00:00Today we honor A's greats and Major League Baseball greatness.
00:05Let's hear it one more time for the 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame class.
00:12Eddie Juiced, Bill King, Dick Williams, Terry Steinbach, Jose Canseco, and Miguel Tejada.
00:20A Hall of Fame type of day, star-studded from beginning to end and hopefully many, many more fireworks.
00:27Well, from one brotherhood to another, the A's take the field behind Osvaldo Bidou.
00:33He threw six shutout innings in a win against Toronto in his last start last week.
00:38And now this club will look to set the tone against the San Francisco Giants,
00:43a team that they played just a few weeks ago across the bay and split that series at one apiece.
00:50Another thing to remember, Dallas, it is Players Weekend, so you'll see some colorful bats, equipment.
00:56And then these guys showcase their personalities.
00:59A one-hop chopper to third or knees.
01:01Throws a low throw to first, but Brown's able to dig it out.
01:04That'll bring up Lamont Wade Jr.
01:07Look at that.
01:08Camoed up.
01:09Swung, a lifted left center field and well hit.
01:11On Duhar back in the alley at the track.
01:13And he leans in.
01:14He makes the catch.
01:17Miguel on Duhar with a great play.
01:20Racing into deep left center field.
01:22Then lunging and reaching out with a mitt in his left hand.
01:25He makes the catch right at the wall for out number two.
01:29And that's it.
01:30The knees ring him up.
01:31Fastball 95.
01:33Ramos down on strikes.
01:35Giants go down 1, 2, 3 with the A's coming up in the bottom half.
01:38On the hill today for the Giants will be the rookie right-hander, Hayden Birdsong.
01:43Birdsong, 6'4", 215-pounder.
01:45He's 22 years of age.
01:47Lawrence Butler wielding a green and gold bat.
01:50Well, for Law Dog, the heat is on the feet.
01:52That is where it's going down for Lawrence Butler.
01:55Three pitches.
01:56See you later.
01:57Well, that's the curveball he had when he faced the Colorado Rockies.
02:01High to left to Ramos.
02:06Two outs.
02:07Three-two pitch is swung on and missed.
02:10Strike three.
02:10Got him with the curve.
02:11Well, that's an excellent first inning for Hayden Birdsong.
02:14We'll go to the second.
02:15One thing is fairly consistent across the league, and it's a very nice touch for Major League Baseball.
02:20As you can see on the side of the hats, personalized numbers.
02:25Everybody's playing for second in terms of the shoe department tonight.
02:29Yes.
02:29Behind Lawrence Butler.
02:30Right here is exactly what we were going to be talking about.
02:33You see the numbers on the spikes for Lawrence Butler over here on the top right of your screen.
02:3934-9, 42-27.
02:41Well, you look up out in center field there on Mount Davis, and that's where all of the retired numbers
02:46of our legends live.
02:48And that's swung out of missed.
02:49Those that buy him fastball in 96, and that'll bring up Chapman.
02:52Bideau just struck out Chapman.
02:54He tips it in Langoliers' glove as well.
02:56Three strikeouts in a row for Osvaldo Bideau.
02:59Here is Yastrzemski, a left-hander hitter, and he pops it up on the infield.
03:03Drifting back from third is Hernes giving way, and the shortstop, Schumann, is there.
03:08Between second and third, he makes the count.
03:10So far, so good for Osvaldo Bideau.
03:13And after one and a half, no score.
03:14On to the bottom of the third, no score.
03:16The A's and the Giants.
03:17Here's Hernes, the young third baseman for these A's.
03:21And it's very high ball for Birdsong.
03:23Wasn't close with those last three.
03:26He issues a leadoff block.
03:28And this is driven to deep right.
03:32But Yastrzemski goes back and he makes the catch.
03:35Butler swings, grounds it to second.
03:37Fielding the hop wisely.
03:38Goes to Fitzgerald for one.
03:40Over to first.
03:40Double play.
03:42Giants able to turn it.
03:43And on one pitch, Hayden Birdsong is out of the inning.
03:47On to the bottom of the fourth inning.
03:49The A's and the Giants, no score.
03:51Hayden Birdsong is impressive so far today.
03:55The 22-year-old right-hander going to work against Brett Rooker.
03:58And a swing and a miss.
03:59Got him another high fastball.
04:01That one at 97.
04:04Comes home and it's just outside with a curve.
04:07That's a one-out walk.
04:09Bideau is on for Nduhar.
04:13Racing in.
04:14Racing in.
04:15Diving is McCray.
04:17He makes the catch and his throw is just a little late.
04:21Well, that really has been our first chance to look at the quickness and the route that
04:27McCray can run.
04:28You can see he's playing fairly deep.
04:30Didn't get a great first step, but watch the make-up speed.
04:34And he's got a good arm, too.
04:35We're watching him throw during batting practice.
04:37And he likes to show it off.
04:38And it's strike three called.
04:40Hayden Birdsong matching Oswaldo Bido got the makings of a pitching duel.
04:46We're through four.
04:47The A's and the Giants.
04:48The Giants don't have a hit.
04:49So here's Chapman.
04:51Here's a ground ball to third.
04:53Charging barehand.
04:54Hernays and a throw at a first.
04:55And in time on a stretch by Seth Brown.
04:58Retiring a man who did it so many times with the green and gold.
05:02This time, Daryl Hernays retires Matt Chapman.
05:06Well, I tell you, it's Daryl Hernays playing third that makes this play.
05:10But this is Tejada-esque.
05:12Coming in with the barehand, Miggy, and firing a strike.
05:15It's a very nice play.
05:16It's a very nice play.
05:18I see the young guys make that play.
05:20It's very nice.
05:20Still no score here.
05:22Pitcher's duel and Seth Brown not wasting any time picking up his second hit of the game.
05:27A leadoff single.
05:29And that's how the A's offense will start the bottom of the fifth.
05:31Chapman creeping in.
05:33Zach Gelloff, who struck out swinging, is up again.
05:35Breaking ball grounded in the hole.
05:37That'll get through for a hit.
05:38A softly hit single in the left.
05:41And now the A's have runners on first and second with nobody out.
05:44And that'll bring up Daryl Hernays.
05:46And we'll see if this might be a sacrifice situation.
05:49Pushbunt.
05:49First base side.
05:50Wade Fields.
05:51His throw to third.
05:52And they got him.
05:54Force play at third.
05:55And Wade aggressively came up throwing.
05:58He bounced the throw.
06:00Chapman stretched out and took it on a bounce.
06:02Kept his foot on the bag for round number one.
06:05And he will lock Schumann.
06:06The bases are loaded now for Lawrence Butler at the top of the order.
06:10Bases loaded.
06:11No score.
06:11Bottom of the fifth.
06:13To center.
06:16McCray will camp underneath.
06:18Make the catch.
06:18Gelloff is going to try and score.
06:20And it is cut off in the A's.
06:23Strike first in game one in the bottom of the fifth.
06:25Lawrence Butler.
06:26A sacrifice fly to center.
06:28And it's one to nothing.
06:29Oakwood.
06:30Offense has been conservative through five and a half innings.
06:33His cleanup hitter who is Miguel on Duhar.
06:37Hit hard.
06:37Down the left field line.
06:39And fair.
06:40Chapman couldn't reach it.
06:41And on Duhar on his horse to second.
06:44That's the loudest piece of contact all day long.
06:48And Miguel stands alone at second base.
06:50That'll bring up Brown.
06:51And Seth is two for two.
06:53Off the end of the bat and through for a base hit.
06:56Rounding third is on Duhar.
06:57They won't make a play at the plate.
07:00And Seth Brown, a three for three afternoon, doubles the A's lead.
07:04It's two to nothing.
07:05What's cooking, Brownie?
07:07You, big dog.
07:08Three knots.
07:09Little change up here from Bivens.
07:11And Seth Brown right on the ball at the point.
07:13And a contact, finds a hole.
07:15Now it's Grant Holman who's about to let the world know what kind of work he's been doing down in
07:21Vegas.
07:22A sub-one ERA in the minors.
07:25And there is the Holman contingent.
07:27Yeah, a whole host of Holmans.
07:30And he got him.
07:33Zone opened up and there it is.
07:36First strikeout for Grant Holman in his big league career and a big one.
07:41And that will be how he exits the game.
07:4597-95.
07:47Paint!
07:48Right-hitter Michel Ohtanez comes out of the bullpen race.
07:51Save this one for the A's.
07:53Who leads two nothing.
07:54Two on, two out, ninth inning.
07:56The most important job sits right here at home plate between Ohtanez and Schmidt.
08:03And Ohtanez just struck out the side.
08:06Picks up his first big league save.
08:09And the A's win it two to nothing.
08:11All of that coming after another phenomenal performance by the right-hander Osvaldo Bido.
08:18Six shutout innings from the big right-hander.
08:21Six shutout innings from the big right-hander.
08:21Six shutout innings from the big right-hander.
08:21Six shutout innings from the big right-hander.
08:21Six shutout innings from the big right-hander.
Comments