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Earthquakes and RC Celta de Vigo battle to 1-1 draw in a international friendly

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San Jose Earthquakes fullback Marcos Lopez battle for the ball with RC Celta de Vigo’s Hugo Mallo at Pay Pal Park on Wednesday JUL 20, 2022. (RC Celta de Vigo)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE— The San Jose Earthquakes came back down from a one-goal deficit late in the first half as the settled for a 1-1 draw with LaLiga’s RC Celta de Vigo in an International friendly on Wednesday evening at Pay Pal Park.

San Jose featured a lineup of players that consisted of the main team’s bench players and a few from MLS Is Next Quakes II team.

Interim Head coach Alex Covelo was creative with his lineup that featured a 5-2-1-2 formation

RC Celta de Vigo, who finished last season in 11th place of the LaLiga, came in with their full lineup consisting of international stars Iago Aspas and Renato Tapia. They featured a 4-2-2-2 formation.

San Jose had a chance in the 36th minute to break the ice from Marco Lopez, but his shot from 12 yards out was saved by RC Celta goalkeeper Ivan Villar.

RC Celta earned a penalty kick in the 39th minute when Jan Gregus fouled Miguel Baeza inside the box.

Aspas cashed in the penalty a minute later as his shot beat ‘Quakes goalkeeper Matt Bersano to the left side to draw first blood for RC Celta.

The ‘Quakes scored the equalizer off a set piece in the 44th minute. Jan Gregus centered the ball off of a corner kick into the box with a charging Marcos Lopez left unmarked and headed the ball into the back of the net.

The best scoring chance for either team in the second half came in the 59th minute for RC Celta. The Spanish team had a point blank shot off a centering pass that had Bersano out of position. Casey Walls came back and knocked the ball away before it crossed the goal line.

Covelo inserted some of his regular starters late in the second half such as Cristian Espinoza, Benji Kikanovic and Judson. However, neither were able to able help give San Jose the winning goal in the end.

US Men’s National Team member Luca De La Torre made his debut for RC Celta as a substitute late in the second half. De La Torre signed with the Spanish club back on July 8th from Heracles in a deal worth around $2 million.

UP NEXT: San Jose returns to MLS action on Saturday 7/23 when they play the Portland Timbers at 7:30pm at Providence Park.

Celta de Vigo 4-2-2-2 formation

Headline Sports podcast with Jeremy Harness: How McDaniels and Carr will work together at Raiders; Giants might back off for deal for Garoppolo; plus much more

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Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels during a Thu May 26, 2022 press conference at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Jeremy talks about how McDaniels and quarterback Derek Carr will be working together for the upcoming season. (AP file photo)

On Headline Sports with J Harness:

#1 The Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels and quarterback Derek Carr and how the two will work together.

#2 Latest talks have San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo being considered by the New York Giants in a deal. However with his shoulder injuries and past injuries the Giants might be taking a second thought on it.

#3 San Francisco Giants All Stars outfielder Joc Pederson and pitcher Carlos Rodon representing the Giants at Dodgers Stadium tonight. Pederson most likely will get in the game while Rodon is sitting it out to rest his pitching arm.

#4 Oakland A’s pitcher Paul Blackburn who is representing the A’s at the All Star game was given a commercial ticket to fly to Los Angeles from Houston the A’s had just played in Houston and the Astros offered Blackburn a seat on their charter flight which he accepted. When the trade deadline offer for Blackburn comes up there’s little doubt that Blackburn most likely will be willing to take that first flight out of Oakland.

Jeremey Harness is filling in for Michael Roberson for Headline Sports heard Wednesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Las Vegas Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria: Drake pushing to get ready for season after ankle surgery; Tony’s take on Incognito’s retirement; plus much more

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Las Vegas Raiders running back Kenyan Drake scores a touchdown as Denver Broncos cornerback Kyle Fuller (23) and inside linebacker A.J. Johnson (45) defend during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Denver. Drake is trying to return from an ankle surgery he had in December and try and make the team this month in Raiders camp. (AP News file photo)

On Raiders Sports podcast with Tony Renteria:

#1 Tony, talk about Las Vegas Raiders running back Kenyan Drake who broke his ankle which he had to get surgery for last December and couldn’t clear minicamp last month how much will the Raiders miss Drake going into camp this month.

#2 Drake did mention that he would be ready for camp this month even thought the ankle isn’t 100% yet. That said how cautious do you see head coach Josh McDaniels being with Drake’s ankle?

#3 Tony, wanted to get your take on Richie Incognito’s retirement announcement this week. After 15 years and four NFL teams Incognito said he wanted to retire a Raider.

#4 Raiders tight end Darren Waller said he loves the chemistry and working with quarterback Derek Carr and wide receiver Devante Adams. Waller likes the idea that he and Adams could see more passes during the season from Carr.

#5 Tony, the Kansas City Chiefs not only are potent with quarterback Pat Mahomes on the offensive side of the ball but a big part of why the Chiefs are so successful they have one of the best defensive lines in the NFL. Knowing the Raiders face them twice a season how do you see the Raiders countering the Chiefs this season?

Join Tony for the Las Vegas Raiders each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Some of the biggest and brightest baseball stars at tonight’s midseason classic

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Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber (12) took his hacks last night representing the National League at the All Star Home Run Derby at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on Mon Jul 18, 2022. This photo came from Wed Jul 6, 2022 game against the Washington Nationals (AP News photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Amaury the 2022 All Star Game saw some of the most exciting players in baseball Monday night during the Home Run Derby.

#2 Just going over some of the names that participated in the Home Run Derby from the Philadelphia Phillies Kyle Schwarber .208 70 hits, 28 homers and 58 RBIs. Schwarber a former Chicago Cub has been a big help for the Phillies.

#3 It’s the last and final season for the St Louis Cardinals Albert Pujols who’ll be retiring after this season so far Pujols is hitting .215, 32 hits, 6 homers and 20 RBIs and he be swung for extra money Monday night.

#4 Juan Soto who is at the All Star game said he’s uncomfortable answering questions about his future status with the Washington Nationals. Soto who recently was offered a 15 year $440 million contract which he rejected.

#5 Amaury, the Cleveland Guardians Jose Ramirez also was at the Derby last night is hitting .288 with 95 hits, 19 home runs and 75 RBIs Ramirez is having a great season.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish radio voice for the Oakland A’s heard on flagship station Le Grande 1010 KIQI San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: All-Star Game – Home Run Derby A Dominican Affair

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Gabriel “Tito”Avila Jr. (left) President and Founder The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame presenting Vladimir Guerrero (right) with induction plaque on Mon Jul 18, 2022 at the Los Angeles Convention Center at the 2022 All Star Game. (photo from Tito Avila and Amaury Pi Gonzalez MLB Hispanic Heritage Baseball Hall of Fame Museum president and vice president)

All-Star Game – Home Run Derby: A Dominican Affair

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

Los Angeles Convention Center

Monday, July 18, 2022

The Home Run Derby was held in front of a very enthusiastic crowd at Dodger Stadium. The popular event that precedes the All-Star Game between the American and National League was won by Dominican superstar Juan Soto, Washington National’s 23-year-old slugger.

He won it over the sensational 21-year-old rookie Julio Rodriguez, also from the Dominican Republic; Julio is the regular center-fielder for the Seattle Mariners and the front runner to win the Rookie of the Year in the American League.

Juan Soto beat the great Albert Pujols, (a living legend) also born in the Dominican Republic and revered by all of his countrymen. Juan Soto won the HR Derby just one day after refusing a 15-year $440 million contract offer from his team, the Washington Nationals.

The Latino talent keeps growing in baseball as some of the game’s biggest stars hail from Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Panamá, México, Nicaragua and Colombia.

The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame has an exhibit at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the headquarters for all the festivities during this All-Star Week in Hollywood. Mr. Tito Avila Jr., Founder and President of the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame presented Guerrero with the museum plaque as he was enshrined in the HHBM Hall of Fame.

The 2022 All-Star Game marks the fourth time that the Dodgers will host the big event, including the third time in Los Angeles and the second at Dodger Stadium, which last staged the event in 1980. Previously, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was the site of the second All-Star Game of the 1959 season and in the franchise’s Brooklyn lineage, Ebbets Field hosted the 1949 All-Star Game.

The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame is proud to be present at the 2022 MLB All Star Game. The San Francisco Giants were the first MLB team to recognize the Museum in 1998. Since then, the HHBMHOF has exhibited in over half of the 30 MLB cities as well as in libraries, community centers and teams fan-fests, among other events.

The All Star Game will air live on FOX at 7pm ET/4pm PT.

Amaury Pi-González is Co-Foudner and Vice President of The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame. Founded in San Francisco, California in 1998 as a 501 (c) 3 Non-Profit Organization. The HHBMHOF is committed to preserving the history and profound influence that Hispanic players have had on America’s Favorte Past Time.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Giants end first half winning seven of their last nine games

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San Francisco Giants designated hitter Brandon Belt showed what the meaning of splendid splinter means breaking his bat for a bottom of the second inning RBI single. Belt would later hit a home run against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Jul 17, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Marko, San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb is on a roll he picked up his ninth win on Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers with an outing of six innings pitched, four hits, two earned runs, and five strikeouts.

#2 The Giants got some long ball help in the four run win over the Brewers 9-5 with a bottom of the third inning home run by LeMonte Wade Jr for 372 foot for a three run blast.

#3 Brandon Belt also got into the act with a 368 foot two run blast in the bottom of the sixth that put the Giants up 9-1 Belt is seeing the ball very well in the end of the first half of the season.

#4 Marko, wanted to talk to you about the Giants All Star selections starting with pitcher Carlos Rodon 8-5 ERA 2.66 and Joc Pederson .252 with 35 runs, 17 home runs, and 42 RBIs both who will represent the Giants at the All Star Game.

#5 Lastly the Giants have come on strong to close out the first half with seven wins in nine games talk a little about how they had that success and how you see them for the second half of the season.

Marko Ukalovic is filling in for Morris Phillips for the Giants podcasts heard Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara Mason: Vogt’s single in 8th gets A’s 4-3 win over Astros to take series

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Oakland Athletics’ Seth Brown, bottom left, slides safely past Houston Astros catcher Martin Maldonado to score on Stephen Vogt’s sacrifice fly during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Houston. (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 Barbara what a way to end the first half of the season as the Oakland A’s beat the second best team the Houston Astros in baseball at Minute Maid Field Sunday 4-3.

#2 Stephen Vogt slugged a key single RBI in the top of the eight as the A’s and Astros were tied Vogt’s knock put the A’s on top which proved to be the game winner.

#3 The A’s Ramon Laureano contributed with a home run and his bat has been key going into the All Star break.

#4 The Astros got home run help from Kyle Tucker and Jeremy Peña the Astros in the first half of their season had been getting help from different hitters up and down their line up.

#5 The A’s hope to have a better second half but if hey have a huge fire sale that could bring in more inexperienced players that might further add more loses to their loss column.

Join Barbara for the A’s podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Dynamo scores two goal in five-minute span for a 2-1 comeback win over Earthquakes

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The San Jose Earthquakes couldn’t hold the lead against the Houston Dynamo at Pay Pal Park in San Jose in MLS action on Sun Jul 17, 2022 (@SJEarthquakes photo)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — In a battle of playoff hopefuls, the Houston Dynamo scored two goals in the second half to complete a 2-1 comeback victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday evening at Pay Pal Park.

San Jose had its three-match unbeaten streak snapped. Houston, with the win, have points in two of its last three matches.

Possession was even in the first half as both teams weren’t able to generate many scoring chances.

San Jose (5-8-7-22 points) had two shots on target in the opening 45 minutes. In the 13th minute, Benji Kikanovic set up Cristian Espinoza for a shot, but his attempt was grabbed by Dynamo goalkeeper Steve Clark.

Then late in the half in the 41st minute, Clark came up big when he knocked a rocket of a shot by Paul Marie from 20 yards out over the net for a corner kick.

Houston (7-10-4-25 points) did not generate a shot on target against Quakes goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski in the first half.

San Jose drew first blood in the 53rd minute. Off a set piece, Tommy Thompson’s header hit off the top of the crossbar and ‘Quakes captain Jackson Yueill cleaned up the rebound with a right footed shot past Clark for his fourth goal of the season.

Houston took advantage of Marie’s turnover inside San Jose’s zone in the 71st minute. Fafà Picault picked the ball from Marie, then centered a pass over to Sebastián Ferreira who kicked in a right-footed shot for his co-team leading seventh goal of the season.

“I think the mistake [on the first goal] was an individual mistake, and on the second goal we had to keep the ball out when there wasn’t a clear moment to build up, and that’s it. I don’t think it was because we were building up in the back that Houston had those opportunities. I think we committed individual mistakes and that’s why it’s a very simple analysis today,” interim head coach Alex Covelo said.

The save of the match belonged to fullback Tim Parker. In the 73rd minute, the Earthquakes thought they had regained the lead just over two minutes later when Jeremy Ebossise had the ball inside the box staring at an empty net. Ebobisse’s attempt was blocked away by Parker with a sliding save right along the goal line.

The Dynamo gained their first lead of the match in the 76th minute after the ‘Quakes failed to clear the ball out of their own zone. Darwin Quintero found Thorleifur Úlfarsson in the center of the box and he beat Marcinkowski with a left-footed shot to the far corner of the net for his fourth goal of the season.

San Jose had one final chance to score the equalizer on the match’s final play off of a corner kick. However, Nathan’s header attempt sailed wide left of the net.

“I just forget this game,” said Jamiro Monteiro. “It already happened. We lost. Now we’re onto next week. We still have 14 games. Tomorrow is a new day. We have a new week, new chances. Every week is a new chance for us.”

Clark finished the match with four saves on five shots to earn the victory. Marcinkowski made two saves on four shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished the match with eight corner kicks. Houston had seven.

The ‘Quakes were without fullback Marcos Lopez who was suspended for the match due to yellow card accumulation.

San Jose is 9-16-4 all time against Houston.

San Jose had its four-home match (W2 D2) unbeaten streak against Houston that dated back to 2017. Their four-match run was San Jose’s longest home unbeaten run against the Dynamo in MLS play.

The Dynamo snapped its four-game losing streak on the road. They are 4-14 from home dating back to last August.

After his right-footed goal in San Jose’s 3-2 win over the Galaxy on Wednesday, Ebobisse has now scored 10 goals with his right foot in MLS. Since 2019, Ebobisse is the only MLS player with double-digit goals with each of his right foot, his left foot and his head.

UP NEXT: San Jose hosts a friendly against Spanish La Liga team RC Celta De Vigo on Wednesday 7/20 at Pay Pal Park at 7:15pm. They return to MLS action against the Portland Timbers on Saturday 7/23 at 7:30pm at Providence Park.

A’s end first half with victory and series win over Astros 4-3

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Oakland A’s Stephen Vogt connects for an RBI single for the game winning run against the Houston Astros in the top of the eighth inning at Minute Maid Field in Houston (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

With the score tied a t 3-3 in the top of the eighth at Minute Maid Field in Houston the Oakland A’s Stephen Vogt got a pitch he liked and smoked it for a tie breaking single that helped get the A’s their first series win against the Houston Astros 4-3. It would be the A’s third series win of the season.

A’s manager Mark Kotsay said in the press game presser “That’s a good win right there,” Kotsay said. “Win a series against this team. Battle back from being down 3-0, shows a lot of character and a lot of fight.”

The Ramon Laureano cracked a his eighth home run of the season as the A’s well below .500 head into the All Star break 32-61. The A’s had lots to be pleased about at the close of the first half winning six of their last 11 games which is improvement considering their struggles since going 10-8 to start the season.

Kyle Tucker and Jeremy Peña both homered for the Astros but it wasn’t quite enough to keep up with the A’s. The Astros finish the first half of the season in first place in the American League West at 59-32 with the second best record in baseball behind the New York Yankees.

Still the losing the last game of the first half was a disappointment for Astros manager Dusty Baker who really wanted to end the half on a good note, “It is disappointing,” Baker said. “It seems any time we had a miscue, they took advantage of it. It was a tough one to lose. We wanted to go into the break on a positive, and now, we don’t have much choice other than to regroup and get it back together when we start against the Yankees.”

The A’s return back to the Oakland Coliseum after the All Star Break on Thu Jul 21 for a 12:37pm PDT doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers.

Headline Sports podcast with Bruce MacGowan: A’s after a fire sale could even dive further into obscurity; A look at Giants All Stars Pederson and Rodon and A’s Blackburn; plus much more

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Oakland A’s pitcher Paul Blackburn says he looking forward to meeting his American League teammates and Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for the All Star Game on Tue Jul 19, 2022 (AP News file photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Bruce MacGowan:

Bruce touches upon the subject that the Oakland A’s are deliberately going into the tank to turn off fans to show the City of Oakland, fans, media and fans why they it won’t work at the Oakland Coliseum and are an organization that won’t go anywhere as long as they have to play in a undesirable location.

Bruce takes a look at the San Francisco Giants All Star players pitcher Carlos Rodon 8-5 ERA 2.66 and Joc Pederson .252 with 35 runs, 17 home runs, and 42 RBIs both who will represent the Giants at the All Star Game.

Also a look at the lone Oakland A’s selection Paul Blackburn who started out the season at 6-2 but absorbed some tough loses due to a lack of run support and finished the first half at 6-5 ERA 3.62.

Bruce MacGowan was a former talk show host on San Francisco radio stations KNBR 680, KGO 810 and KCBS 740 and appears as a guest on Headline Sports podcasts.