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<\/a><\/p>\n\n Led by manager Mark Kotsay (right), the A\u2019s line up on opening
\n night at Sutter Health Park on April 3.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n The day after the Athletics beat the Astros 11-4 in their
\n sold-out home opener on April 3, fans lined up several hours
\n before gates opened for the first of 13 season-long \u201cSacramento
\n Saturday\u201d promotional days. Each Saturday game will feature a
\n giveaway item, while A\u2019s team members that day will wear bright
\n gold jerseys emblazoned with \u201cSacramento\u201d in green script (and a
\n Las Vegas patch on the left shoulder).\n<\/p>\n
\n \n Max Muncy scores the first A\u2019s run of the season at Sutter Health \n The first giveaway on April 4 was a replica buttoned jersey, \n \n Houston Astros\u2019 second baseman Jose Altuve, the American League\u2019s \n \u201cI love the Sacramento gear; we\u2019ll be back tomorrow (to get the \n \n The A\u2019s\u2019 Lawrence Butler celebrates after his fourth-inning homer \n \u201cThey\u2019re finally doing a good job encouraging us to come out,\u201d \n The A\u2019s, hoping to make the playoffs for the first time since \n \n Max Muncy rounds first base after following Butler with a homer \n While A\u2019s attendance in 2025 proved to be lower than many \n \n West Sacramento\u2019s Sarah and Victor Sepulveda show off some of the \n \u201cI had chills running around third base,\u201d Muncy said after the \n The River Cats, now in its 27th year in Sacramento and the top \n \n Lawrence Butler signs the new Sacramento jersey for fans along \n Meanwhile, instead of repeating last year\u2019s regular 81-game home<\/a><\/p>\n
\n Park April 3 on a second-inning single from Denzel Clarke.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n handed out to the 12,015 fans in attendance. Addressing a
\n criticism from last year\u2019s first season in Sacramento that team
\n officials didn\u2019t embrace their temporary home adequately, the
\n jerseys proved to be extremely popular, with many fans
\n immediately putting them on. The jerseys could also be spotted
\n selling later on sites like eBay, with several being sold for
\n around $100 each in the days following the game.\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n MVP in 2017, seen getting a walk on April 3, was booed loudly
\n (along with teammate Carlos Correa) before every plate appearance
\n because of their roles in the 2017 season cheating scandal.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n jerseys),\u201d says West Sacramento\u2019s Sarah Sepulveda, while sitting
\n on the lawn down the right field line during the opener on
\n Friday, April 3 with her husband, Victor. As longtime A\u2019s fans
\n who would ride BART to games in Oakland, Sepulveda was wearing
\n one of the new \u201cSacramento\u201d jackets available for purchase,
\n saying they were excited when the team came to Sacramento.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n during the home opener on April 3.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n she says, noting the wider selection of Sacramento attire
\n available at the park\u2019s On Deck store.\n<\/p>\n
\n 2020 (and it has been announced that playoff games in 2026 would
\n be played at Sutter Health Park), struggled to start the season
\n and came into the opening home series with a 1-6 won-loss record,
\n the worst in baseball. Though fans on jersey giveaway day
\n suffered through an 11-0 defeat, the A\u2019s won the series before
\n heading back out on an east coast road trip, taking the Sunday
\n finale \u2014 a thrilling, extra-inning 12-10 comeback victory with
\n Brent Rooker hitting a walk-off three-run homer.\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n of his own, as the A\u2019s beat the Astros 11-4. \u201cI had chills
\n running around third base,\u201d Muncy said after the game.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n expected, averaging 9,487 per game, the 2026 start was
\n encouraging with 12,000-plus at each of the first two games and
\n 10,085 at the Sunday matinee. Opening night was electric, with
\n fans loudly enjoying the A\u2019s offensive barrage, which included
\n back-to-back homers in the fourth inning from Lawrence Butler and
\n Max Muncy.\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n new Sacramento-themed attire from the lawn along the left field
\n line at Sutter Health Park on April 3.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n game.\n<\/p>\n
\n affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, will play its full 75-game
\n home schedule at Sutter Health Park, hoping to rebound from last
\n year when attendance suffered a 22 percent drop from 2024 after
\n having to share its field with an MLB team. As a result, the
\n River Cats branded each of the 13 homestands in its \u201cFestival of
\n Baseball\u201d with a different theme, which a team press release
\n described as \u201cuniquely curated music-festival-style experience,
\n celebrating the spirit, culture, and community that defines
\n Sacramento.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n the right-field line before the April 4 game.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n schedule in Sacramento, the A\u2019s will head to their new city to
\n play six regular-season games from June 8-14 at the minor league
\n Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin, NV, against the Milwaukee
\n Brewers and Colorado Rockies.\n<\/p>\n