00:01It's a windy one for Rivalry Weekend here game three against the San Francisco Giants in West Sacramento A's fans
00:09and Giants fans are ready to go here with the gusts in play 70 degrees so comfortable but 25 to
00:1635 mile per hour wind gusts we can feel the wind the A's are looking for a win in this
00:21series and homestand finale this rubber match will be interesting left hander Jeffrey Springs this is last five starts he's
00:280 and 3 with a seven point
00:290 3 ERA so maybe the Giants can keep it rolling with the offense here against the lefty today and
00:35Bader draws a five pitch walk leadoff fan on here for the Giants every fly ball and pop up could
00:42be an adventure this is about as windy as we've ever seen and Soderstrom coming in Angley toward the line
00:50to make the catch it rises out and a little flare to right and Schmitz got another hit well he's
00:55not going to be happy getting on the bus when the Giants leave Sacramento
00:59four hits last night leadoff single today well this is where you just simply cannot give up on the ball
01:04really have to be on their toes this afternoon you can see Soderstrom essentially camped off the bat but knowing
01:10you're going to have to continue to creep in and track that baseball
01:13Butler and Soderstrom were playing like you would play in the ninth inning with the winning run at third base
01:20at less than two out Giants get a walk and a single but no runs Adrian Hauser to the mound
01:25and now
01:25coming off an outing against the Dodgers threw the ball pretty well five and two thirds under his belt couple
01:29earned runs did punch out four got through that ball game on 91 pitches
01:34Kurtz a 278 home runs 29 runs batted in batting 361 during the day this year 40 straight games reaching
01:42base safely continuing to set more and more milestones for himself in 2026
01:47I mean that's tied for third all time with the A's Cortez swings and misses strike three the change up
01:54there from Hauser first out of the
01:56inning and Gilbert out in front of the warning track will reach up and make the catch well he's doing
02:02the pop up dance on a 350 foot fly ball and it's going to be Hauser the best athlete on
02:09the field puts it away
02:10the wind no problem for Adrian Hauser one out first strikeout for Jeffrey Springs and that'll bring up through Gilbert
02:19and it's hit the third up with it go off going to throw it to her knees in the middle
02:23he goes to first
02:24five six three double play converted well by the A's the two outs here is Louisa rise who flied out
02:30to Soderstrom in left field in the first inning goal for one left on left
02:33coach arise swings it's a high fly ball to right Cortez going back he's got his arms out he doesn't
02:38see it it's carrying it is gone
02:43Luis arise does it again his second home run of the series gets it up into that wind and the
02:50wind takes care of the rest flies out here in Sacramento Giants lead it one nothing
02:57just an example of what it can mean if you get that ball in the air as a left hander
03:02to the poolside this afternoon Giants are ahead one nothing Jonah Haim is
03:06looking for his first hit with the A's this year line drive into left center a base hit so there's
03:13Haim's first with the A's in 2026 he gets the board to lead off the bottom the third
03:17grounds one right to second rise fields goes to Adamas for one over the first double play go on one
03:24pitch
03:26Houser records two outs always nice to be facing Kurtz now with two outs and nobody on Kurtz do a
03:32walk back in the first
03:33inning will draw another walk he's won 42 times now pass the baton to Cortez down to the shortstop Adamas
03:41was scooping up he will step on the
03:43second base bag at the end he was over six unassisted Cortez retired only Adamas flew out to center field
03:48his only time up today ground ball the third
03:51kill off gathers slings to first and pushes Kurtz off the back tried to apply a tag but Adamas is
03:59safe Kurtz doing everything
04:00he can to try to hold the bag eventually had to disengage try to get the tag down but Willie
04:06scooting down the line already past Nick Kurtz second error in as
04:11many games for Gelof at third base runner going Springs had it read but they're going to call it back
04:17here
04:18Springs is not happy about it yeah Jeffrey in disbelief he's talking about where he was stepping he said you're
04:23going home I didn't see it you see it
04:25you see it looked like a normal lefty move to me it really did Conce and Emerson are hot and
04:31it's a big play because the runner goes into scoring position rather than an out
04:35back two and two here to Susack nice pitch from Springs who picks up his second strikeout two down and
04:41that'll go to Matt
04:42Chapman the third baseman he's really been struggling I mean five for his last fifty four but towards the gap
04:48in the left center field and guess
04:50what nobody's there the diamonds is going to score and Matt Chapman with a two out double and it's two
04:57nothing
04:58it's only his third hit in nineteen at bats against Jeffrey Springs Giants extend their lead it's two
05:05nothing that is how you take advantage of an error and the ball yeah the wind is quite literally blown
05:11the lid off it here
05:12round ball to short off the glove of Adamas picks it up throws the first he got him great recovery
05:18from Willie
05:19Adamas hit to scramble a few feet to his right after he initially misplayed that hard hit ground it was
05:26105 off the bat but he did get him at first nice throw swing a ground ball pulled towards second
05:33diving to his
05:33left to rise on the brass gloves and from his knees throws the first for the out
05:39Luis Arise is doing it all once again for the Giants it's a hit away there from Tyler Soderstrom
05:46we'll count here to Haim with one down the base is empty hit hard run under Hauser diving to his
05:52left
05:52Adamas gloves up to his feet behind the bag and a throw to first for the out
05:57I am after crossing first hands on his hips looking out at Willie Adamas as if to say are you
06:03kidding me
06:04another great play from a Giants infielder and another great play diving these guys are playing hard
06:10ground ball diving attempt this time a rise can't get it base hit for her days
06:16his eighth of the homestand his fourth of the series and he sets up Kurtz with two away
06:22three one pitch he will walk for a third time today
06:26Hauser has walked four at his start but no damage against him yet Cortez is up
06:32popped up see what the wind does to this Adamas is short waiting for Chapman tries to catch it he
06:38can't
06:38and the run scores Bernays has scored Kurtz goes to third and second is Cortez
06:44and the first real effect of the wind and the sun today the A's get a gift and they trail
06:50two to one
06:51you talk about battling the elements I mean Adamas was struggling with that from the get go
06:57it is a two base hit for Cortez and now the A's have a runner in scoring position for Butler
07:03he swings and hits a high pop-up back of third Chapman over into foul ground battling the wind
07:10and reaching back over his shoulder to make the catch my goodness what a play from the gold glover
07:17Matt Chapman dealing with the side wall the sun a 30 mile an hour wind gust
07:24and he somehow caught that so the foul out ends the inning couple that there's Bader against Medina
07:31two to one Giants eighth inning ground ball might have been a broken bat gel off the spin
07:36throw to first and it's away from Kurtz trying to cut it off and Bader reaches and the second error
07:43on
07:43on Zach today and so the Giants have the leadoff man on third time today that a rise has reached
07:50a home run
07:51a single now a walk and the Giants have runners at first and second nobody out Casey Schmidt coming up
07:57Schmidt line drive right field and a base hit Cortez and to pick it up quickly Bader is going to
08:02be held
08:03at third the second hit today for Casey Schmidt and now the bases are loaded with nobody out and Devers
08:11coming up
08:11line drive and a base hit and they're going to hold up a rise and now it's dropped and now
08:18a rise is going to score
08:19Devers comes through the hit they've been looking for the entire weekend defensive issues continue base hit RBI for Devers
08:29and then the error in center field scored the second run now four to one San Francisco
08:37on the ground towards the hole and a base hit and they're going to hold and now kicked around again
08:43but holding is Schmidt and the bases are loaded and dominance with the base hit
08:47well three straight singles five straight base runners to open up the eighth inning here
08:52looks like Marc Cotze has made his decision he's going to the bullpen
08:55it'll be Suarez on the face Daniel Susack ground ball to second McNeil bobbles
09:01and he's got one play to first they are kicking the ball all over the place this inning
09:08and they had a play at the plate they could have possibly turned to double play
09:12they only end up with one and the Giants score their fifth run of the game
09:16two out and that'll bring up Jung-Hoo Lee Devers at third Adamas at second Chapman at first
09:23ground ball up the middle long way to go McNeil and it's underneath his glove
09:28a run scores tough play six to one
09:34the Halloween inning continues defensively here for the Athletics
09:37just a nightmare defensively here this top of the eighth
09:40Bader hitting for the second time and with the bases loaded
09:43Bader swings drives one to right towards the corner Cortez going back he's looking up
09:48it is gone
09:51it's a grand slam for Harrison Bader
09:54it is an eight run eighth inning and Bader fired up as he rounds the bases
10:03Giants have broken it wide open it's ten to one
10:08the difference in this game defensively how these two teams have performed has been quite the contrast
10:14again down the left field line Gilbert giving chase
10:18and he made the catch
10:21the Giants are putting on a clinic defensively here this afternoon
10:27through Gilbert who moved to left earlier in this game with a diving catch
10:34just before reaching the foul line takes a hit away from Soderstrom
10:38Giants now a strike away with two down here in the bottom of the ninth
10:42they lead it ten to one chop to Chapman
10:46and Chapman will flip and that's the ball good
10:48it was a tightly contested game until it wasn't the wind played a very big factor in the game
10:54and the Giants win the series
10:57but it was the story of the Giants offense
11:00who came up and got big hits took advantage of some mistakes by the A's defense
11:04defense who has been fundamentally sound all season long unfortunately
11:08here during the homestand we have seen some defensive miscues
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