a Mike Yastrzemski single.

Jung Hoo Lee had an infield single that brought in the Giants first run when Fitzgerald scored for a 4-1 Padre lead. San Diego pushed their lead back to four runs in the sixth when Luis Arraez hit a triple and drove base runner Elias Diaz home for a 5-1 lead. The Padres were just relentless answering every time San Francisco threatened.

The Giants hit a couple of home runs, one in the seventh off the bat of Heliot Ramos and a second in the eighth inning courtesy of Mike Yastrzemski. San Francisco had snuck back into this game but still trailed by two runs 5-3. They would have to keep the Padres from doing any further damage in the bottom of the eighth inning.

The Giants held on in the bottom of the eighth but still trailing going into the ninth inning they had some work to do. They had been having success coming back from deficits but lately that has dimmed a bit. San Francisco went quietly in the ninth with a Patrick Bailey strike-out followed by a LaMonte Wade Jr. strikeout. Wilmer Flores who has been struggling popped out for the final out and a 5-3 Padre win, San Diego sweeping the series.

San Francisco only had five hits in the game, the Padres finished with ten hits. Giant’s pitcher Landen Roupp lasted 4.1 innings allowing seven hits, four runs, three walks and four strikeouts. Spencer Bivens relieved Roupp pitching for 1.2 innings, the fifth and sixth. He allowed three hits and one run.

Game notes: Wednesday afternoon the Giants wrapped up their two game series with Padres getting swept after losing game one Tuesday 7-4. In game one, the Giants had a nice rally going in the sixth inning very nearly tying up the game trailing 4-5 but San Diego pushed right back in the seventh inning with a couple of runs to seal the deal.

Roupp allowed four unanswered runs and the Padres had a 4-0 lead after five innings. The Giants mustered just a run in each of the sixth, seventh and eighth inning and lost by two runs.

San Francisco will now head back home for a four-game series with the Colorado Rockies that will get underway Thursday, with first pitch scheduled for 6:45 PM. Wednesday’s loss dropped the Giants into third place in the National League West giving the Los Angeles Dodgers sole possession of first place. The Giants Justin Verlander (0-2 ERA 4.99) will take the mound in search of his first win as a Giant. The struggling Rockies will start Kyle Freeland (0-4 ERA 4.93.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary-Athletics of the Lost Arc

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Aerial view of Sutter Health Park in Sacramento interim home of the Sacramento A’s. The A’s have not sold out one home game yet this season. The closest they came was for their home opener back on Mar 31, 2025 when they drew 12,119 in their 14,014 seat ballpark. (photo by ABC 10 Sacramento)

Athletics of the Lost Arc

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

At the current pace, the ATH playing at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento will draw around 700,000 people for the 2025 season. All the hype that preceded the season about “sold out” tickets before was like the hype failure of Ford’s Edsel.

In business, projecting success is crucial for attracting investment and building confidence. However, projecting success without a solid foundation can lead to problems and ultimately, failure. A strong business needs more than just a positive outlook; it requires a clear strategy, efficient operations, and a team capable of executing it.

Did the A’s “choose well” when they decided to play for three years in Sacramento? Only time will tell. I am not questioning the people or the City of Sacramento; they are just the consumers of the final product.

Common sense tells us that a Major League team playing for the first time in a city they have never played before will have at least a honeymoon of maybe a couple of dozen sellouts, but that has not happened. While the honeymoon has not turned into a divorce yet, it is not progressing as expected.

The Oakland Coliseum’s capacity for baseball was 45,000, compared to Sutter Park Sacramento’s capacity of 14,014 According to my research and all estimates, Sacramento is a dry-weather city for most of the summer.

During baseball season (April to September), they are lucky to get eight inches of rain. For those Oakland A’s fans who remember how rare rain-outs were at the Coliseum, Sacramento is in a different league regarding dry weather.

It is hard to comprehend that it has been 36 years since the first game of the 1989 World Series at the Oakland Coliseum vs. the San Francisco Giants. I worked on that historic event, which was temporarily delayed by the Loma Prieta earthquake.

The Haas family had a long record of success on the field, working with the community, and bringing championship teams to the people of Oakland and the Bay Area. It remains to be seen whether the current regime could duplicate such success.

Of all the promotions a team can have during their season schedule, the most seductive promotion is winning; that is the best thing a team can give to their fans, a winning season. As April concludes, we must wait and see if the 2025 A’s have “chosen wisely.”

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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