Overview

• Athletics and Giants are playing their final regular-season three-game series at the minor-league venue in West Sacramento, marking the first major-league games held at the Triple-A facility
• The A’s 36-53 record leaves them on pace for another 100-loss season and highlights their struggles since leaving Oakland
• Home attendance has averaged just 9,722 over 42 games with only four sellouts, the lowest non-pandemic turnout for the franchise since 1979
• Players including ace Luis Severino have cited makeshift clubhouses beyond the outfield and the lack of air conditioning as factors undermining performance
• Owner John Fisher’s plan for a permanent Las Vegas ballpark remains in early stages after a ceremonial groundbreaking employing rented equipment