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That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Another Cuban Baseball Player Defects – Cuban Government Furious

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Cesar Prieto Cuban star of the Cuban Olympic team has defected in Florida while the team was there, Prieto is seen here while playing for the Cuban team during a training session at Estadio Latinamericano in Havana (AP News file photo)

Another Cuban Baseball Player Defects – Cuban Government Furious

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

Cesar Prieto star of the Cuban Olympic team defected and here is the statement by the Cuban Federation of Sports. “His decision, which is contrary to the commitment he made with both his country and team, has generated repudiation among his colleagues and other members of the delegation, who are willing to overcome foreign interests to be faithful to our homeland and the mission with which we traveled to the tournament”.

Typical statement by a communist government and it is loaded with BS. Most of his teammates are probably very happy Prieto left the team, because he is one of the most talented players on that squad and sometime that would soon be signed by a MLB scout.

It doesn’t matter what administration (party) is in charge in Washington, D.C, because Cuba just continues to violate basic human rights and their system reeks of confiscation, envy and pure hate for those that seek a basic fundamental of all human being, Freedom.

Cesar Prieto is just 21 years of age and one of the best Cuban players at this time. He said “no más” to Cuba while his team was in Florida in the qualifying round for the Tokyo Olympics, where baseball will be back as an Olympic sport. In other words, the communist government of Cuba is upset with this desertion.

The only reason Prieto deserted is because he is looking for the Liberty and the opportunity that his country doesn’t allows him. Cuban players play for the Cuban government, which is the largest employer in the country. They made the equivalent to $60 dollars a month, and have other duties “assigned” to them, like driving the team bus, these are requirements by a country that doesn’t offer its citizens the Freedom of travel, of thought or assembly.

Most of the over 25 Cuban players today in the MLB have either defected when they leave Cuba and arrive at a free country or have the dangerous task to escape in man-made dinghy across the treacherous Florida straits. It doesn’t matter which party is in the White House. Cubans have been defecting for decades and will continue until they are free to travel.

The Coast Guard is still looking for the 10 refugees that just defected from Cuba. From the Miami Herald: ” As Cuba descends into one of the worst economic crises since the beginning of the Castro revolution, its people are escaping in greater numbers on dangerous journeys to the United States and encountering disasters on the high seas.

In the latest calamity, two Cuban migrants died and 10 others were missing after their boat capsized in the Florida Straits south of Key West this week, while the U.S. Coast Guard rescued eight survivors Thursday and continued their search mission Friday.”

Amaury Pi Gonzalez does News and Commentary podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Halos Cobb does the job shuts out A’s 4-0 at Coliseum

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Los Angeles Angels starter Alex Cobbs delivers a pitch against the Oakland A’s in the first inning at the Oakland Coliseum Sat May 29, 2021 in game three of the four game series (AP News photo)

Los Angeles (AL) 4- 9 – 0

Oakland 0 – 3 – 1

By Lewis Rubman

Sat May 29, 2021

OAKLAND– Two of the question marks about the A’s had about their rotation when they returned home from Anaheim on the 27th have been changed to exclamation points after Wednesday night’s masterly complete game shut out of the Angels by Chris Bassett and last night’s stellar 6-2/3 inning gutsy showing against them by Sean Manea. This afternoon we had a chance to see if Frankie Montás would continue this trend of improvement. He almost did.

The bullpen, however, remains unsettled. Perhaps because of the extra day´s rest Bassett´s route going performance gave them, the A’s relievers (at least the two of them who saw action last night) were sharp and effective over 2-1/3 innings.

Nonetheless, it’s a matter of concen that, while the Athletics’s relief corps converted 12 saves out of 13 opportunities and compiled an ERA of 2.32 in the team’s first 29 games in spite of the season opening six game losing streak, in the pen’s last 13 games, it has earned only two saves while blowing four.

During that time, its ERA has been a whopping 6.56 and opposing teams have ganged up on it for a BA of .285. This afternoon, the pen’s performance was excellent.

Oakland intends to activate Jesús Luzardo tomorrow. So, there does seem to be hope in the pitching department.

Ramón Laureano was missing from the starting line up for the second straight game, due to a pulled groin that has him day to day.

Although the Angel’s starter, Alex Cobb is new to the Halos this year, he has nine years of big league experience with Tampa Bay and Baltimore. The basic numbers for this season that he brought to the mound this afternoon, 2-2, 4.78, are pretty much in line with his totals for those nine previous years, 55-57, 3.88, taking into account the violentswings in ERAs that are prevalent this early in the season. He pitched brillantly today.

Slopppy play by the Oakland battery enabled the Angels to fly ahead in the top of the fifth. Rojas led off with a walk. He advanced to second on a wild pitch during Anthony Bemboon´s at bat. Bemboon singled to right, sending Rojas to third.

David Fletcher bunted towards first, making hard enough contact to enable Olson to charge down the line, field the ball cleanly, and flip it like a frisibee in time for Aramis García, who was waiting at home, to tag Rojas. Only he didn’t tag him.

The ball bounced off the catcher’s mitt, Rojas scored, and Bemboom reached second. The play was ruled a fielder’s choice with an error charged to García. After Justin Upton flew out to left for the second out, Ohtani, who had yet to get a hit in the series, came to the plate. Before he could do anything, Montás unleashed a wild pitch that scored Bemboon and allowed Fletcher to reach second.

Then Ohtani lined a single to left that drove in Fletcher. He proceeded to steal second on a pitchso far outside that García made a nice play merely to catch it. Rendon’s single to right drove in Ohtani with the Halos’ fourth unearned run of the frame. Things were beginning to look like a mirror image of Wednesday´s game between these two teams.

Montás was pitching a nice comeback inning in the sixth, having struck out Lagares and Rojas, when Kean Wong´s double off the right center field wall drove him out of the box. Cam Bedrosian replaced him for the next inning and a third.

Montás had thrown 98 pitches, 68 of them strikes. 10% of the remaining 30 were wild pitches. He’d gone 5-2/3 innings and allowed four runs, none of which was earned, on six hits. He walked only one batter, but that was offset by his three wild pitches. He notched seven Ks.

Deolis Guerra took over for Montás to start the eighth and stayed on for an inning and a third, leaving in the top of the ninth with a runner on first after having struck out two Angels and yielded a walk and a hit but no runs. That was because Sergio Romo stranded Fletcher, who had gotten the hit, at first, striking out Upton and getting Ohtani to foul out to third. Ohtani, by the way, went 2 for 5 for the day.

Cobb had pitched a terrific game for Los Angeles before being lifted after seven innings, replaced by southpaw Tony Watson. The veteran starter had shut the Athletics out on three hits and wo walks. He struck out eight. He did this on 101 pitches, 58 strikes. For the ninth, Raisel Iglesias took over for Watson, who had retired the A’s in order in his one inning of work, and did the same in his.

The series and the homestand will end tomrrow. The Athletics plan to pitch Cole Irvin (3-6, 3.92) against José Quintana (0-3, 7.92), both of them southpaws.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Knights advance to next round; Habs stay alive tie series with Leafs; Bruins waste no time with win over Isles 5-2;

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Mattias Janmark the Vegas Golden Knights center holds up the hockey stick who scored a hat trick on Fri May 28, 2021 at the T Mobile Center in Las Vegas against the visiting Minnesota Wild in game 7 (AP News photo)

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Marko:

#1 The Vegas Golden Knights (4-3) advanced by beating the Minnesota Wild (3-4) convincingly on Friday night 6-2. The Knights opened up the flood gates with three goals in the second period to run away with the game 7 win.

#2 Marko, talk about the Knights Mattias Janmark who scored two goals in the third period for a hat trick that added insurance goals for Vegas’ victory.

#3 On Saturday night with the their backs to the wall 3-2 the Montreal Canadiens pulled off a close shave with a victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Belle Centre in Montreal to stay alive and tie the series at 3-3 in over time.

#4 It all boils down to game 7 on Monday night at the Maple Leaf Garden as the Canadiens and Maple Leafs face off to decide who goes to the next round as the Leafs have the advantage of having home ice.

#5 The Boston Bruins wasted no time with a 5-2 win over the New York Islanders at TD Garden in Boston to open the best of seven series. The Bruins one of the most potent offensive teams in the NHL proved that with this three goal win on Saturday night.

Marko Ukalovic filled in for Matt Harrington this Saturday for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Flores goes 3-for-3 in return from the IL; Giants get 5 run win 11-6 over Dodgers

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The San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski goes in for the slide as teammate Wilmer Flores (41) gives him the slide sign while Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith waits for the throw and plate umpire Manny Gonzalez prepares to make the call (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

Wilmer Flores returned to the San Francisco Giants lineup and was looked fantastic in doing so against a tough pitcher.

Flores went 3-for-3 with a run batted in and two runs scored, as the Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-6 at Dodger Stadium.

In his first at-bat against Julio Urias, as he led off the top of the second inning, Flores singled and then eventually the first Giants run of the afternoon, Mauricio Dubon hit a two-run single that gave the Giants the lead for good against the defending World Champions.

Flores then led off the top of the third inning with his second single in as many at-bats and then scored, when Donovan Solano hit a two-run home run to increase the Giants up to 5-2.

The Giants broke the game wide open in the top of the fourth inning, as Mike Yastrzemski doubled off of Urias with two outs in the inning, then Evan Longoria started his big day, as he singled to right field that scored Yastrzemski and Longoria then advance to second base on a fielding error by Dodgers catcher Will Smith.

Longoria then scored the second run of the inning, when you guessed Flores came up to pick up his third hit in as many at-bats that stretched the lead up to five runs.

After Flores drove in Longoria with his third single of the day, the Dodgers began to chip away at the Giants lead, as Max Muncy once again went deep, as he hit his 12th home run of the season deep into right-center field bleachers.

Albert Pujols, who just missed giving the Dodgers an improbable come-from-behind victory, when his home run was robbed when Mike Tauchman reached over the wall to take away what would have been his 668th home run got some revenge, as doubled to left field to score Cody Bellinger, who returned to the Dodgers lineup after missing the last two months due to a broken leg.

The Giants extended the lead in the top of the seventh inning, as Steven Duggar hit a two-run double that scored Lamonte Wade, Jr. and Brandon Crawford.

Longoria picked up his second hit of the day in the top of the eighth inning, as he hit his eighth home run of the season into the left-center field bleachers.

Dubon drove in his third run of the afternoon, as he hit a sacrifice fly that scored Solano for the Giants final run of the afternoon.

After missing out on a home run on Friday night, Pujols hit his seventh home run of the season and second as a member of the Dodgers that landed in the Dodger bullpen.

Justin Turner gave the Dodgers an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, as he doubled off of Logan Webb that scored Gavin Lux.

Webb went five innings, as he returned to the rotation after being activated from 10-day injured list with a right shoulder strain.

In those five innings of work, Webb allowed two runs on one hit, did not walk a batter and struck out seven and won for the fourth time on the season.

On the other side of things, Urias, who picked up his first ever win at Oracle Park in his last start this past Sunday, was knocked around by the Giants, as he went five innings, allowing seven runs on a career worst 11 hits, walking two and striking out five and saw his record fall to 7-2 on the season.

Despite going 2-for-4 at the plate and scoring three runs, Solano committed his first two errors of the season that helped the Dodgers score an unearned run in the bottom of the second inning.

Matt Beaty reached on a fielding error by Solano and Zach McKinstry reached on a fielders choice that saw Beaty go to third base, when the McKinstry ball went through the legs of Solano. Urias helped out his own cause, as he dropped a perfect sacrifice bunt that scored Beaty from third base.

NOTES: Prior to the game, the Giants activated both Flores and Webb, who both came up huge for the Giants on Saturday afternoon. To make room for the duo, the Giants optioned Nick Tropeano and Jason Vosler to Sacramento.

The Giants are now 14-6 in day games this season, tying the Rays for the best record in day games this season.

UP NEXT: Kevin Gausman goes for the Giants in the series finale, while the Dodgers will send Clayton Kershaw to the mound.

Galaxy upend Quakes 1-0 with second half own goal

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The Los Angeles Galaxy celebrate after a deflected ball that went off of the San Jose Earthquakes Tanner Beason’s foot and went into the Quakes own goal for the score of the night as the Galaxy wound up chalking up the win at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson (@LA Galaxy photo)

by Marko Ukalovic

CARSON, Calif—Jonathan Bond stole the show late in the second half as the Los Angeles Galaxy only needed one goal to defeat the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 in the first installment of the 2021 California Classico on Saturday afternoon at Dignity Health Sports Park.

San Jose has lost a season worst four matches in a row and have been stuck on nine points for the past month. Los Angeles have won three out of its last four matches and have 15 points. They are undefeated at home at 4-0-0.

Quakes head coach Matias Almeyda used a different starting line up in the match. Tyler Beason, Judson and Carlos Fierro returned to the starting 11 for San Jose.

Los Angeles (5-2-0) took advantage of the open play throughout most of the game. They out shot San Jose 12-4 in the first half as they were able to generate multiple scoring chances.

San Jose (3-5-0) almost gifted wrapped LA a goal in the 31st minute. Quakes goalie JT Marcinkowski was guilty of another nonchalant pass inside his own box. Efraín Álvarez intercepted the ball and his shot hit off the right post. On the conceded corner kick, Daniel Steres’ header hit the cross bar and then Jonathan dos Santos rebound attempt was knocked away by Quakes defenseman Tommy Thompson.

“We went wrong by letting the game be open,” said Chris Wondolowski. “At times that can suit us, but we knew coming into this game that was not our game plan.”

The Galaxy came out strong in the second half as Chicharito had a shot from close range stopped by Marcinkowski in the 47th minute.

The Quakes got a break when dos Santos had to leave the game in the 51st minute with an apparent lower body injury and was replaced by Adam Saldaña.

San Jose had momentum on its side after making three substitutions at the 62nd minute. Wondolowski, Shae Salinas and Paul Marie entered the game for Almeyda. Wondo had two scoring chances and Salinas had one from the 64th to 65th minute but Bond came through with saves on all three attempts.

“There are moments when matches go a certain way. The games are close, and the ball won’t go in. We need to keep working. We have to give the players calmness because this also becomes a questions of confidence,” Almeyda said.

Los Angles broke the seal in the 70th minute. Samuel Grandsir, who came in the match as a sub in the 63rd minute, received the ball from 15 yards out. Grandsir bulled his way past Paul Marie, knocking him down inside the box. Grandsir’s shot from along the end line went off the foot of Beason and into the back of the net for an own goal.

It was the only scoring the Galaxy would need as they relied on their goalkeeper to preserve the win.

Bond saved his best for last near the end of the match. In a two-minute span from the 79th minute to the 81st minute he stopped two point blank chances by the San Jose. First in the 79th minute, Andy Rios got behind LA’s defense with a one-on-one attempt only to have Bond kick it away from danger. Then in the 81st minute, Salinas’ rebound attempt was knocked away by Bond for a corner kick.

“Executing the game plan is something that we need to work on. I think right now, we’ve gotten a little too much in a hero ball. Guys take it upon themselves and try to do something special and I think (those are) the times we have been dangerous to be honest,” Wondolowski said.

San Jose kept the pressure inside the Galaxy end with four minutes of stoppage time but weren’t able to score the equalizer in a frustrated effort.

Bond finished the match stopping all 12 shots on goal to earn the shutout victory, his fifth of the season. Marcinkowski made seven saves on the eight shots he faced in the losing cause.

GAME NOTES: Each time had four corner kicks in the match.

Thompson, who made his 150th appearance for San Jose, became the first home grown player to wear the captain’s armband.

San Jose is 6-3-2 in its last 11 matches against the Galaxy.

Judson made his first start since November 8th, 2020.

Salinas made his 300th career appearance for the Quakes. He became only the second player in franchise history to to reach that mark.

UP NEXT: San Jose continues its road trip to Texas where they take on Austin FC in its first ever match up with the new expansion team on Saturday 6/19 at 6:00pm at Q2 Stadium.

Wade comes through in extras, and Tauchman makes a great catch; SF breaks through over LA with 8-5 win

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San Francisco Giants Buster Posey follows through with a three run home run swing against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodgers Stadium Fri May 28, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

Lamonte Wade, Jr. maybe new to the San Francisco Giants, but he etched his name into the rivalry between the Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Wade singled on a line drive to right field that scored Steven Duggar from second base, and then Evan Longoria added a two-run double, as the Giants defeated the Dodgers 8-5 at Dodger Stadium.

This game was dramatic from the top of the eighth inning on, when a longtime member of this rivalry hit a dramatic home run.

Buster Posey, gave the Giants a 5-2 lead, as he hit a three-run home run in the top of the eighth inning off of Blake Treinen.

Poseys home run came after Mike Tauchman struck out to lead off the inning, Wade, Jr., was then hit by a pitch, went to second on a wild pitch and then Mike Yastrzemski walked and then Posey launched his 10th home run of the season into the left-center field bleachers.

Things were looking great, as Tyler Rogers came on to close the game in the bottom of the ninth inning; however, the Dodgers did not want to go down to the Giants for the first time this season. Justin Turner singled with one out, then Will Smith reached on an infield single and Gavin Lux hit into a force out that saw Wade throw to Brandon Crawford; however, Lux was able to reach first base.

Austin Barnes then came off the bench to pinch-hit for Edwin Uceta, and tied up the game, as he hit a three-run home run into the left field bleachers to tie the game that brought up Albert Pujols, who almost became another historical name in the long history of this longtime rivalry.

Pujols launched a towering fly ball that looked like it was going to give the Dodgers an improbable come-from-behind victory, but Tauchman timed it perfectly and the ball fell into his glove, robbing the future hall of famer of a dramatic game-winning home run.

Anthony DeSclafani went just 4.2 innings, allowing two runs on five hits, walking four and striking out three before giving way to the bullpen.

The bullpen did its job until that fateful ninth inning, when Rogers allowed three runs on three hits in his only inning of work.

Walker Buehler pitched six innings, allowing two runs (one earned), walking three and striking out three and like DeSclafani, Buehler did not fare in the decision.

Treinen, the former Oakland As reliever last 0.2 innings, allowing three runs on one hit and was in line for the loss until Barnes hit his second home run of the season that tied up the game.

Donovan Solano gave the Giants a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning, as he hit a sacrifice fly that scored Crawford from third base.

That would be the score for a half-inning, as Matt Beaty tied it up in the bottom half of the inning, as he hit his second home run of the season over the 330 mark in right field that saw Yastrzemski fall into the seats, but came up empty.

Duggar then broke the tie in the top of the fifth inning, as he hit his third home run of the season.

Chris Taylor then tied up the score in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he singled to left off the glove of Crawford to score Turner with the tying run.

Rogers ended up winning the game for his first win of the season, despite allowing the three in the bottom of the ninth inning and Jarlin Garcia pitched a perfect 10th inning to pick up his first save of the season.

NOTES: When the Giants face the Dodgers on September 5, the game time between the teams was changed for ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, and the game time has been changed from 1:05 p.m. (PT) to 4:08 p.m. (PT).

This was the first Giants win over the Dodgers in five games this season, and are now 12-22 versus the Dodgers since the 2019 season.

The Giants have now won eight out of their last nine on the road, and are 17-13 on the road, trailing the San Diego Padres, who are 15-9 on the road for the best record on the road in the National League.

With two more home runs, the Giants have hit 52 home runs on the road, the most in the major leagues.

Prior to the game, Jake McGee and Alex Wood received their 2020 World Series rings from the Dodgers in the Giants clubhouse.

UP NEXT: Logan Webb returns to the rotation on Saturday afternoon, as he takes the mound at Dodger Stadium, while the Dodgers will send Julio Urias to the hill.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson: Manaea looking for win #4 starts against Angels at Oakland Coliseum tonight

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Oakland A’s starter Sean Manaea throws against the Tampa Bay Rays line up in the fifth inning on Fri May 7, 2021 at the Oakland Coliseum. Manaea will start tonight against the Los Angeles Angels at the Oakland Coliseum in game 2 of the four game series (AP News file photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jeremiah:

#1 It’s not often you get to see a pitcher go the distance but the Oakland A’s (30-22) starter Chris Bassitt went wire to wire on Thursday night to throw a two hit 5-0 shutout against the Los Angeles Angels (22-28) at the Oakland Coliseum.

#2 Jeremiah, Bassitt had all his pitches working for him and you have to in order to get a shutout

#3 Bassitt also struck out nine batters and walked only one batter and that right there tells you he kept the Angels off balance at the plate.

#4 It was a 0-0 game for most of the way until the last of the sixth inning when the A’s scored five runs all the runs they needed to win the ball game.

#5 Taking a look at the starters for tonight’s game at the Coliseum for the Angels Shohei Ohtani (1-0 ERA 2.37) and for the A’s Sean Manaea (3-2 ERA 4.17) talk about this match up.

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

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: José Canseco Showtime Car Wash in Vegas

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Jose Canseco’s Showtime Car Wash outside of carwash in Las Vegas (photo from yelp.ca)

José Canseco Showtime Car Wash in Vegas

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

For a couple of years now, Mr.40-40/MVP José Canseco’s name is on his Car Wash operation in Las Vegas. José has done many things after his 17 year-career in MLB (which most of us that covered him with the A’s believe was on the way to the Hall of Fame).

He has done reality television shows, wrestled strange things on the boxing ring and other “out of the ordinary” stuff, too many to mention, including a couple of books about Steroids. But now he can be seen at the Showtime Car Wash in Las Vegas on Tropicana Avenue.

A place where you can have your car hand washed, or detailed and even get an autograph from the slugger and half part of the Bash Brothers during the A’s most recent glory years. Canseco is not there all the time, but at specific days of the week.

Canseco was signing autographs at a hotel in Las Vegas, last time I visited. Some are the regular baseball memorabilia shows that travel around the country as well as Las Vegas which is one of the big entertainment centers of the world, home to the Oakland Raiders and could be the future home of the Oakland Athletics. If the A’s relocate to Vegas, Canseco can always say, “I was here first”.

Hoping for a healthy Memorial Day weekend.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the radio play by play talent on Spanish flagship station for the Oakland A’s 1010 KIQI LeGrande San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: DeSclafani starts in LA tonight for Giants; Wood can’t hold off Dodgers

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The San Francisco Giants pitcher Anthony DeSclafani seen here throwing against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Tue May 18, 2021 will get the start tonight against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles (AP News photo)

On the Giants podcast with Michael:

#1 Michael the San Francisco Giants (30-20) made it close but again like the last meeting couldn’t get past the Los Angeles Dodgers (31-19) 4-3 at Dodgers Stadium on Thursday night.

#2 Alex Wood was going for the Giants went six innings giving up six hits and four runs and gave up the go ahead run in the bottom of the sixth which turned out to be the gamer.

#3 The Giants have lost four of their last six games the four loses come against the Dodgers their a tough customer to get over.

#4 Michael, talk about Giant first baseman Brandon Belt whose suffering from a mild oblique strain and is expected to be out for 10-14 days. Also Darin Ruf left Wednesday’s game in Arizona with a right leg injury while running the bases how will they be missed?

#5 Game two of the series continues Friday night at Dodgers Stadium the Giants will start Anthony DeSclafani (4-2 ERA 3.54) and for the Dodgers Walker Buehler (3-0 ERA 2.78) a 7:10pm first pitch please set this pitching match up.

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

Dodgers, Munsy outslug Giants 4-3 to end San Francisco road winning streak

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Los Angeles Dodgers Max Muncy (right) takes San Francisco Giants pitcher Alex Wood (left) deep for a solo homer in the bottom of the sixth inning for the go ahead run at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on Thu May 27, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Thursday, May 27, 2021

The San Francisco Giants encountered the red-hot bat of Max Muncy on Thursday, and the Dodger veteran proceeded to hit one of the five home runs in the game, as Los Angeles edged the Giants 4-3 at Dodger Stadium.

Muncy, who is hitting .357 in May, connected for a go-ahead solo home run off Alex Wood to lead off the sixth inning – his 11th of the season. He also homered against San Francisco last weekend.

The loss snapped San Francisco’s seven-game road winning streak. Los Angeles has defeated the Giants in all four of their meetings this season.

In this contest, the Dodgers used the bullpen concept, with David Price as the opening pitcher. Price struck out five in 2 2/3 innings, and logged career strikeout No 2,000 in the third when he fanned Curt Casali.

Kenley Jansen threw a perfect ninth to earn save No. 12.

The Giants tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the sixth on Donovan Solano’s two-run home run to left off Victor Gonzalez (2-0). Gonzalez gave up two runs on two hits in one inning, and Solano’s shot was the first he surrendered this season.

Los Angeles opened the scoring in the bottom of the third, when Mookie Betts hit a slide-in triple with two outs ahead of Justin Turner’s ninth homer of the season, giving the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.

Evan Longoria cut the Giants’ deficit to 2-1 with a two-out home run off Joe Kelly. DJ Peters’ first major league home run extended the Dodgers’ lead to 3-1 in the fifth.

Wood (5-2) gave up four runs on six hits in six innings, while striking out eight without a walk.

Off the field, the Giants placed Darin Ruf (right hamstring strain) on the 10-day injured list and recalled LaMonte Wade Jr. from Triple-A Sacramento. Right-hander Matt Wisler was reinstated from the bereavement list, and left-hander Sam Selman was optioned to the River Cats.

On Friday, Anthony DeSclafini (4-2, 3.54) starts for San Francisco, facing the Dodgers’ Walker Buehler (3-0, 2.78).