'It feels great': Clutch performances key A's bounceback winMay 4th MIAMI -- Ninth-inning theatrics marked the conclusion of Athletics-Marlins for the second straight day at loanDepot park favor tipped in the A’s direction after they lost in heartbreaking fashion on a Kyle Stowers walk-off grand slam Saturday evening who successfully kept Miami’s offense at bay Kurtz got into scoring position with a one-out triple (the first of his Major League career) that tucked into the left-field corner Soderstrom followed by sending a 1-0 fastball into center field for a single to plate his teammate “It feels great,” Soderstrom said of his game-winning hit and then [Anthony Bender] tried to challenge me there with the sinker and left it over the middle who has yet to hit his first career homer after hitting seven in 20 games with Triple-A Las Vegas “It’s definitely an adjustment trying to go from Triple-A arms and Minor League arms to this,” Kurtz said The power and the slug isn’t really coming right now and I think it’s funny just how baseball is I hit a triple before I hit a double or a homer Sears has been the Athletics’ most consistent starting pitcher this season and he kept that trend going to close out the team’s series win against Miami allowed two runs on four hits while striking out two batters and walking none in 6 1/3 innings Sears wasn’t particularly active in the strikeout column he was in complete command of his pitch arsenal throughout the early innings The 29-year-old Sears retired 11 straight batters after allowing a leadoff single to Miami’s Xavier Edwards He allowed two runs via a two-out rally in which Miami collected three consecutive hits in the fourth Sears recovered to put up clean innings in the fifth and sixth and he set down Kyle Stowers in a lefty-on-lefty matchup before the A’s pulled the hook “I felt pretty in control of the zone today,” Sears said “I think just recognizing they were … being a little bit aggressive early [I was] trying to use that to my advantage [I] tried to locate some fastballs in and get some good breaking balls off-speed in the zone Sunday’s start marked Sears’ seventh straight in which he issued two walks or fewer His 1.35 walks per nine innings is fifth lowest in the Majors and he has gone 45 consecutive starts without a wild pitch the second-longest streak in A’s history behind Catfish Hunter from 1967-69 Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. Sears was magnificent over his last three starts heading into Sunday, going 3-0 with a 1.62 ERA. He didn’t register a win Sunday, but his four wins heading into the matchup were tied for sixth in the Majors. “He’s just fun to watch,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “It’s great when you have a competitor like that out there, especially in a game where you’re trying to win a series, and you’re coming off a tough loss. This kid, for the last two-plus years now, has just gone out, taken the ball every fifth day and given us everything he’s got.” For the A’s, who collected their third straight series win, Sears & Co. provided the team with just the right amount of momentum heading into a gauntlet over their next four series: Mariners, Yankees, Dodgers, then Giants. “No question, we’re on a tough stretch here,” Kotsay said. “We’re playing good, we got some confidence, which is a good thing. Any time you’re going up against good teams, you want to feel like you’re playing good baseball. And I think that group out there is playing good baseball.” ©2025 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Print WEST SACRAMENTO Calif. — The arrival of a major league team to this decidedly minor league city last week was not Players for the A’s, formerly of Oakland and eventually to be of Las Vegas, were unfamiliar with the layout of their temporary home, Sutter Health Park. There was “a lot of chaos,” manager Mark Kotsay told the Sacramento Bee, as the team tried to figure out how to navigate the much smaller footprint of a triple-A ballpark The radio broadcast cut out numerous times The game was paused after someone snuck a drone over the field in the seventh inning Many die-hard Oakland fans in attendance were still roiled by a sense of betrayal at the manner in which the team departed Oakland And then there was the score: The A’s lost to the Cubs Summing it all up, the website SFist pulled no punches with its headline: “A’s first game in Sacramento was a complete debacle and losing 18-3 was probably the least embarrassing part.” But for boosters of the unsung city of West Sacramento — a scrappy town of 54,000 that many people don’t realize is a city — none of that mattered Excitement has been running high ever since team officials announced that the A’s would alight at the 14,000-seat stadium of the minor league River Cats — the triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants — for three years while the A’s future home on the Las Vegas Strip is constructed This has been widely described in the national press as a move to the city of Sacramento which is across the river from West Sacramento and in a different county Most of the news organizations that crowded in to cover the season opener didn’t seem to register the existence of West Sacramento A’s relief pitcher T.J. McFarland’s comments were typical. “It’s a nice city, the state capital,” he told the Sacramento Bee, standing in the heart of West Sacramento’s most treasured civic landmark. West Sacramento took it all in stride. City officials are used to living in Sacramento’s shadow, and they are confident that bringing the A’s here — even if no one seems to know the team is here — will be a boon. After all, it’s not the first time that the magic of baseball has lifted this town’s fortunes. “I couldn’t be happier to share the limelight with our neighbors across the river,” said state Sen. Christopher Cabaldon (D-Yolo), who served two decades as West Sacramento’s mayor before being elected to the Senate last year. Still, Martha Guerrero, the city’s mayor, made one thing clear: “We prefer West Sacramento. That is the official location.” But for most of the 20th century, what is now called West Sacramento was a collection of small communities known, in many ways, as a dumping ground for people and pets the city of Sacramento didn’t want. Back in the day, Sacramento authorities “escorted their criminals, morphine addicts and alcoholics” to the area, according to a historian quoted in the Sacramento Bee in 1984. During Prohibition, the area was known as “Sin City” because it did not embrace the era’s no-alcohol edict. During the Depression, one longtime resident told a local newspaper, it was common practice for Sacramentans to dump dogs and cats they could no longer afford to feed on the West Sacramento side of the river. By the early 1980s, the area was known as a hub for drugs and prostitution, particularly along a strip of rundown motels that lined West Capitol Avenue. Still, local leaders always had big dreams. In the 1940s, Congress authorized construction of a deep water channel that connected the community with Suisun Bay. In the 1960s, the Port of West Sacramento (originally the Port of Sacramento) became operational, hosting big cargo ships and giving rise to a thriving industrial base. In the 1980s, developers saw the area’s potential as an affordable bedroom community for legislative aides and other state employees working just a short drive or bike ride away in Sacramento’s downtown, on the other side of the landmark Tower Bridge. Single-family homes started going up on what had been vast acres of cropland sprouting corn, tomatoes, melons and rice. And in 1987, voters in the area finally voted to incorporate. The Tower Bridge spans the Sacramento River, connecting West Sacramento with the glittering downtown of its higher-profile neighbor, the city of Sacramento. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) It was shortly after this that Cabaldon moved to town. “I accidentally ended up in West Sacramento,” he said. The year was 1993, and he was starting work as a legislative staffer. A real estate agent took him to a “great neighborhood” that was “unusually affordable” and promised that exciting shops, restaurants, parks and other amenities were coming soon. Cabaldon was sold. “I didn’t realize it was the other side of the tracks, and no one wanted to go there at night,” he said. Cabaldon grew to love his little city. He admired its gorgeous riverfront — mostly underused land, but so much potential. Still, he noticed that many of the amenities the real estate agent had promised were nowhere on the horizon. And he gathered, too, that the city had long felt like an underdog. Instead of moving, he ran for City Council. He lost, but ran again and won in 1996. By 1998, he was mayor. Shortly thereafter, he recalled, he was approached by developers who wanted to build a minor league ballpark in the city. “We kind of ran with it,” he said. “It really changed the notion that we were the armpit of the region.” California Environmentalists are celebrating a legal settlement that will close historic family dairies they say are degrading Point Reyes National Seashore Locals say the settlement shows no understanding of this place and its people the River Cats had moved in (originally as a farm team for the Oakland A’s before becoming the Giants’ triple-A affiliate in 2015) which is a stone’s throw from the Sacramento River and about a mile from the Capitol quickly became a draw for people across the region the team took the name the Sacramento River Cats but their presence in West Sacramento helped spur a whole new wave of development: affordable condos apartments and townhomes geared toward young workers and the long-promised restaurants and big-box stores so that all these new residents had places to eat and shop without crossing the river the land along the city’s waterfront was transformed into entertainment venues “We’ve done so many ribbon cuttings,” said Guerrero even before the A’s very bad breakup with Oakland The Oakland Coliseum, the A’s longtime home, was widely considered one of the most run-down stadiums in the major leagues — baseball’s last dive bar “It’s a giant concrete toilet bowl,” said baseball analyst Eric Byrnes hatching a plan to move to a $1.5-billion stadium on the Las Vegas Strip residents of Oakland — and a host of nostalgic sportswriters — erupted with fury and heartbreak “The argument could be made that the A’s departure from their run-down home for the riches of Las Vegas is a large part of what’s wrong with American professional sports today,” the New York Times said. “The Oakland A’s were so much to so many of us, for so long, and now they are nothing at all,” wrote Ellen Cushing in the Atlantic. At the last game in the Coliseum, desperate fans assailed the owner with loud chants of “Sell the Team.” Then they waited in line to collect dirt from the old diamond. It is said there are two sides to every breakup. But in this divorce, it seemed almost everyone took the side of Oakland and its fans. The A’s season opener in West Sacramento was marked by operational glitches as the team figured out how to navigate the much smaller footprint of a triple-A ballpark. (Scott Marshall / Associated Press) All these months later, West Sacramento officials emphasize they played no part in stealing the team from Oakland. But they also don’t hide their pride in being the A’s rebound city — even if it’s just for three years. They spent the off-season making upgrades to the stadium, including a new clubhouse and expanded locker room facilities. They came up with a parking plan to accommodate what are expected to be bigger crowds. They added premium seating. The dream, Guerrero said, is that the A’s short-term relationship with West Sacramento is such a success that Major League Baseball considers the region for an expansion team. And all the dreamier if they put that team in her town — and not that stepsister city across the river. “West Sacramento has a strong fan base,” Guerrero said. “We’re a baseball city.” High School Sports Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map A's farm system stacked with prospectsMay 3rd This story was excerpted from the Athletics Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox People often go to Las Vegas when they want to gamble for the future But what if you could play for the future in Vegas with a little more confidence with a bit more assuredness in getting return on your investment That might be how the A’s are feeling right now Every team asks for help from its farm system as the season goes on but not every organization has a good pool of talent to choose from when assistance is needed are a team that has built a fairly deep pool to wade in Just being able to call upon top prospect would be enough to feel good about He clearly is the jewel of the system as the A’s first-rounder from last year is now getting settled into the big league lineup after just 32 Minor League games While perhaps no one else on the Aviators roster will have the same kind of long-term impact there are a whole lot more options than the A’s have had in a long while that the front office would be comfortable with stepping into Major League roles if needed “It’s been fun to watch these guys develop,” longtime A’s farm director Ed Sprague said “It’s fun to see homegrown talent at the big league level and see these other guys knocking on the door.” Max Muncy (No. 6) has also been raking since he was sent down Even Logan Davidson (No. 30) who seems like he’s been a prospect forever (a 2019 first-round pick who I first talked to when he played in the Arizona Fall League … back in 2021) He was just added back to the Top 30 for the first time in a while Prospects figure things out at different times and maybe this is his: He’s slashing .355/.492/.484 with Vegas so far this year all while playing five defensive positions “He lulled there for a while -- maybe he was relying on his first-round status He’s going to get to the big leagues at some point.” It’s not just in the box. Hoglund is up in the big leagues. J.T. Ginn is hurt currently, but he made the jump to the big club after a pair of Triple-A starts. Mason Barnett (No. 3) is in the Vegas rotation. Carlos Duran (No. 29) also is getting a chance to show what he can do As Spring Training approached, it looked as if the A’s could have a Triple-A rotation devoid of six-year Minor League free agents. Nothing against the free agents -- they often went on to help the big league team -- but there was a different buzz seeing Ginn, Hoglund, Perkins, Barnett and Brady Basso (No. 19; injured this spring) as the projected rotation Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball The A’s front office is full of veterans of the game who know better than to assume they’ve got it all figured out But A’s assistant general manager Billy Owens has had his hand in just about all of those means of player acquisition looking at the next wave of talent the A’s will try to bring in via the 2025 Draft With the big league club playing good baseball right now and that Las Vegas club in first place in its Pacific Coast League division (at the time I caught up with Sprague and Owens every A’s affiliate was over .500; not the be-all “The prospect journey through the Minors always has challenges and hurdles,” he said Triple-A is the closest to the Majors and brings high-level experience It’s been fun to monitor our guys navigating the toughest Minor League level “We’re hoping our nucleus in the Majors and upper levels is ready to contend starting now in 2025 Fightin’ Fish fueled by Retrowave 🔥 #MarlinsBeisbol pic.twitter.com/7x2sSoYDlr Stowers' 'surreal' slam propels Marlins to riveting walk-off victoryMay 4th MIAMI -- Turns out the Marlins’ new City Connect 2.0 Retrowave uniforms have a little magic in them crushed a walk-off grand slam in a five-run ninth, as the Marlins shocked the Athletics, 9-6 Miami snapped its season-long six-game skid while debuting its new look paying homage to the “Magic City.” “We're not going to take these things off,” manager Clayton McCullough joked before his postgame media session It marked the Marlins’ fourth walk-off victory of the season, good for second most in the Majors, and Stowers’ second game-winning hit of 2025 after being the walk-off hero on Opening Day on March 27 His swing became the sixth walk-off grand slam in franchise history and the first since Giancarlo Stanton (April 18 “Family was here today: wife and her parents Always cool to do it in front of people that love and care about me regardless of whether I'm doing that or not like ‘We needed it,’ but it was a good time for a win That's why you play the game is for moments like that the Marlins were tasked with facing All-Star closer Mason Miller and his triple-digit fastball entering the game 10-for-10 in save opportunities this season who broke his bat over his knee in frustration after one of his three strikeouts earlier in the game But when Connor Norby and Dane Myers followed with strikeouts Miami’s win probability dipped to a game-low 4.4 percent Leave it to a pair of rookies -- both filling in for banged-up regulars -- at the bottom of the order to extend the rally and give Miami’s top bats a chance Starting in place of second baseman Otto Lopez (Grade 2 ankle sprain) Javier Sanoja doubled for the second time in the game who started for late scratch Jesús Sánchez (back) Mervis scored and Sanoja advanced to third on the wild pitch that ended Simon’s plate appearance Leadoff batter Xavier Edwards then walked to load the bases and battle anything over the plate,” Edwards said I don't know if he usually has good control or not but he didn't really have a bunch of it today So just swing at a pitch we're supposed to I was just glad that after my at-bat was over There's really not a worse feeling than that So I was just glad to be able to pass it along.” The baton went to one of the Majors’ early-season breakout stars in Stowers Stowers ranked eighth in batting average (.320) and 31st in slugging percentage (.500) among 166 qualified hitters His barrel percentage (17.1%) and expected batting average (.303) placed him in the 91st percentile The 27-year-old Stowers had already knocked a two-run homer in the third when he stepped up to the plate in the ninth rocketing a first-pitch fastball on the outside quadrant over the left-center wall it was the fastest pitch that a Marlin has hit for a home run in the pitch tracking era (since 2008) Stowers has gone deep four times since Wednesday which includes the first two multihomer games of his career His average and OPS are up to .324 and .944 McCullough described Saturday’s win as a callback to the club’s performance before its recent rough stretch The Majors’ least-experienced team has shown character and resilience far beyond its years which is the message behind the new “Retrowave” uniforms that blend the organization’s past Fightin’ Fish fueled by Retrowave 🔥 #MarlinsBeisbol pic.twitter.com/7x2sSoYDlr just how much better the vibes are when the team wins and hopefully we can use this as some momentum and keep rattling off some wins.” Channelsreels-435244Reelsarrow-expand-435245Nick Kurtz's first big league tripleAthletics @ MarlinsMay 4 2025 | 00:00:23add-reel-435246Reelsshare-square-2-435247ShareNick 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