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San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Season aftermath- Pence retires from baseball and Samardzija released

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija delivers a pitch against the San Diego Padres on Fri Sep 25, 2020 at Oracle Park in San Francisco what would be his last game as a Giant after getting released by the team on Saturday (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 Former San Francisco Giant Hunter Pence has announced his retirement after 14 years in MLB. Pence is best remembered for his Giant years in 2012 and 2014 when the Giants won the World Series.

#2 Pence hit .279, 224 homers, and 942 RBIs over his career with three teams the Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers.

#3 After going through shoulder rehab and coming back this week pitcher Jeff Samardzija was released on Saturday. Samardzija who signed with the Giants Dec 2015 for a  five year $90 million deal played his last game with SF on Friday.

#4 Samardzija gave up a two run home run to the Padres Fernando Tatis Jr in the second game of a doubleheader on Friday one of three hits in three innings in what would be his last start for the Giants. Samardzija said he has lots of great memories in San Francisco.

#5 Finally Morris talk about the Giants and their playoffs efforts they were hanging around that final and eighth spot and trying to survive there.

Join Morris each Monday right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Earthquakes shock LAFC with 2-1 come from behind win, end winless streak

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The San Jose Earthquakes had lots to celebrate with a shocking win over LAFC on Sunday night in Los Angeles (@SJEarthquakes) 

by Marko Ukalovic

LOS ANGELES, Calif-The San Jose Earthquakes could not have chosen a better time to get its first win against the team who won the team that won the MLS Supporter Shield last season.

San Jose scored two goals in the final 13 minutes, including the game winner scored by Jackson Yueill in the final minute of stoppage time and snapped their nine game winless streak with a 2-1 win over LAFC on Sunday evening at Banc of California Stadium.

The dramatic win by San Jose is the first one over LAFC since they second Los Angeles club came into the MLS as an expansion team back in 2018.

Quakes head coach Matias Almeyda once again made changes to the starting eleven with Chris Wondolowski, Nick Lima returning to the lineup. Goalkeeper JT. Marcinkowski also made his second start of the season.

LAFC (5-6-3) controlled the play for the entire first half winning the possession battle 60%-40% and created numerous scoring chances in the first 30 minutes. The best chance was when Diego Rossi chipped a ball over Tanner Beason for a point blank shot that Marcinowski made one of his two saves on the evening.

The hard work paid off for LAFC minutes before halftime. Bradley Wright-Phillips made a touch pass over to Mark-Anthony Kaye who lasered in a ball past a diving Marcinkowski for his third goal of the season at the 45th minute.

Almeyda substituted Shea Salinas and Vako in for Wondo and Marcos López in the 63rd minute. The fresh legs for San Jose (3-6-5) as the momentum of the match began to shift the Quakes way.

“We let ourselves down,” said LAFC head coach Bob Bradley. “It’s a bad loss.”

Christian Espinoza was the catalyst on both goals. On the first he set up Salinas, who dribbled in from the left into the middle where he buried a shot to the right corner of the net beating LAFC goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega for the equalizer in the 80th minute.

Then in the third minute of stoppage time, Espinoza gained possession off a deflection and sent a cross into the middle of the box where Yueill one-timed the ball past Sisniega for his first and biggest goal of the season.

“You would’ve thought we won the World Cup when we scored that last goal,” Salinas said. “We have to play with passion and we did that tonight.”

Marcinkowski’s two saves were earned him his first career win. Sisniega made six saves in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose had one corner kick. LAFC had six.

LAFC won the possession battle 53%-47%.

UP NEXT: San Jose returns home to host the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday 10/3 at 7:30pm at Earthquakes Stadium.

 

 

Season comes to an end on the final day; Giants get edged by Padres 5-4

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The San Francisco Giants Austin Slater takes looking from a pitch thrown by the San Diego Padres Adrian Morejon in the third inning of Sunday’s game at Oracle Park in San Francisco (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-On the biggest day of the 2020 season, when the San Francisco Giants needed a win, it did not happen.

Mitch Moreland hit an opposite field double to left field in the top of the fourth inning that allowed Austin Nola to score the eventual game-winning run, as the San Diego Padres defeated the Giants 5-4 on the last day of the Pandemic shortened 2020 season.

With the loss, the Giants season came to an end, as the season ended on a three-game losing streak and they finished the season with a 29-31 record.

“We fought really hard, we did everything we possibly could to win that baseball game and get into the postseason, said Gabe Kapler.

Despite a great pitching performance by Drew Smyly, who went five innings, allowing two runs on just three hits, walking just one and striking out 10, he was saddled with his first loss of the season.

The 10 strikeouts by Smyly, topping his previous season high of eight that he accomplished against the Padres at Petco Park on September 10, and then against six days later versus the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park.

Wil Myers put the Padres in the lead in the top of the second inning, as he launched a solo home run that bounced over the bleachers near the Coca-Cola bottle in left field.

Mauricio Dubon tied up the game in the bottom of the second inning, as he hit an opposite field home run off the foul pole; however, that would be the only run that they would get off of Padres pitching until the bottom of the seventh inning.

The Padres broke the game wide open in the top of the seventh inning, as they scored three times in the frame.

Jorge Mateo hit a ground rule double that bounced into the left field stands that scored Jake Cronenworth, and sent Jurickson Profar to third base. Greg Garcia then hit a sacrifice fly that scored Profar from third base, then Myers drove in his second run of the game, as he hit a ground-rule double that bounced into the right field seats.

Cronenworth reached on a fielding error by Evan Longoria, and he scored what proved to be the all-important third run of the game for the Padres.

The Giants attempted to get back into the game in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Brandon Crawford hit a two-run home run and then both Joey Bart and Mike Yastrzemski walked; however, Donovan Solano came up to pinch-hit for Alex Dickerson and he struck out for the final out of the inning.

Wilmer Flores got the Giants within one run in the bottom of the eighth inning, as he hit a solo home run onto the arcade in right field; however, the Giants could not muster any more runs in the inning.

With a chance to go to the postseason for the first time since the 2016 season, Trevor Rosenthal struck out the side to end the game, including Austin Slater to end the game on a close pitch that sent the Giants dugout into a frenzy, as they yelled at home plate umpire Rob Drake.

NOTES: According to STATS, LLC, the Giants IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE LAST DAY: Listed below are all the seasons in which the Giants entered their last day of the regular season with a chance to clinch a Postseason berth.

1908: 1-game tiebreaker for NL between Giants and Cubs, Cubs won (Giants missed World Series).

1934: Entered 1 game back of Cardinals in NL, Giants lost and Cardinals won (Giants missed World Series).

1951: 3-game tiebreaker for NL between Giants and Dodgers, Giants won on Bobby Thomson’s Shot Heard Round the World (Giants made World Series) 1959: Entered 1.5 games back of Dodgers and Braves in NL with DH on last day, Giants lost both (Giants missed World Series).

1962: 3-game tiebreaker for NL between Giants and Dodgers, Giants won first two games (Giants made World Series).

1966: Entered 2 games back of Dodgers in NL (but each team had 2 games left), Giants won and Dodgers split doubleheader to clinch so Giants didn’t need to play a makeup game the day after (Giants missed World Series).

1971: Entered 1 game ahead of Dodgers for division, both teams won (Giants made playoffs).

1993: Entered tied with Braves for division, Braves won and Giants lost (Giants missed playoffs).

1998: Wild card tiebreaker between Giants and Cubs, Cubs won (Giants missed playoffs).

2004: Entered 1 game back of Astros for wild card, both teams won (Giants missed playoffs).

2010: Entered 1 game ahead of Padres for division, Giants beat Padres to win division (Giants made playoffs).

2016: Entered 1 game ahead of Cardinals for second wild card, both teams won (Giants made playoffs).

UP NEXT: See you when the Giants open up the 2021 season against the Mariners on Thursday April 1 at T-Mobile Park.

The Giants will open their home portion of the schedule against the Colorado Rockies on Friday April 9.

Raiders lose first game of the season to New England, 36-20

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Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) gets a poke in the eye as he closes in to sack New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

By Shawn McCullough

The Raiders simply couldn’t overcome mistakes as they fell to the New England Patriots, 36-20, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA.

The Raiders fumbled the ball away three times and couldn’t convert multiple times in the redzone.

“There are some issues that add up to a loss,” said head coach Jon Gruden.  “I am proud of our team for fighting and I like the effort.”

Las Vegas kept the game close in the first half, trailing just 13-10 at halftime, but the Patriots rolled off 23 points in the second half.

“We came in at halftime and we felt good, but coming out, obviously it got away from us,” said quarterback Derek Carr.

Carr threw for 261 yards and two touchdowns, one each to wide receiver Hunter Renfrow and tight end Foster Moreau.

“I like our team,” said Gruden.  “We are a young team, but we do not lack confidence.”

“We are always confident,” said Carr.  “We didn’t play our best game, but we made it a game.”

Josh Jacobs led the Raiders on the ground, rushing 16 times for 71 yards.

“We had a couple of drives where we moved the ball very well,” said Jacobs.  “We have to just work on redzone execution and try not to beat ourselves in certain situations.”

With the loss, the Raiders fell to 2-1 on the season and will next return home to face the Buffalo Bills on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.

Game Notes:

  • The Raiders were outgained in total yards, 406-375.
  • Tight end Darren Waller was held to just two catches for nine yards.
  • Nine different Raiders players caught at least one ball from QB Derek Carr.


What injuries? 49ers make win look easy over Giants 36-9; Joe Montana rescues grandchild from kidnapper

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First half action shows San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens (4) throwing over the New York Giants defensive line at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Sun Sep 27, 2020 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

Despite a multitude of injuries the San Francisco 49ers accepted “no excuses” as they had no choice but to turn to new faces to fill the void that so many injured players had left. Last weeks’s game against the Jets left the team decimated but it is what it is. Coach Shanahan had a lot of decisions to make this week in an effort to put this team back together.

The list of missing players is extensive with George Kittle, Jimmy Garoppolo,, Richard Sherman and Raheem Mostart heading the list. The good news for San Francisco is that this team not only has quality starters but they have a lot of quality players in the depth chart. Going into this game the thought was that this team is going to be ok.

As the game got underway this team was going to be a lot more than just ok as the final score indicated. San Francisco outscored the Giants in all four quarters in a lop-sided 36-9 win over New York. If there is any question regarding San Francisco quarterback Nick Mullens that has been laid to rest for the moment. He was 25 of 36 passing for 343 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions for a 13.72 yards per completion.

A very nice game for the backup quarterback and the entire team despite all the obstacles they have had to face this week. Going into this game they not only had to face the Giants with a bit of a new look but they also had to face the dreaded turf at Met Life Stadium. San Francisco took it all in stride and came away with the win by controlling the ball on offense and gave the mistake prone Giants yet another loss.

Kicker Robbie Gould had a great day with three successful field goals and Jerick McKinnon, Brandon Aiyuk, and Jeff Wilson all had rushing touchdowns for a near perfect showing by the team. There were complaints from the players regarding the new turf which was described as sticky. Turf is tough that is a given, but new turf is even worse.

Despite all of that the turf was a non-issue in this dominating win over the leagues lowest-scoring offense.The team came out of this game fairly unscathed although TE Jordan Reed who had two touchdowns last week was hurt late in the first quarter. Another injury was to cornerback Emmanuel Moseley with a concussion in the second quarter. There was not a lot at all going on defensively or offensively for the Giants and San Francisco breezed through this one. The New York Giants are now a dismal 0-3.

Joe Montana stops kidnapping in own house: Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana 64, stopped a would be kidnapper from taking his baby grandchild in his Los Angeles County home on Sunday morning. The suspect a woman who saw someone holding the baby in his house got inside and took the child from the person holding the baby.

The suspect moved into a different part of the house and that’s when Montana and his wife Jennifer went to wrestle the baby from the suspect who ran out of the house. Someone from Montana’s house caught the attention of nearby Sheriff’s deputies who pursued the suspected and arrested her for kidnapping and burglary. 

Montana in a tweet said to thank all well wishers and was thankful that it was a safe outcome and asked for privacy at this time. 

Headline Sports podcast with Daniel Dullum: Dallas lives another day in double OT win; Seven game schedule for college football teams

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The Dallas Stars Corey Perry (10) goes top shelf on Tampa Bay goaltender  Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) for a first period goal in game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup at Rogers Centre in Edmonton (Canadian Press photo)

On Headline Sports with Daniel:

1 Stanley Cup finals – Lightning had a chance to close out Dallas

2 More major college football conferences firing up shortened schedules

3 Swingin ‘ A’s headed to the MLB playoffs

4 Tom Brennaman resigned from the Cincinnati Reds as broadcaster for the Reds

5 The passing of former Chicago Bear great Gayle Sayers RIP

Daniel Dullum does Headline Sports podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Hawkes: Injuries stacked against Niners; Mullens tuned up getting tips from Garoppolo

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Mullens throws over the New York Jets defense last Sun Sep 20, 2020 at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford in second half action after starter Jimmy Garoppolo left. Mullens will start against the Giants Sunday for the injured Garoppolo. (AP News photo)

On the 49ers podcast with J Hawkes:

#1 Joe, the 49ers are needless the say the walking wounded the list runs long but let’s take at the first two players who are lost for the season Solomon Thomas DT (knee ACL) and Nick Bosa DE (knee) how will their loss for the rest of the season impact the team.

#2 Talk about quarterback Nick Mullens and how he steps into the position for injured quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo who will be advising Mullens on the sidelines.

#3 Joe a lot of the players on the 49ers injured list were key players who helped San Francisco get to the Super Bowl last season. Tight end George Kittle is a huge loss what he did for 49ers on offense talk about it translates into Sunday’s game with the New York Giants.

#4 The 49ers Tevin Coleman RB is out with a knee injury for three weeks and Raheem Mostert (knee) and are both out for this Sunday’s game against the Giants Joe talk about much these guys will be missed at the running back position?

#5 It’s only two games in and the 49ers who are 1-1 have lost a core of their players and really have to rely on their second stringers to help the get to 2-1 will they be able to do it against New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and company?

Join J Hawkes each Sunday for the 49ers podcasts at http://www.sportsrasdioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 5 podcast with Len Shapiro: You can be assured of another tough battle for game 6 Monday night

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The Dallas Stars goaltender  Anton Khudobin (35) was kept busy all night and he stopped just enough shots to help the Stars win by one goal in double overtime. Here Khudobin stops the a shot as the Lightning’s left wing Yanni Gourde (37) and the Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen are ready for a loose puck (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup podcast with Len:

#1 The Dallas Stars just got by and escaped elimination with  3-2 double overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning as the Stars cut the Lightning’s series lead 3-2.

#2 In the first period the Dallas Stars Corey Perry (4) scored at 17:52 making it 1-0.

#3 Tampa Bay Lightning’s Ondej Palat (11) in the second period tied it up at 4:37 1-1

#4 In the third period the Lightning’s Mikhail Segachev (3) scored at 3:38 as Tampa Bay took the lead 2-1. The Stars Joe Pavelski (13) scored at 13:15 to tie it up once more 2-2.

#5 In double overtime the Dallas Stars Corey Perry (5) scored at 9:23 for the win 3-2

Len Shapiro did analysis on the NHL for the 2019-20 season on http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Second game: Mariners sweep A’s at home at home; Night Cap laugher 12-3

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Oakland A’s starter Paul Blackburn (58) is lifted by A’s manager Bob Melvin (not pictured) in the third inning. Blackburn pitched just 2.1 innings giving up five hits and seven runs in the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at the Oakland Coliseum Sat Sep 26, 2020 (AP News photo)

Oakland 3 9 0

Seattle 12 12 1

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–Robbie Grossman quickly took the sting out of the A’s extra inning loss in the first game of today’s doubleheader. Batting in the number two slot for the “visiting” Oakland Athletics in the second game, he blasted a 2-2 four seamer from the Seattle Mariners Justin Dunn and drove it 350 over the right field wall to give Oakland a 1-0 lead with one out in the first.

And that’s your A’s Highlight of the Game.

The Mariners scored eight runs in the third inning in the 12-3 laugher over the  A’s. Seven of them were charged to Paul Blackburn, making his first appearance of the season. He had been added to Oakland’s roster as the additional player allowed during double headers.

His stint lasted two and a third innings, during which he surrendered the aforementioned seven runs, all of them earned, on five hits and two walks. He also managed to strike out a couple of Mariners.

In the terrible third, Seattle sent thirteen batters to the plate (i.e., five came up once, and four made two appearances). Dee Strange-Gordon, possessor of the best big league moniker since Van Lingle Mungo, went two for two in the third, and Joseph Odon, JP Crawford, Kyle Seager, Ty France, Tim Lopes, Evan White, and Braden Bishop all connected for base hits.

Two of those safeties, White’s RBI infield single and Strange-Gordon’s second single (also a run producer) came off James Kaprielian, who relieved Blackburn and, after giving up those two hits and a walk, got the two final outs of the frame.

Yeah, the A’s got a run back in the fourth and Robbie Grossman slammed a homer to right in the fourth, but that upped the A’s total run production to three, where it stood until the game mercifully with Tommy La Stella hitting into, what else?, a double play.

Meanwhile, Seattle crossed the plate three more times, once in each the fourth and sixth and twice in the fifth, to bring their total to eleven. Oakland’s total hit count was a respectable nine, three of which were contributed by Robbie Grossman.

Every Mariner except José Marmolejos and Branden Bishop got at least one hit. Crawford, Lopes, and Strange-Gordon each got a pair, and Evan White went three for four to bring his average up to .180. It was that sort of an afternoon.

Both teams rested some of their best players, Semien and Laureano among them, so there’s little reason to fear that dropping today’s twin bill to the M’s will damage the Oakland team’s morale in any significant way.

Blackburn was, of course, charged with the loss. James Kaprilian, Jordan Weems, and TJ McFarland each contributed, and none of them failed to yield at least one run. The longest stint of any of the relievers was Karielian’s one and two-thirds innings; the others pitched an inning apiece.

The Mariners’ Justin Dunn pitched decently enough, allowing three earned runs on six hits in five innings. He now has four wins in set against his single loss. Walter Lockett gave up three hits but didn’t allow a run to score in his two innings of mop up relief.

Marco González (7-2, 3.06) will battle against Frankie Montás (3-5, 6.32) starting tomorrow at 12:10. When that game is over and the dust has settled around the rest of MLB, we’ll see who it is who’ll be coming to The Coliseum on Tuesday.

Unless, as has been known to happen this year, something new and completely different occurs.

Playoff push comes down to the last day of the season; Giants lose to Padres 6-2

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The San Diego Padres Fernando Tatis Jr takes San Francisco Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto deep in the fourth inning Sat Sep 26, 2020 at Oracle Park in San Francisco

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-It looks like the San Francisco Giants playoff push will come down to the final day of the season.

Fernando Tatis, Jr. hit a towering home run in the top of the fourth inning, as the San Diego Padres defeated the Giants 6-2 at Oracle Park.

All the runs that the Padres would need came in that fourth inning, as Mitch Moreland singled to right field that scored Manny Machado and then Austin Nola hit a sacrifice fly that scored Pham with the third run of the inning.

The playoff bound Padres sent Zach Davies, as he went the first three innings, allowing just three hits and struck out three before giving way to the Padres bullpen.

Craig Stammen came on to throw two innings of one-hit ball, and also struck out two on his way to his fourth win of the season.

Johnny Cueto went the first 6.1 innings for the Giants, who are trying to hold on to that eighth and final spot in the National League playoff race.

The Giants really could not muster anything against the Padres, and their first chance smacked them right in the face, when Mauricio Dubon attempted to steal third; however, he slid over the base and was tagged out by Machado for the second out in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Dubon singled with one out in the frame, went to second when Tyler Heineman was hit by a Stammen pitch. The rally ended when Mike Yastrzemski struck out to end the inning.

The Giants finally got on the board in the bottom of the eighth inning, as they loaded the bases with nobody out; however, Tim Hill pinch-hitter Austin Slater, then Yastrzemski hit an opposite field single to right and then Darin Ruf to load the bases with nobody out. Hill then got Donovan Solano to strikeout, and then it looked like he was going to escape the jam without allowing a run; however, Brandon Belt beat out the ground ball that looked like a sure double play that retired Ruf at second base.

That would be the end of the line for Hill, as Dan Altavilla came on to replace Hill and Wilmer Flores greeted him by singling to left field to score Yastrzemski. Altavilla ended the threat, as he got Evan Longoria to strikeout to the rally.

The Padres broke the game wide open in the top of the ninth inning, as on back-to-back pitches, Tony Watson gave up a two-run home run to Tommy Pham and then Mitch Moreland launched a solo blast over the 415 in right-center field.

NOTES: Prior to the game, the Giants made the following roster move today, as Jeff Samardzija has been designated for assignment and has been placed on unconditional release waivers. Also, the Giants have placed RHP Sam Coonrod on the 10-day IL with a right shoulder strain and have recalled RHP Rico Garcia (#39) from the Alternate Training Site.

Yastrzemski was named the winner of the Willie Mac Award winner, an annual honor bestowed upon the most inspirational player on the team, as voted upon by Giants players, coaches, training staff, clubhouse staff and the fans…this season marks the 40th anniversary of the award, which was established in 1980, in honor of legend and Hall of Famer Willie McCovey.

Former Giants outfielder Hunter Pence announced his retirement earlier, as he hung up his cleats after a stellar 14-year career that saw him win two World Series with the Giants in 2012 and 2014.

“Nothing can really prepare you for this part of your career, when you have say, ‘I am retiring from baseball,'” Pence said in a video on Twitter. “I’ve given it everything I possibly can, and the game has given back to me tenfold.”

Pence, 37, was designated for assignment in August by the Giants after hitting just .096 with two home runs and six RBIs in 52 at-bats this season.

PLAYOFF SCENARIOS: If the Giants win on Sunday, and the Milwaukee Brewers lose to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, they will clinch the wild card.

UP NEXT: Neither the Giants nor the Padres have announced their starter for the regular season finale on Sunday afternoon.