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San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Belting them out–Belt has a home run in four straight games going into Monday against Washington

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On the SF Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 Giants first baseman Brandon Belt battled with Los Angeles Angels’ 21-year-old pitcher Jamie Barria for a 21 pitch at-bat the most pitches in an at-bat in MLB history.

#2 Belt also supplied home run help in Sunday’s contest, which represented his fourth consecutive home run in four games, which is the longest home run streak in his career.

#3 Giant starter Johnny Cueto had a quality start, picking up his second win of the season now at 2-0. He threw for six innings, giving up two hits, no runs, no walks, and seven strikeouts.

#4 Steven Duggar is working his way out of triple A affiliate Sacramento, hitting .298 for the month. Manager Bruce Bochy says that Duggar could be ready at anytime to help out.

#5 With leftfielder Hunter Pence out of the lineup with a thumb injury. The Giants, who brought up Mac Williamson this week, are expecting Williamson to provide some offense. Williamson got a hit against the Angels on Sunday.

Morris Phillips does the Giants podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast with Matt Harrington: Vegas-San Jose match on hold feels like a vacation; waiting for completion of five playoff series

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@SanJoseSharks photo: San Jose Sharks Eric Fehr speaks with the media after the morning skate on Fri Apr 20th at SAP Center in preparation of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Knights have the home ice through the second round.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast with Matt Harrington:

#1 The San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights are awaiting the completion of the first round teams as five series four in the Eastern Conference and one in the Western Conference are still going as of Saturday morning. The Knights and Sharks had swept each of their series.

#2 Nashville and Colorado their series is still alive with Nashville still in the lead at 3-2. Colorado got a huge win on Friday edging out the Predators 2-1 to stay alive in the series

#3 Tampa Bay looks like they have a pretty good grip in their series with New Jersey up 3-1. They face off against each other today in Tampa Bay for game five and the Lighting could very well put it away today.

#4 The Boston Bruins a team your all too familiar with has a shot at finishing their first round of the playoffs they face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins up 3-1.

#5 Washington and the Columbus Blue Jackets are all knotted up 2-2 and looking at the scores in this series three of the four games had a one goal difference.

#6 The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers have been going back and forth in this series with the Pens winning game one, Flyers win game two, Pens win games three and four and the Flyers keeping alive with a win in game five.

Matt Harrington does the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast each Saturday for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Joe Lami: Bruins go up 3-1 with win over Leafs; Caps tie series with CBJs; Who will be the favorite between Vegas and San Jose?

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On the NHL podcast with Joe:

#1 The Boston Bruins go up three games to one over the Toronto Maple Leages with a 3-1 win Thursday night at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The Bruins goals were scored by Jake DeBrusk, Tony Krug, Brad Machand

#2 Washington and Columbus series is tied at two as the Caps got a convincing win past the CBJs 4-1 Thursday night. The Caps got goals from Evgeny Kurznetsov, Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson, and TJ Oshie.

#3 The Western Conference playoff matchup says Minnesota is at Winnipeg for Game 5 as the Jets have a 3-1 lead over the Wild.

#4 The Nashville Predators lead the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 in their series’ Game 5 is tonight in Nashville. The Predators could advance tonight.

#5 The San Jose Sharks and Las Vegas Golden Knights are both coming off sweeps and face each other once the NHL first round games are decided. Joe tells who he likes in this match.

Joe Lami does the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: No hitting, no offense for Giants in loss to Diamondbacks

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On the Giants podcast with Michael:

#1 The San Francisco Giants continue to flounder on offense as they lose to the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Thursday night at Chase Field.

#2 Up and down, the San Francisco line up the hitters. You expect to connect have struggled against Arizona pitching namely Thursday starter Zach Greinke, who went seven innings, three hits and gave up a run kept the Giants’ lineup off balance.

#3 Pitcher Jeff Samardzija is scheduled to come back and pitch his first game of the season. Manager Bruce Bochy says Samardzija is on schedule and his rehab has been going smoothly.

#4 Madison Bumgarner had three pins removed for his pinky finger, which was fractured four weeks ago in spring training. Doctors say Bumgarner could be throwing in two weeks.

#5 Giants outfielder Hunter Pence said his thumb injury is preventing him from getting some good swings at the plate and holding him back. Pence has only one hit and 12 strikeouts in his last 20 at-bats.

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

 

Headline Sports with Tony Renteria: Popovich in mourning over wife’s death will miss tonight’s game against Golden State; How tragedy will effect Spurs; plus more sports headlines

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On the Sports Headlines podcast with Tony:’

#1 San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich’s wife Erin 67 had passed away on Wednesday. Popovich will not be coaching tonight’s game in San Antonio. Assistant coach Ettore Messina is scheduled to coach tonight’s game three for San Antonio. Popovich and the Spurs were headed to San Antonio to prepare to face the Golden State Warriors down in the first round of the playoffs 2-0. Popovich had been married to Erin for over four decades. Spurs and Warriors front office, coaches, players and fans all feel his pain. The Warriors Kevin Durant said, “The whole NBA family is supporting him, got his back through it all,” Durant said. “Feel so bad for Pop.”

#2 During Game 2 on Monday night Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson for Golden State have been the Warriors’ one-two punch with Durant scoring 32 and Thompson 31 to lead the Warriors to their second win in the series.

#3 Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James was a real show stopper with 46 points and 12 rebounds as the Cavs defeated the Indiana Pacers 100-97. The Cavs, who lost Game 1 of the series, felt the pressure of getting the win after the Pacers pretty much controlled the first game and LeBron got fired up and carried most of the load.

#4 If the Oakland A’s can’t get a new stadium built in at either Howard Terminal or the Coliseum, would the A’s consider selling to Portland? A Portland group is interested in buying the A’s.

Tony Renteria does the Sports Headlines each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: A’s open series Friday against Red Sox (15-2) toughest team in the AL

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Boston.com Boston News file photo: April 12th photo shows Rick Porcello throwing a no hitter going into the seventh inning against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. The Red Sox have one of the most successful pitching staff in MLB and have lost only two games this season

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry:

#1 Down 9-4 Wednesday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum the Oakland A’s came back from the five run deficit to defeat the Chicago White Sox in 14 innings 12-11. The A’s Jed Lowrie got a late inning homer that helped keep the A’s in the ball game and they later tied up the ball game.

#2 The A’s through the first of the two games defeated the Sox by scores of 8-1 and 10-1 but in the third game the A’s had to work to get the sweep past the White Sox batting the Sox in 14 innings for the third longest game in A’s history and went 5:48 long.

#3 The White Sox have now lost eight of their last nine games they were a club that came in that cured the A’s ills

#4 The A’s have got good pitching in recent outings from starter Sean Manaea they will really be defending on to get some good starts.

#5 The A’s now host the Boston Red Sox the hottest team in baseball coming in at 15-2 Jerry takes a look at how the A’s match up for the series starting Friday night.

Jerry will have a preview of the Red Sox and A’s series and podcasts every Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs/San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Sharks ready to put the finishing touches on Anaheim; Teams face off tonight at SAP for Game 4

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On the Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The Sharks are on the brink of advancing to the second round. All they need is Game 4 to advance and sweep the Ducks.

#2 Was it that easy for the Sharks to win the first three games in Game 3? It wasn’t even a contest with a 8-1 win.

#3 You can pick anyone of the Sharks who could be the number one star. It seems like a total team effort for them to go up 3-0.

#4 The Ducks stars, in particular Richard Rakell, whose the Ducks’ leading scorer has pretty much been mesmerized by the Sharks’ optical illusion of defense.

#5 So here it is Game 4 tonight at SAP and this could be the Sharks chance to advance to the next round. Mary Lisa tells us how they will do.

Mary Lisa is a beat writer for the San Jose Sharks and does the Sharks podcasts each Wednesday for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Big series starts Thursday night with Roadrunners; Series opens on home ice

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On the Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 The Barracuda are in the playoffs, but it took the last two games of the season to get there they had to win on Friday and then on Saturday home and away to get in.

#2 How vital was Alexander True in scoring twice for San Jose to help them get to the post season?

#3 Do you see Alexander getting a shot at the NHL in his future?

#4 The Barracuda ended the season on a very strong note with six straight wins.

#5 The Barracuda face off with the Tucson Roadrunners starting on Thursday night for Game 1 of the first round in San Jose can the Barracuda get this first round?

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

 

San Francisco Giants-Arizona Diamondback preview: Cueto-Posey both off DL will be tonight’s battery; D-Backs alive and well first in NL West at 11-3

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San Francisco Giants’ second baseman Joe Panik celebrates with teammate Andrew McCutchen on March 29 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

By Jeremy Harness

The San Francisco Giants who lost three of four to the San Diego Padres to start this current road trip open a three game trip against the Arizona Diamondbacks strarting tonight with the Giants Johnny Cueto (1-0) starting on the mound after being on the disabled list since last week. Cueto had trouble throwing and was shelved after the Giants medical team said Cueto was at a 70% performance level but has recovered and is ready to throw at Chase Field tonight.

Also Giants catcher Buster Posey suffered a right thumb injury and is expected back behind the plate tonight. Posey’s bat is vital to the Giants core of the line up but with the injury and having to sit the Giants depended on their other sluggers in the line up Austin Jackson, Andrew McCutchen, Joe Panik, Evan Longoria, but all four struggled against Padres pitching during the four game series.

With Posey back tonight against the Diamondbacks the Giants who have Jackson, McCutchen, Panik, and Longoria should have a potent line up. The Diamondbacks in their own right have been one of the hottest teams in the Majors, they had a three game win streak going up until Sunday night when they ran into the Los Angeles Dodgers and got whipped 7-1.

In that game in Los Angeles Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Godley who beat the Giants on Thursday the 12th didn’t have the same fortune with the Dodgers. On Sunday he lasted only four innings giving up five hits, giving up six runs, walked six batters and struck out four.

Tonight at Chase Field the Diamondbacks start Patrick Corbin (2-0) ERA 2.45 this is Corbin’s sixth year with the Diamondbacks and the thing that Giants manager is concerned with is Corbin getting off to a great start and keeping hitters off balance when San Francisco needs to touch up Corbin early and get him out of the game early. This will depend soley on the abilities of Jackson .250, Panik .304, and with McCutchen .203 and Longoria .204 both struggling to take advantage and do some of the things that they weren’t able to do in San Diego and get runners on base early and move runners into scoring position.

Notes: Posey who is 15 for 18 for .313 knows how to hit left handed pitching can see the ball well coming out of the pitchers hand could give the left hander Corbin a challenge his handy work will be needed when facing Corbin especially with runners on base. How well Posey comes off this thumb injury only tonight will tell and Posey mainly was hurting when swinging the bats.

Bochy said, “He’ll be fine Tuesday, in the past, there were a couple of times we’ve had to do this get him a day and he’s fine. If we let it go, then it gets to the point he needs more time.” Bochy really wanted to have Posey catch Giants pitcher Tyler Beede who was sent down to triple affiliate Sacramento after he got lit up by the Padres on Sunday going three plus, six hits, five runs, three walks, and six strike outs. Bochy said he would have liked for Beede to have been throwing to Posey but Posey had to sit out with the thumb injury and Nick Hundley took over the catching duties.

Giants vs. Diamondbacks tonight at 6:40PM at Chase Field Jeremy Kahn will have game recap coverage tonight from Chase Field in Phoenix.

Jeremy Harness covers Giants baseball for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

 

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs/San Jose Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro: Sharks roll into the tank with lots of momentum; Could this kettle of fish sweep the Ducks?

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@ SanJoseSharks photo: Jubilant even in practice the San Jose Sharks celebrate a practice goal at Sharks Ice in San Jose on Monday morning

On the Sharks podcast with Len:

#1 Can the San Jose Sharks win tonight pushing the visiting Anaheim Ducks to the brink of being swept out of the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs?

#2 What attributes to the Sharks success as some of the key elements of getting off to such a great start

#3 The NHL playoffs are always a different season from the regular season. The Sharks who lost five of their last six games of the regular season certainly regrouped at the top of this first round.

#4 The Sharks Evander Kane scored twice during game one has meant so much to this team

Len Shapiro does the Sharks podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com