BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Golden State Warriors opened their pursuit of the fifth championship of the Steve Kerr era with a commanding 123-109 win over the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night at Chase Center. The Warriors were out of sync at times with both Klay Thompson and Draymond Green on …
Read More »Dodgers, Braves and Mets lead stacked NL pennant hopefuls
BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The 2021 World Series Champion Atlanta Braves have staged another second half rally, overtaking the New York Mets in the final week of the season to win the National League East after trailing the Mets by 10.5 games on June 1st, and by 6.5 games as recently …
Read More »Path to American League Pennant still goes through Houston
BY J.A.SCHWARTZ Despite a delayed start to the season (remember the lockout?), the 2022 Major League Baseball Playoffs will start on Friday. The Dodgers won a league best 111 games, setting a franchise record in the process, and would seem to be the prohibitive favorites to claim this year’s championship. …
Read More »A’s finish dreadful season with uplifting victory in Vogt’s finale
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Athletics ended a dismal season on a positive note Wednesday, defeating the Los Angeles Angels 3–2 at the Coliseum to complete a three game sweep behind a story book conclusion to catcher Stephen Vogt’s final game before retirement. Long ago eliminated from the pennant chase and …
Read More »49ers defense dominates in 24-9 win over Rams
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The San Francisco 49ers continued their regular season mastery over the Los Angeles Rams with a 24-9 win at Levi’s Stadium Monday night. The Niners held the vaunted Rams offense to just three Matt Gay field goals and 257 total yards, pressuring Matthew Stafford 17 times while …
Read More »Alonso and Lindor power Mets past A’s 13-4 behind Scherzer
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The A’s wrapped up their last regularly scheduled home stand of the season with a 13-4 shellacking at the hands of the New York Mets Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum. Three time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (11-4, 2.13) got the win, the 201st of his …
Read More »Waldichuk continues to impress, but Braves rip Athletics again
BY RICK PORCARO Former Saint Mary’s Gael Ken Waldichuk had his second straight solid start for the Athletics, but home runs by Atlanta’s Vaughn Grissom and Dansby Swanson turned the tide as the Braves completed a sweep of their brief two game series in Oakland with a 7-3 win over …
Read More »Giants knock off Phillies 5-4 for second straight win at Oracle
BY RICK PORCARO Joc Pederson continued his recent hot streak with a pair of hits and three RBI’s and seven San Francisco pitchers combined to shut down the Phillies when it mattered most as the Giants scored a 5-4 win over Philadelphia in a back and forth game that saw …
Read More »Padres sweep buries Giants behind Musgrove’s 11 strikeouts
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER San Diego rode an 11 strikeout performance from Joe Musgrove and a three RBI day from Manny Machado to jump out to a five run lead against Alex Wood and Zach Littell before holding on to score a 5-4 win over the Giants Wednesday afternoon. The loss …
Read More »A’s celebrate the past, look to future in series split with Yanks
BY RICK PORCARO The A’s rode a strong pitching performance by Adrian Martinez to shut down the powerful bats of the AL East leading Yankees for the second game in a row to score a 4-1 win over New York before 29,498 fans at the Coliseum Sunday afternoon. Martinez (3-3, …
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