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San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants and A’s lockhorns this weekend at Coliseum

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San Francisco Giants starter Tyler Anderson (31) was none too happy with the ball four call by plate umpire Edwin Moscosco in the third inning after the Mariners Kyle Lewis walked in last Thursday’s game at Oracle Park in San Francisco (photo from the mercurynews.com)

On the Giants podcast with Michael:

#1  Michael how important was it moving the game from Seattle on Monday and the Giants hosting the Mariners on Wednesday and Thursday and taking the two game series as the visiting team at Oracle Park?

#2 Lets look at Wednesday’s game first, Giants pitcher Drew Smyly started the game and went 3.2 innings, gave up four hits and three runs but threw shutout ball for his first three innings until the Mariners had that three run fourth.

#3 On Thursday with the M’s once again the home team at Oracle Park the visiting Giants starting pitcher Tyler Anderson argued a ball four call that walked the Mariners Kyle Lewis in the third inning with home plate umpire Edwin Moscoso  and Anderson was ejected. Talk about the pitch and manager Gabe Kapler said the ejection put them in a tough spot.

#4 The Giants are in Oakland today at 1:10 pm, the Giants have won seven out of their last 11 games and the A’s have won seven out of their last 11 games do you see this today’s contest in light of getting shutout on Friday?

#5 The Giants are starting Kevin Gausman (3-2 ERA 4.50) and starting for the A’s Jesus Luzardo (2-2 ERA 4.32)  how do you see these pitchers matching up against each other for this afternoon’s start.

Join Michael Saturdays for the Giants podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Matt Harrington: How the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning match up for tonight’s Finals

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2020 Stanley Cup Finals logo as the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning battle for the Stanley Cup in game 1 tonight at Rogers Centre in Edmonton (nhl.com image)

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Matt Harrington:

#1 The Tampa Bay Lightning are coming off a huge win from Thursday night in Toronto as they clipped the New York Islanders 2-1 in overtime to win in six games 4-2 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.

#2 The series itself shows you that the Lightning is not a team to cave in and they provided some strong defense holding the Islanders to jut one goal in game six with Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopping 26 shots and allowing just one goal.

#3 Matt, Brayden Point returned for the Lightning on Thursday night and had four shots in 25:47 on the ice. He was out and the team medical staff really got him turned around after he took a hit from the Islanders Adam Pelech.

#4 Looking at tonight’s Stanley Cup Finals all games will be played in Edmonton which should give both the Lightning and the Dallas Stars time to focus on morning skates, meetings, no traveling, another series with a quite empty rink, and game one tonight.

#5 The Stars had some great help getting to the Finals with a shocking defeat over the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Finals how do you see Dallas matching up with the Lightning for game 1 tonight.

Matt does the NHL podcasts on Saturdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s Friday game wrap: Oakland Wins a spot for a playoff; A’s Bassitt sits down Giants in 6-0 shutout at Coliseum

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Oakland A’s starter Chris Bassitt who was bringing them all game long is seen here throwing to the San Francisco Giants in the first inning of Friday night’s game at the Oakland Coliseum (AP News photo)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

You didn’t hear any of the A’s broadcasters Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse, Vince Cotroneo, Ken Korach, Amaury Pi Gonzalez or Manolo Hernadez Douen yelling “The A’s win the pennant, the A’s win the Pennant!” But they’ll take a clinch for a playoff spot and look forward to playing the post season in the Southland coming up in October.

The Oakland A’s finally got a day off. After a grueling stretch that saw the A’s play everyday with three double headers included, they received a much needed day off on Thursday. On Friday, it was right back to business at the Oakland Coliseum.

The A’s were set to take on the hungry San Francisco Giants  that is doing its best to make the postseason despite a rebuilding year. The Giants have won six of their last 11 games.

The first game of the series was all A’s. The A’s scored six runs by the end of the fourth inning and never really looked back. The biggest hit for the A’s was a three run shot by Matt Olson in the bottom of the third inning number 13 of the season for Olson.

The real story of the game was the continued success of A’s starter Chris Bassitt. Bassitt managed to go 6.2 innings without giving up a run. His line finished with only three hits and seven strikeouts and is now 4-2. Bassitt has been the A’s most consistent pitcher this year lowering his ERA to 2.57.

The A’s bullpen would do what they do the rest of the way and the A’s won by a final of 6-0.

Up next: The A’s will take on the Giants in the second game of the series on Saturday at 1:10 PST.  Starters for the Giants Kevin Gausman (3-4 ERA 4.05) and for the A’s Jesus Lazardo (2-2 ERA 4.32). Listen to my podcast between 12-1pm today right here on http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Giants shutout by A’s 6-0 at the Coliseum

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The San Francisco Giants Donavon Salano (right) takes strike three and a glance at umpire Alfonso Marquez (left) after striking out against Oakland A’s pitcher Chris Bassitt in the first inning of Friday night’s game at the Oakland Coliseum (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

After sweeping the Seattle Mariners in a series that was moved to the Bay Area, due to the smoke in Seattle, the San Francisco Giants began their road series of the season.

Luckily, the road trip that the Giants are on is 15.6 miles away from Oracle Park across the Bay Bridge then down Interstate 880 to the Oakland Coliseum.

It’s nice that everybody got to sleep in their own beds last night,” said Giants manager Gabe Kapler. “Considering that these are road games and we did just get to play two road games in our ballpark, there have been a lot of challenges throughout this season and so those are two things that we can point to as positives and pluses.”

Matt Olson hit a three-run home run, helping the Oakland A’s to a 6-0 victory over the Giants, as the A’s clinched their sixth playoff spot in the past nine seasons.

Newly acquired Jake Lamb put the A’s on the board in the bottom of the first inning, as he hit a run-scoring single that gave the A’s a lead that they would never give up.

Chris Bassitt went 6.2 innings, striking out seven, as he won his third straight start for the American League Western Division Leading A’s.

Both Tommy La Stella and Marcus Semien each added run-scoring singles for the A’s, who were coming off a day off on Thursday and the Giants played a two-game series.

Logan Webb went just 3.1 innings, as his record fell to 2-4 on the season and his streak for winless starts is now at five. Since defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park on August 21, Webb is now 0-2.

Not a good performance from our offense. I think all of our players will tell you that,” Kapler said. “We have to play better baseball than that down the stretch if we’re going to get into the postseason.”

The Giants could manage just three hits on the evening, as their 6,7,8 batters of Brandon Crawford, Darin Ruf and Joey Bart went a combined 3-for-11, while the other six batters in the lineup went a combined 0-for-19 with five walks and 11 strikeouts against four A’s pitchers.

NOTES: Mike Yastrzemski missed the game after he left Thursdays game with tightness in his right calf. Yastrzemski underwent an MRI on Friday that revealed a mild calf strain and is listed as day-to-day and will not be placed on the injured list.

Yaz is important enough to this club where we really don’t know how long it’s going to be, whether it’s one, two, three days or more and we want to ensure that we have (options) there,” Kapler said.

Prior to the game, the Giants sent Rico Garcia and Wandy Peralta to the alternate site, while both Shaun Anderson and Andrew Suarez were recalled from the alternate site. Peralta threw a career-high three innings in Thursdays 6-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

This was just the fourth time this season that the Giants have been shutout and just the fifth time that they picked up five hits or fewer in the same game.

All four shutouts have been by teams in the State of California, as the Los Angeles Dodgers shut them out twice, the San Diego Padres on Sunday and the A’s tonight.

UP NEXT: Kevin Gausman will take the mound after missing his start on Sunday after the Colorado Rockies due to elbow soreness, while the A’s will send Jesus Luzardo to the mound, as they look to clinch their first AL Western Division Championship since 2013, as their magic number is 2.

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: Garoppolo looking for first win this Sunday vs. Jets

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback throws one of his passes against the Arizona Cardinals  last Sunday at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara (mercurynews.com photo)

On the 49ers podcast with David:

#1 Dave, how concerned should head coach Kyle Shanahan have to be after things melted down towards the end of the game for the 49ers after the defense allowed two Arizona Cardinal touchdowns in the 24-20 loss at Levis on Sunday.

#2 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was 19-33 for 259 yards and two touchdowns how do you see him throwing against the New York Jets defense on Sunday.

#3 The 49ers are in New York against the Jets and quarterback Sam Darnold, Darnold in his last game against the Buffalo Bills struggled in a ten point 27-17 loss. Darnold  in Sunday’s game 21 for 35, 215 yards, one touchdown and one interception. How do you see Darnold, the Jets and the 49ers in this coming Sunday game?

Join David each Friday for the 49ers podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with London Marq: LA County gives ok for Pac 12 football; Colts Rivers struggles in first game; plus more

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Phillip Rivers who threw for two interceptions and lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars last Sunday will throw against the Minnesota Vikings at the Hoosier Dome (file photo from coltbeat.com

Headline Sports podcast with London Marq:

#1 Los Angeles County did not dispute or object to the idea to start the Pac 12 season for the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins football teams. The county said that as long as the athletic departments of both schools are adhering to the public health restricts pertaining to safety protocols on Covid-19 the county will permit both schools to play football this season.

#2 Critics are questioning if the Indianapolis Colts made a mistake in signing quarterback Phillip Rivers to a hefty $25 million one year deal. On Sunday Rivers threw into traffic getting picked off twice, Rivers did throw for 363 yards and the Colts lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-20.

#3 The New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday Night Football at Centurylink Field in Seattle. The Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said of Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson that he doesn’t see anyone better in the NFL.

#4 London, after losing three straight the San Jose Earthquakes were able to losing another three games. They have tied three of their last four games including a 1-1 tie with the Portland Timbers on Wednesday night a game they were leading 1-0 before the Timbers tied it up.

#5 The Quakes get another shot at the Timbers on Saturday after seeing the Timber on Wednesday and again this Saturday and being another home match for the Quakes do you see this being an advantage for the Quakes.

London does Headline Sports each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Preview San Francisco Giants vs Oakland A’s: Three-game series in Oakland this weekend

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The San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A’s will meet for three games starting on Friday night at the Oakland Coliseum (image is from rollinghills.com)

By Jerry Feitelberg

OAKLAND–The A’s welcome their cross-town rivals, the San Francisco Giants, to the Oakland Coliseum for three games starting Friday.

It should be a fascinating series with lots at stake for both teams. The A’s currently own the third-best record in the American League. They are a game and 1/2 behind the Chicago White Sox for the number one slot.

They trail the Tampa Bay Rays by 1/2 game for the second-best record. The Giants would be in the playoffs if the season ended today. They are 28-28 and own one of the two Wild Card spots in the National League. The Philadelphia Phillies are also 28-28 and would be in the playoffs, too. The Giants play the Seattle Mariners Thursday night, and their status could change.

The A’s played the Giants earlier this year in San Francisco. The A’s came from behind in two of the games to stun the Giants. On August 14th, the Giants blew a 6-0 lead and lost 8-7 in ten innings.

Stephen Piscotty hit a grand slam in the ninth off Giants’ closer Trevor Gott to tie the game. They scored a run in the tenth, and the A’s bullpen closed out the game. The next night, lightning struck again for Oakland.

The Giants led 6-3 in the ninth. Trevor Gott was in to close. A’s catcher Sean Murphy hit a solo homer to make in 6-4. With two men on, Mark Canha blasted a three-run dinger to win it for Oakland 7-6. The A’s won the finale of the series 15-3. The Giants will be looking for payback this weekend.

The team, under the first-year skipper Gabe Kapler has improved since the series with the A’s. The Giants are stacked with guys that have a lot of pop in their bats. The A’s starters will have their work cut out for them to shut the Giants’ offense down.

The G-men are led by outfielders Mike Yastrzemski, Alex Dickerson, Austin Slater, and Darin Ruf. All are hitting about .280 or higher. Yaz has nine dingers and 33 RBIs. Dickerson has eight and 24 RBIs.

The greybeards in the infield, Evan Longoria, Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt, Wilmer Flores, Donovan Solano, are all raking at the plate. Longo is hitting .282 with six homers and 25 RBIs.

Solano’s average is .351 with five round-trippers and 28 ribbies. Belt’s numbers are .305, eight big flys, and 24 RBIs. Flores .283, nine home runs, 23 RBIs. Crawford is resurgent as his average is .281, five homers, and 18 RBIs.

The A’s announced righty Chris Bassitt will start on Friday night. The A’s have not determined the pitchers for Saturday and Sunday. The Giants have not indicated their pitchers for the series yet.

The Giants’s starters are Johnny Cueto, Kevin Gausman, Logan Webb, Tyler Anderson, Drew Smyly, and former A’s starter Trevor Cahill. Smyly pitched on Wednesday and will not be available. The Giants’ closer Trevor Gott is on the 10-day IL. Kapler will use lefties Caleb Baragar, Wandy Peralta, Tony Watson, and Sam Selman. Righties Sam Coonrod, sidewinder Tyler Rogers, and Cahill probably see action.

The A’s are 31-19 with ten games left. The A’s pitching has been outstanding. Mike Fiers, who beat the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday, will not see any action. A’s manager Bob Melvin will probably use Frankie Montas, Mike Minor, or Jesus Luzardo.

The A’s bullpen has done a stellar job for the Green and Gold this season. Pitchers that will see action will be Yusmeiro Petit, J.B.Wendelken, Jake Diekman T.J.McFarland, Lou Trivino, Joakim Soria, along with closer Liam Hendriks.

The A’s have been inconsistent on offense so far this year. Designated hitter Khris Davis is having a down year. Stephen Piscotty injured his knee and may not be available. Matt Chapman is having hip surgery and is sone for the year. Chad Pinder has a hamstring problem and may not play.

The A’s love players that can play multiple positions. Mark Canha has played all three outfield slots. Tony Kemp can play a couple of infield positions. Tommy La Stella has played second and third for the A’s. After being released by the Arizona D-Backs, Jake Lamb, signed as a free agent, has played third and is five-for-eleven as an Athletic. Lamb has also been the DH.

The A’s offense has failed to take advantage of the opportunities they had with runners in scoring position. The guys hit home runs, but getting hits in bunches has not happened this year. Bob Melvin knows it’s a problem, but has not yet come up with a solution.

As mentioned above, it’s always fun when these two teams get together. The season series winner gets to keep the Bay Bridge Trophy and bragging rights for a year. Usually, the Coliseum would be jammed to the gills with fans. Not so, this year. It’s a shame, but it’s the reality due to Covid-19. Turn on the TVs, folks, and enjoy three games of great baseball.

Headlines Sports podcast with Jessica Kwong: 49ers Sherman out until wk 5; NFL says teams can choose Kaepernick now; plus more

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San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman (25) gives chase to the Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) who runs past Sherman in the second half of Sun Sep 13th’s game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara (AP News photo)

On Headlines podcast with Jessica:

#1 Jessica, problems continue to happen for the the San Francisco 49ers. Wednesday they announced that their cornerback Richard Sherman will be out until week 5 which will be at home against the Dolphins. Sherman sustained a calf strain injury it was from a previous injury.

#2 NFL league spokesman Brian McCarthy said that NFL teams may sign Colin Kaepernick “if they choose to.” Kaepernick has not played  in the NFL in three years. Did the issues of social unrest put enough pressure on the NFL to reconsider to bring back Kaepernick?

#3 MLB playoffs and World Series will be held in a bubble for this October with the National League playing post season either in Minute Maid Field in Houston or Globe Life in Arlington and the American League playing either at Petco Park in San Diego or Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. The NLWCS will be on Sep 29th and game one of the World Series will be on Oct 20th.

#4 MLB players say they like the seven inning games in doubleheaders. The seven inning game average has been 2 1/2 hours.

#5 The LA Lakers and Denver Nuggets tip off for the Western Conference Finals on Friday night. The Lakers won their last round beating the Houston Rockets 4-3 and the Nuggets won their last round beating the Los Angeles Clippers 4-1.

Jessica Kwong does Headline Sports every other Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Good pitching is beating good hitting for A’s

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Oakland A’s pitcher Chris Bassitt (40) is part of a successful A’s pitching staff of starters and relievers. Bassitt will be the starting pitcher Friday night at the Oakland Coliseum versus the San Francisco (file photo from Athletics Nation)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Jerry we’ll be taking a look at the Oakland A’s pitching staff and to the whys of their success this season. The pitching makes all the difference for a big league’s club success and the A’s this season hasn’t been an exception.

#2 The A’s are coming off a split in Colorado losing on Tuesday but on Wednesday afternoon they got some traction from starter Mike Fiers who pitched six innings and the bullpen came in and closed the game for the 3-1 win.

#3 Lets take a look at last Monday’s game in Seattle under 200 plus air quality conditions and A’s starting pitcher Mike Minor on the mound in the second game of the doubleheader making his first start for Oakland going the distance pitching seven innings for a two hit shutout.

#4 Sean Manaea did lose Tuesday’s game in Colorado 4-3 but previous to that he’s had some great starts including the outing he had when he pitched against the Houston Astros last week on Thu 10th going seven innings, surrendering two hits, one run for a 3-1 win.

#5 The A’s host the San Francisco Giants Friday night at the Oakland Coliseum. The Giants had struggled against the San Diego Padres in San Diego last weekend had to fly to Seattle on Sunday night for a Monday doubleheader which was canceled because of bad Seattle air quality and then moved the two game series to San Francisco on Wednesday and Thursday. The Giants have not announced a starting pitcher yet for Friday night and the A’s will start Chris Bassitt whose had a great last outing now 4-2 ERA 2.92.

Join Jerry each Thursday for the Oakland A’s podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

San Francisco 49ers preview: 49ers one of the bottom offenses in the NFL looking to right the ship

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo watches in the second half of last Sun Sep 13th’s game at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara where the visiting Arizona Cardinals won by four points in week 1 of the NFL season (AP News photo)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

The San Francisco 49ers are headed on the road for the first time this season. After opening the COVID season at home last Sunday the 49ers head out on the road to New York where they will take on the New York Jets.

The Jets, are coming off a disappointing first game of the season in which they lost to Josh Allen and the Bulls by a final of 27-17. The 49ers in the other hand also had an underwhelming performance in the opener against the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals led by Kyler Murray managed to beat the 49ers by a final of 24-20.

The 49ers after week one sit in the bottom half of offenses in the league. Certainly not what head coach Kyle Shanahan envisioned coming into this year. The 49ers will have an opportunity to right the ship against a sub par Jets team this coming Sunday Sep 20th at the Metlife Stadium.

The game is set for 10 AM PST on Sunday in New York.