he hits the left in the fourth inning. the two rbi single puts the giants up. they do take 3 of 4 against the padres after losing nine of their first 11. oh, what a difference the end of the season is making. next up, they have a day off, and then the dreaded dodgers. yes three games starting on tuesday. as for the division, the giants are in a virtual tie with the padres for first, but the whole virtual then, that means they're one back in the loss column. they trail philadelphia by one game, but as big as today's win was, the giants also took quite a lot. an draw torres is out for 10 to 14 days thanks to a bout with append cites. the breakout center fielder has been experiencing pain for the last few days, but it got bad this morning. he had to call a trainer and he was taken to the hospital. he had his appendix removed. he's going to stay, they hopefully will get hiv back in a few weeks, but they could be out their leadoff man. maybe until the postseason if they get to that point. giants have to keep their fingers crossed on this one. >> that's a big blow fo

and the giants win it, 3-1. and they remain in first place in the n.l. west. >>> chris young and the padres in action against the cubs. top of the third. cubs down 1-0. aramis ramirez going deep to left center. will venable, track, wall. makes a great catch. sensational catch against the wall. robbing ramirez of the home run. bottom of the fifth. padres lead 2-0. david eckstein, tacking on.

the giants are a game out of first in the national league west. three straight wins and tonight at the diamondbacks, madison gets kennedy, 5 hits, 7 strikeouts, scoreless into the 9 9th. parra gabe as great play. and we go to struinning -- extra innings. top of the 11th, nate gets a hold of one. this legs out a triple. huff and posey circled to score, the giants lead 2-0 and make it stick. so at that point in the afternoon they were a half game behind the padres who had to close tonight. the padres they lost 10 straight games. seeing what the giants done, had to respond against the dodgers. in the fourth padres 2-1, hudly with a chop. 3-1. 4-2, the padres remain a game ahead of the giants. wow! the a's, 32-15, their record in the afternoon continued on at the expense of the mariners. matt, great diving catch. scoreless bottom of the first, coco crisp leading off, first leadoff homer for the a's all year. 2-0 in the fourth. carson back away and forget about it. a's 6-2. that is 6 straight wins at home over the mariners this afternoon. go from baseb

the giants. 63 in san mateo. holding on to low to mid 60s. with low clouds as well. in the morning, mid 50s. for friday, our system we're watching is still offshore. we'll see mainly 70s inland. and we'll look at scattered showers back in the mix. here is a sign of the active pattern on the edge of the screen. cloud cover right here. that is a system we're not concerned about. that's left overremnants that pushes the northwest and canada today. our system poised well out here. about 600 miles away. you can see clouds hop, start to strengthen right there on the last loop and that will continue to get closer as we head into tomorrow. so the frontal system will edge slowly here, right into the bay area. you know, originally looked like the north bay would have showers by friday. they'll hold off at this point for friday. it's saturday that the north bay will get in on showers. let's get the timeline for everyone else. 7:00 p.m. friday, dry in north bay. as we head into 6:00 a.m. on saturday. still dry. not until lat

the most fog we've seen in a while at the giants game. wait until you see our sky camera here in a second. our inning by inning forecast, temperatures in the upper 50s, and then by 10:00 p.m. temperatures going down a built. it's going to stay breezy and foggy throughout the entire game tonight. sky cameras, we transition this into oakland looking toward san francisco. the fog building up to 2,000 feet offshore. winds 10 to 20 miles per hour at the coastline. that will keep the fog machine going tonight. we had some heat today for those of you in the east bay, walnut creek, livermore, upper 70s, low 80s. a few upper 70s in the south bay, and still above average for parts of the north bay. with mid-70s around san rafael, and just outside of napa. temperatures dropping with that impressive bank of fog offshore. 70 in san mateo. already dropping to the low 70s here in san jose. a nice dropoff there in livermore as well. tonight the fog stays put. mid-50s by tomorrow morning, by friday, our system we're watching is offshore, that will bring u

as the giants feared. he got an ingest today, he's out tonight, but they're expecting him to be available tomorrow night. he'll be re-examined tonight. >> freddy sanchez out of the lineup and torres in the lineup. >>> back to the giants, giants and diamondbacks, it's the arizona diamondbacks tonight. >>> a slice of hollywood in east palo alto. not sure if he's a-list, a minus. matthew mcconaughey? the wedding planner, that's the guy. he was in town hanging out with the 49ers today. 49ers youth akad me helping out the kids. business and nutrition. he works with a nfl and dropped some love in for mike singletary and the rest of the niners. >> and kept his clothe on. >> i'm going to go a-list. >> we don't think he dislocated his shoulder, but we're not sure. >> okay. >>> san francisco and the golden gate bridge -- the world famous cable cars. find out why. [ jogging ]g ] [ breathing heavily ] whoa! [ male announcer ] sometimes ] you just don't see it coming. hat's why we have some of the largest doctor netwks

called the lefty, boom, boom. notice no help from the giants fans. and he dropped the ball and fortunately, a great effort, but did not come up with the effort. in the same inning, with the score tied, schierholtz delivered the biggest hit of his career, giants go on for a 4-2 win, the giants hoping that the cubs can finish off the padres. that would put san francisco up two games with five remaining. marlin burke, cubs have gone into san diego, and won the first two games of this series. sor yano, first home-run in 57 at bats, cubs win 5-2, padres two back with five to go. rockies lost to the dodgers, officially eliminated, but a big, big time at the ballpark tonight. the giants actually if things break their way, could wrap up the division before the padres hit town on friday. baker shoring champagne tonight. the cincinnati reds, dusty after a so-so run in chicago, rejuvenated in cincinnati, bruce, there it goes, first playoff in 15 years, walkoff home-run in the 9th. dusty breaker doused with champagne, and he's going to be a free agents at the en

the champagne on ice, but hold that thought. the giants won. big step closer to the post-season tonight, and these guys are back in action. the sharks, three re th .three ysda.t ge out your passports. back in a moment. the clarity of fast-switching phospors. the smoothness of 600 hertz. all come together to create what cnet calls one of the best 2d tvs they've ever tested. the viera full hd 3d tv from panasonic. our state has a huge deficit. meg whitman's plan will make it billions worse by eliminating the capital gains tax for wealthy investors, including herself. economists say her plan will "rip a hole in the budget" and is "deeply flawed". analysts for the l.a. times say whitman's plan is a "pure handout" to the rich creating a "huge risk" to schools and public safety. jerry brown's against this unfair giveaway because it will take billions from our children when we can least afford it. get california working again-for all of us. >>> so close, down to the wire. you said don't jinx it. >> it's been since 2003 since the giants have been in th

did the giants expand the slim lead? live in san francisco, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we're moving to the last weekend of summer. it won't feel like that. there will be some sun. there will be dry conditions. showers in the forecast for sunday. outside we go. this is the system i'm tracking. most of the energy tomorrow stays north. there will be rain north of the line. and these are the highs from today. note how warm they were. 80s, despite the cloud cover and the drizzle. temperatures will be in the 70s. it's a mild weather pattern. drizzle in the morning, maybe in the mid-morning hours. not a bad day. saturday. sunday, showers back in the forecast. not a big storm. these are new showers, will show up just about the 5th inning -- probably about the 1st and 2nd inning. point being, it will not run out the game but it could cause some delays, either in the roadways or you travel about. here's saturday, before the front gets there. mostly cloudy, mild. here's sunday, right when the front gets there. the shower

padres beat the giants, 1-0. >>> the giants are once again one game behind the padres in the west two games behind the braves for the wild card. the red-hot rockies are now two games behind the giants. >>> cal has become runningback u. shane looks like he will be the starting back to make it to the nfl. the train getting revved up for colorado. 1st quarter, vereen shows he can do more than run the football. he makes the great catch with the defender draped all over him. 7-0 bears. vereen now has 5 touchdowns in two games. colorado quarterback tyler hanson is probably hoping buffaloes don't get to the pac-ten. senior linebacker takes them down for a touchdown. cal 31-0 at the half. 4th quarter, kevin riley throws one of his four touchdown passes hooking up with freshman sensation allen. 52-7. >>> mike mcintyre will have to wait another week for the first win with the spartans. taking on wisconsin. scott hits wide open lance hendrix for the score. the badgers led 17-0 at the half. 3rd quarter, the spartans find the end zone for the first time this season. jordan get it to chandler jones

the rockies one game back in the wild card, giants trailing by two. minnesota today at the twins, had not allowed an eighth hit this season. bottom six, we're tied at one, dallas braden in a jam. long ball to left, three-run homer, 4-1 twins, a's would have another, but it's into the enough. minnesota wins 4-2. >>> the heisman trophy were handed out after the first two weeks of the season, andrew luck would be a shoe-in. number 15th, cardinal hosting wake forrest at stanford stadium this evening, looking to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2001. luck on a role, finds stellarman. 12 yard strike, it's 27-7, stanford, the route is on. later in the quarter. tried to get it done on the ground. have you nowhere to go but in, and 52-yard run, he goes to the house. 34-7 at that point. four passing td's, one running, 276 total yards, stanford is cruising late right now. it may have been the fact that they were home for the first time this season, or maybe they weren't facing a ranked opponent. san jose state grabbing their first win of the season. 16-11

in the bay area is growing as the san francisco giants and to the last two series and the playoff race heats up. this is great a lot of buzz among the fans kron 4 caught up with some giant fans were excited about the possibility >> it's exciting for the bay area of the giants haven't been good and a long time and and you have them come out and have a good season when really they were expected to do all that great is incredible. >> i have faith in the giants, they're going to do this. >> this is huge you don't know what it means to giants fans, to finally be this close to being in the playoffs had allotted jinks said but i'm so excited about game day. >> it's highly possible it seems like everything seems to be clicking right now. pitching, the game is doing well the team is on track. i am totally excited it's been awhile since we've had a chance to the playoffs since 2003 or 2003 the. i'm totally excited. >> the most crucial series is as weak and the giants was the san diego padres which could determine the winners of the national league appeared our web producer kimberly tells us if t

giants face the angels. reporting live, i'm joe fonzi, mark. >> i'm sure giant fans, joe, hope that it's a lot better night for them than it is for the a's so far. kansas city royals 11-oakland zero. what highlights there is of that game we will bring you at 10:00. giants sending zito to the pound. it's an awful thing about torrez, doesn't his appendix know it's september? >> he will be able to play? >> if they make it to the play offs he might be able to play. >>> coming up, richmond city leaders announced a new deal that they say could be a huge step in that city's recovery. >>> a major auto maker is one huge key to that plan that is expected to and tens of millions of the dollars to that city's economy and is already adding new jobs. the full story coming up in 30 minutes on tv 36. that is our show for tonight. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. thank you for joining us. introducing the samsung fascinate powered by verizon. super amoled screen. six-axis 3d gaming and access to thousands of fre

next up for the giants the brewers come to town for a three-game series. earlier this week yahoo sports story reported that 49ers offensive coordinator jimmy raye often misstate the play leading to delays in getting the right play onto the field. i spoke with mike singletary earlier today. >> coach, i've met jimmy raye on several occasions, i have been in meetings with him, you know that, in the preseason, i have attended the funkings in which your coaches meticulously describe how their offense runs and each time i meet him i come away with the impression this guy hawaii has a reel handle on what he is doing. then comes the game, then the yahoo article. what's the truth? >> what's the truth? >> reporter: yes? >> you know, jimmy has been this the league 33 years, he has been a coordinator for, you know, longer than you have been doin' this. how does a guy be a coordinator and be successful all those years and not be good at what he does. that doesn't even make sense to me. the question. i don't mean to be disrespectful but it doesn't make any sense, the qu

>> for the giants, actually some good news if you're a giants fan. what happened tonight and how it affect the giants' playoff chances. >>> champagne this weekend? maybe, but another team beat him to it tonight. >>> also, an interesting question and singletary's interesting response after santa clara today. we're back in a moment. our state has a huge deficit. meg whitman's plan will make it billions worse by eliminating the capital gains tax for wealthy investors, including herself. economists say her plan will "rip a hole in the budget" and is "deeply flawed". analysts for the l.a. times say whitman's plan is a "pure handout" to the rich creating a "huge risk" to schools and public safety. jerry brown's against this unfair giveaway because it will take billions from our children when we can least afford it. get california working again-for all of us. from his frere jacques... [ speaking french ] [ mom ] ...so he decided to study in paris. ♪ to see french masterpieces with his very own eyes. we even linked our citibank account to his so when his a

did the giants expand the slim lead? live in san francisco, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we're moving to the last weekend of summer. it won't feel like that. there will be some sun. there will be dry conditions. showers in the forecast for sunday. outside we go. this is the system i'm tracking. most of the energy tomorrow stays north. there will be rain north of the line. and these are the highs from today. note how warm they were. 80s, despite the cloud cover and the drizzle. temperatures will be in the 70s. it's a mild weather pattern. drizzle in the morning, maybe in the mid-morning hours. not a bad day. saturday. sunday, showers back in the forecast. not a big storm. these are new showers, will show up just about the 5th inning -- probably about the 1st and 2nd inning. point being, it will not run out the game but it could cause some delays, either in the roadways or you travel about. here's saturday, before the front gets there. mostly cloudy, mild. here's sunday, right when the front gets there. the shower

and the giants get maybe their biggest win of the year. they beat the dodgers 5-4. >> uribe, you know wasn't exactly having one of the best games and he got his pitch and he stayed on it and now he's got a great game. a game winning homer. so my mentality going in that is like it's always been. it's a must-win. >> so the giants are now two games behind the padres in the west who have lost nine straight and three back of the phillies in the wild card. >>> a's and angels, bolts of the 1st, jack cust bloops the single to right. hunter's throw is offline. daric barton scores and 1-0 a's. with cahill on mound, he tosses six shutout innings and picked up his 15th win. the a's beat the angels. >>> new san jose head coach mike mcentire probably didn't send dick thome a thank you note. san jose statuses 37 point underdogged -- state was 37 point underdogs. ♪ the defending champs would be without their heisman winner mark ingram. second quarter, 'bama already up 14-3. the backup, trent richardson makes it look easy. he goes 39 yards untouched and

york. >>> back to the giants and d- backs in the top five. the rookie brandon allen going hard. watch the top of his head hit this. >> oh. dives in foul ground to make the >> lost tim lincecum. no. 4, cubs and astros, stanford product jason castro dives in foul territory and houston beat chicago. no. 3, phillies and marlins, the dive in center by cameron maybin, phillies maintain first place in the national league east. brewers and cardinals at no. 2. probably took them longer than he would have liked bourtree hoffman is baseball's lone 6 -- but trevor hoffman is baseball's lone,,,,,,,,,,

west, at the top of the heap, the giants. san francisco back at it in just over a half hour, tim lincecum faces the brewers. padres plan a little afternoon baseball today facing the cards in st. louis. san diego trying to stop a three-game slide. the padres had blown a two-run lead, we're tied at four. note for long. ludwig taking care of that three-run shot puts the padres up 7-4. they go on to win 8-4. they're tied with the giants pending tonight's game in san francisco. the dodgers aren't even prete pretending to care any more. today they just rold over duringed day. troy tulle la wilt ski taking over. the rockies shortstop taking over. belting two shots. giving him 14 homers in his last 15 games. the rockies win 12-2, they're now one game behind the giants pending tonight's game. >>> tonight in prime time, the stanford football team will be looking to do something it hasn't done in nine years, start the season a perfect 3-0. the 19th ranked cardinals haven't had a start like that since 2001. all that's standing in their w

. >> jonathan sanchez pitches the gym for the giants tonight, but the vessel is r of the giants grabbed a hold first place in the west, gary has this and all the scores from the next. but what really happened? cnn -- not me -- cnn says his assertion about his tax record was "just plain wrong." jerry brown went out there and took credit for the fact that the people of california voted for proposition 13, which lowered taxes, which he opposed. and now he's going around taking credit for it. he raised taxes as governor of california. he had a surplus when he took office and a deficit when he left. he doesn't tell the people the truth. and a announcer: has theft. overpowering smell of scented (music playing) garbage bags taken over your kitchen? (woman blows at scented tree) hefty bags with unscented odor block technology help neutralize odors with no added scent. hefty! hefty! hefty! save an extra 15% on all regular, sale, and clearance items. everything! no exclusions! plus if you use your jcpenney card, it's not an extra 15%, it's an extra 20% off. go to jcp.com to see everything on sale

giants into the playoffs. tim lincecum has been his only cy young self in the final part of the season, but the giants were down 1-0 in the 7th. enter pat buehrle. do you think he knew it was gone? number 17 for pat. he gives the giants the 2-1 lead, and that was all they needed. brian wilson, pitching a 1, 2, 3 night for his 45th save. the two teams combine for five hits, and the giants beat the rockies, 2-1. >>> san diego won. colorado is now 4.5 games back with 9 to play. >>> 30-year-old rookie, bobby cramer going for his third straight win. the rangers had other ideas. vladimir guerrero with the homerun here. >>> san ford take -- stanford taking on notre dame tomorrow. no one is enjoying the cardinals' recent success more than james mckylcuty. he is finally healthy after four knee surgeries and a ground breaking procedure known as trp. >> i have been called lots of names, old man, god father, crippled one. i'm old and 24. and i hear it from the 18-year- olds in the lockerroom. it's fun to see my friends in

we do not know how long the giants will be playing, but we know where to get the giants fix for this weekend. it's the final edition of giants clubhouse. a packed show lined up and a look at the challenge his mom was told he may never walk. we are going behind the scenes and the clubhouse king opens up the vault of goodies. what does it take to keep the players in pennant form? we have the team chef this sunday night at 9:30 at 12:30. the niners may have put a square into the defending champs on monday night, but there is problem. they don't count in the standings. what they need right now is an actual win. the only way to get that this sunday is by handing them their first loss. >> we have to get a win and the first 1 and we can build on that. that starts this week at kansas city. we take the good things and you learn from the other stuff and move on. >> it's very important for us to go there and do the best job we can to come out with the win. >> good news from the raiders. he will get help in arizona. tom cable said michael bush will play making his first appearance this season, w

the padres a half game back on the giants going in. 7 shut out inning for the cubs. the padres defense, you know, tejada going to make the play. the cubs with stand a padres threat in the 9th, win 1-0. the giants a full game lead over san diego. dodgers and rockies, colorado all but finished. blake to left field. dodgers win 3-1. rockies 5 back with 6 to go. about to go to sleep. philadelphia can sit back. looking at roy halladay, the best pitcher in the game right now. two hitter, the phillys celebrate their fourth connective championship. 8-0. a's playing for a .500 season. they are two games under. going to be a struggle. the angels doing the thing here. for the a's. 2-0. as we said, the a's have been struggling, 2 games under .500. rookie a's pitcher gave up a hit, two walks, 6-5, angels win. a a's a game ahead of the angels for second place. 49er quarterback mike johnson is now the offensive coordinator after psychiatricky ray got the hook today. singleterry claims it was his choice. he came back this morning, looked that tape and jimmy raye had to go. >> lookin

so the padres stay a half game back of the giants. the a's slim hopes of catching texas are just about gone. oakland cut the lead in half with this two-out single. he trots on home. but the rangers break the game open with a five-run seventh. guererro did most of the damage with a bases loaded double. guererro hit a solo homerun. texas wins it and the rangers can clinch the west with a victory tomorrow afternoon. still in search of their first win, the 49ers play in kansas city on sunday. de spied being 0 and 2, san francisco is a favorite because of their monday night showing against the saints. the offense came to life as san francisco was oh so close to upsetting the defending super bowl champs. the 49ers hope to build on that as they prepare for the unbeaten chiefs. >> like i said before, this is a building block. this is a step in the right direction. you can't get over confident. don't drink the cologne. just splash it on. >> this sunday, sc gold pride takes on philadelphia for the women's professional soccer league championship

the giants get the lead back. jonathan sanchez pitched well, strikes out 6 batters in as many innings, giving up two runs, fourth inning, still down 2-1, not any more. juan uribe. it's juan uribe. actually he is related to jose uribe, you know that? still down 2-1, not any more. uribe hits one. pinch hitting, jonathan sanchez, nobody mention that word please. giants up 3-2, then brian wilson gets paris swinging for his sixth win of the year. somebody put the champagne on ice. >>> if you didn't think the padres have lost it here is your proof. the dodgers alfonso soriano hits his first home run in 57 at-bats. off mat latos, two run shot and they lose 5-2. [ applause ] >> the giants can put champagne on ice. my tickets for saturday's game probably worthless. >> lou wolf ohs his fans a explanation. where is the beef. they kickoff it up. hideki matsui grounds to second, that gives anaheim a 3- 2 lead. angels end up winning that 4-0. at number 5 aubrey huff with his back to the plate. a cushion from his second baseman

the giants taking on the dodrs again tonight. >>> here's a sad story, unless you're a giants fan, then you love the story. the poor san diego padres the dream season is crumbling. they've lost ten games in a row. that's not good at this point in the season. >> i get that. >> ten games in a row. melvin moore was the hero this afternoon for colorado. if the giants win tonight, they would trail the padres by one game for the division lead. wow. >>> the u.s. open rolls on in new york city. andy murray is out upset by the 25th seed in the tournament. venus williams having a little trouble early on, but she survived. she beat pierce, 7-6, 6-3. this is the arthur ashe court there. venus advances to the quarterfinals where she is a regular. at bottom of the screen puts this thing away. nice lob. gets it over without the return. >>> we've been saying this for weeks, tiger woods in jeopardy of losing his number one ranked world title, but phil mickelson has struggle this summer but not this weekend. third round of the deutsche banc championship in boston. nice birdie for phil on this hole right

the giants 1 game behind the padres in the west. they do gain, what, game and a half now, on the phillies for the wildcard. you remember this? three years ago, coco crisp was almost taken out by an atv driven by the mariner moose right there. today coco could got even. he had a lead-off home run against seattle, his seventh of the season, third career lead off gang. and then he flashes the leather, comes raceing into rob jose lopez, they are now 6-2 and seven games back of the first place rangers, hometown took them to a a's. after having his work ethic questioned by mike singletary you figured nate davis' niner career would not last much longer. >> there is a work ethic involved in terms of being a quarterback in the nfl. a big work ethic and you got to get it. >> me and the coach had a big talk. yes i did work hard in the summer but it showed that i should have worked harder. >> i don't know how long it's gonna take. i don't have -- i don't know how much time we have. >> not very long. today the team released the third string quar

the giants have scored just one run over the last two nights. nobody in baseball is hotter right now than rocky shortstop troy tulowitzki. first inning, the precious crushes one to the left field bleachers, another two-homer day for tulowitzki. he now hit 14 homers. >> holy mackerel, he is making a joke out of it here in the month of september. >> they pound the dodgers 12-2. ryan ludwig was traded from st. louis to san diego in july. today he got back at his former team. he breaks a 4-4 tie in the ninth with this three-run homer, the padres snap the losing streak and beat the pa trays 8-4. the padres move back this to first place, the rockies are just one game out of first. kevin slow we pitched 7 no-hit innings in his last start against the a's. landon powell put an end to any repeat performance with a solo shot to right. second of the season for the a's backup catcher, 1-0 a's. rookie chris carter's struggles continue. the a's top prospect is now 0- 29. the longest drought to start a career in franchise history. danny valencia, dallas braden,

fans about the giants in the senate race and here's what they had to say. >> giants fans are buzzing with excitement about the prospect of the team making it to the playoffs. fans are surprised about the giants' performance this year and they're cautiously optimistic about the chance of success tonight and for the series. >> i don't a jinx said but i'm excited about the game carried >> its hugely important if you win all three games happen any but the padres for shore while maybe not for sure but critics close. >> i want them to sweep these guys in the series and go home and beat the padres. >> i'm totally excited it's been awhile that we that she had a chance to the playoffs since 2002 and 2003. and totally excited. >> it's highly possible, it seems like everything seems to be clicking right now. pitching, a game is doing well team seems to be back on track. >> can do better but i still trust him. at a >> at&t park jeff bush kron 4 news. all the parking lot is really filling up until gaters and fans of here people are going to black even the black is a great colored aware and people

the rockies did the giants a favor beating the padres today. the fremont native, a pair of three-run homers and tied a career high with seven r.b.i's. 23 bombs on the year helps the rockers out slug the padres. giants half game back in the west and half game back in the wild card. rain delay for the a's and royals and matt carson goes yard 3-0. wilson worked the full count and fouled off three pitches and then went grand slam in the third with two down. how about the play of the game in the fifth. cocoa crisp here, have no fear, cocoa is here. and a long slide. 6-3kc. two on and two out and called third strike to end the game. no, no way, that was not a strike. >> you wanna fight? a play at the plate sparks a little jawing. you want a piece of me? you don't want any of this. come get some. the benches clear and it is like the ufc in cleats. there you go. the raiders host the rams sunday in their home opener. you wonder, what are they going to draw like 40,000 maybe? raiders were crushed in their opener at tennessee. pass trow tex for jason camp

it's deja vu for the giant, too. the giants can eliminate the rockies from the post-season this weekend. >>> and their playoffha is no.er chase is not over. thee rangers had a different idea. sports is next. [ mom ] my son ryan didn't know his voulez-vous from his frere jacques... [ speaking french ] [ mom ] ...so he decided to study in paris. ♪ to see french masterpieces with his very own eyes. we even linked our citibank account to his so when his account ran low we just transferred funds. i just hope the language isn't a barrier. bonjour. [ mom ] my ryan can be very shy. [ male announcer ] from linked accounts to citi mobile we make it simple to manage your finances. what's your story? citibank can help you write it. carly fiorina laid off 30,000 workers. when you're talking about massive layoffs, which we did... perhaps the work needs to be done somewhere else. [ male announcer ] fiorina shipped jobs to china. and while californians lost their jobs, fiorina tripled her salary. bought a million dollar yacht. and

good news for bay area sports fans the giants beat the pottery's six to one. maenads both teams are tied. the giants have won 10 of the last 14 games. u.s. claim gold at the basketball championships. the u.s. team led against the host team turkey 81 to 64. duran took on the tournament mvp. >> i find it hard to believe the we're closing in on the in the summer >> > yeses next week >> the weather is beginning to change. is be cooler. not so warm and the inland spots, england '60s around the bay. lots of what to do with small morning thanks for joining us lots of what to do with small morning thanks for joining us >> see you next week. you can't really love me. i know about gayle. i don't know what you're talking about. if you just tell me what happened... [ ding ] [ man ] 35th and archer. next stop hamilton. [ brakes hiss ] ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your iphone when you get at&t u-verse tv. at&t. rethink possible. but what were the results? fact: brown promised to improve schools. but the drop out rate increased 50%, and the state

both the padres and braves win sending the giants back two games in the division. they have two games tomorrow. >>> did you know the a's are 50- 24 when stealing bases. coco crisp has stolen 16 straight. he also had a two-run jack to left. the only guy that had a shot was this guy and down goes phrasier, boy did he hit it hard. oh, that looked like it hit. more cocoa in the sixth. single to right scores another. that is the difference maker, three runs batted in for coco and the ace are winners tonight. >>> roger federer taking on soderling. check out the drop shot from federer. the us open.. is lo th grand slam federer beat soderling in straight sets to get back in the semifinals of the open. he is looking for his 17th grand slam title. >>> someone at niner camp asked the coach if back up david carr ever had a shot at the starting job. here is the top 5. >>> we did not have david carr come in here and compete with him for number 1. we did not. absolutely unequivocally did not. >> at number 4, a lion attack caught on tape at the mgm grand. losing his cool with the

message at the giants game last night. the mystery boat was spotted in mccovey cove and reads free johannes mehserle and advertises a website. he's the former barts police officer of convicted oscar grant. we're told this is not the first time this boat has been spotted but no word on who is behind it. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" a home coming over a year in the making. sarah shourd is back in the united states. the political statement she plans on making today just ahead. >>> and fears of a mass suicide are growing as police search for missing members of a california cult, including eight children. life leaves spaces for you to create in, shouldn't your card do the same? it can. meet zync from american express. it's a great way to get more out of the things you're into. build yours to fit your life by adding packs filled with bundles of rewards and benefits. it's not just a card. it's your canvas. create yours at zynccard.com. >>> new this morning, a cal graduate held in iran more than 13 months is back on ameri

the giants, one of their porrest performances of the year, their shut out 3-0. padres and the cardinals. if you are a baseball fan, you are routeing for the cardinals to knock off the padres. matt, worst start of his career, allowed 8 runs. padres lose for the 16th timeout of 22 games. 14-4 cardinals. padres half game back of the giants and here comes, not the dodgers, joe torre is going, this is his last season as the manager. don mattingly is going to replace him. and troy says good-bye joe. jimenez won his 19th game, 17-5 colorado. giants on top, padres, colorado, a great race with two weeks to go. the a's, playing out the string. a win tonight and ron's twin tied with the yankees for the best record in baseball. a's, with brett anderson. there you go. final score, a's 3-1. again, at this point, what is the difference? the a's, mark ellis doing it from the outfield grass. california football. >> this is crazy. >> watch this. >> do we have to keep talking about it? >> nev reno wins. brought the bears within three. he had 20 carries 200 yards. three scores. you

game that helped the giants out. holiday rbi single in the first against san diego turns out this was the only run st. louis needed. 2 nothing in the sixth. bloop single to right scoring with cardinals shut out the padres 4 zip. giants in first. >>> niner look like disorganized mess trying to call plays sunday in seattle. coach is furious now that somebody in the organization or disorganization if you want to call it that leaked details to the media. they ran a story with the struggle and also friction between coaches on the staff and complaining about ray single tear reaction there's a at any rater among us. >> if there's something you have to say go say it. say that you said it but don't say a beautiful of stuff and that's a were. that's a wrav and rat. >> it will show in time but i'm not going to try to find a little show. >>reporter: of raiders play the first home game sunday night against the ram. not sold out. game blacked out locally. unless they start wining in a hurry. all silver and black home runs guest le

. >>> well, the race for the pennant is heating up and the giants are right in the thick of it. could they beat the cubs tonight despite scoring just one run? gary has the answer to that and despite scoring just one run? gary has the answer to that and all the lots of us are sick or hurt we have four times as many emotional problems as other kids i'll have to move over and over again. i'm twice as likely to drop out of high school. there's a 50-50 chance i'll end up homeless. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child. >>> good evening everybody. 11 games remain and the giants are right there. a one-hour, 11-minute rain delay in chicago, pam, i've got to tell you the truth. i was raging. you should never sit outside in the rain. i'll tell you the sad story in the minute. nothing sad tonight. zambrano was the boss early. six innings, three hits, no runs, eight strikeouts. matt cain as effective. bochy, after 82 pitches, pinch hits for cain. the giants have to try to score when they can. and indeed, buster posey, the bullpen, three perfect and i can see

that is the scoring line for the giants the last two nights. now despite support on the road in chicago, the giants find themselves back in second place. baseball can be humbling. buster posey goes from hero to not so much in the space of a few hour, striking out twice last night. he had a rough night behind the plate as well. a passed ball will make for a throwing error. the giants could not score. shutout for the 16th time this season. if you don't score at all, you can't win. giants lose 2-0. the giants drop into second place and a half game behind san diego. the a's are playing out, getting a look at cris carter. carter launched his first big career, big league home run wednesday. not enough. the white sox rally late. the former st. marys star got the game winning double. the white sox avoid the sweep and the a's host the first place rangers later today. >>> beautiful if you are heading out to the game today. 50 degrees in livermore. still a bit cool outside, but we are expecting temperatures to warm up today. also the winds will not be as

paw trace beat the a -- padres beat the giants. the -- the red hot rockies are one and a half games behind the giants. >>> the as honoring bay area firefighters before the game. the red sox led 2-0 but the as finally got to john lackey in the 7th. mark ellis scores. rajai ends up at 3rd. as take the lead. 9th boston had the tying run but bailey freezes oritz with a 95-mile-per-hour fastball. the a. s get back over .500. >>> cal fans can't wait for colorado to join the pac-10 after what they saw in berkeley but for now they are still in the big 12. >> it ain't a mural. >> wind of likes like it -- kind of looks like it. shane makes the big catch. 7-0 bears. he now has -- vereen. mike mohamed takes one of the intercepts for a -- interceptions for a touchdown. >>> jim harbaugh, pac-10 opener against ucla. rolls out and finds ryan wayland for the touchdown. michael thomas takes it right out of kevin's hands. doesn't get any easier than that. stanford shut os out the bruins 5-0. >>> mike mcintyre will have to wait another week for a win.

jcpenney. . >>> earlier this season the giants out scored the brewers 36-7. the crew is looking for a little pay back this weekend. first inning, prince fielder bloops a single to left. ryan braun scores, randy wolf throws a shut out for his first complete game of the season. >>> the padres struggles continue. mat laitos gives up eight runs. the cardinals pound san diego 14-4 so the giants remain in first place. >>> the a's got back to 500 with a 3-1 win over the twins. big jack cusp hit his 12th homer of the season. bailey picks up his 25th save. joe won't return as the dodgers manager. dan mattingly will take over next season. >>> jeff and the bears had no answer for the nation's top offense tonight in reno. two touchdowns and runs for two more. the wolfpack have wrapped up close to 500-yards and roll the bears. >> wow. >> you can believe that. >> cal knows how it feels. >> yeah. >> that does for us. remember the news is always on cbs5.com. stay dry.

the giants are up half a game. joe torre announced he is retiring, and it remains to be seen if he is really quitting for good or bailing out on the dodgers. done mattingly will be replacing him. top five and oakland up 1-0. base hit to right rkt, and here comes cocoa crisp. a's with the long ball. it is opposite field. back at 500. a 3-1 win. the cal football team is playing a rare friday night game. they walked right into the buzz saw with a good nevada team on the road in reno. they expected a shootout, and this game was all that and more. the bears down 7-0. look at him go. you are doing fine. alooooha. we are tied at 7. the wolfpack run the pistol. when you play the pistol, you get shot. cal was ranked 24th in the nation. not so fast. he is back. this run is even better. breaking a tackle and for 50 yards and he went for 198 and three td's. cal down 24-21. a rew shall mistake and picked off by marlin johnson. three interceptions in this game. it proved to be fatal, and cal had no answer. he is 6 foot 6 and run

the padres also win. the giants a half game back in the west. they are tied with atlanta for the wild card. now at the coliseum, the a's trying to keep the champagne unopened against the rangers who needed a win to clinch the pennant. bottom seven, 3-1 rangers. he goes deep to left. the two-run blast will score landon powell as well. we have a tie ball game. texas wants to celebrate and celebrate now. jorge cantu, that's all it would take. texas wins 4-3. they take the game and division, their first time in the playoffs in 11 seasons. >>> kevin riley and company have had in problems racking up the points for their wins. this was a defensive battle until the end as cal opened the pac-10 play with a trip to arizona to face the 14th ranked wildcats. fourth quarter, the bears' drive once again, can't find the end zone. this one, 23 yards. 9-3, bears. >>> we head to the final minute, the wildcat finally trying to break through. three-yard score. the first td of the game. arizona up 10-9 with just over a minute to play. kevin riley pass tipped for the

giants beat the dodgers 2-1, the giants tenth win in 14 games. the phillies increase their n.l. east lead. philadelphia whacked florida, 10-5. tampa bay back in first place in the a.l. east. dan johnson hit a pair of two-run homers off hughes. rays beat the yanks. 4-3. joe mauer has three hits including a three-run homer right here. and minnesota goes to a 9-3 win over the white sox. the twins now up in the a.l. central by eight games. >>> when we return, another look at the top stories and broken promises. victims of the gulf oil spill still waiting to be compensated. ♪ [ female announcer ] kids who don't eat breakfast may not be getting the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. ♪ a nutritious start to the day is essential. that's why carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast. so kids get the protein and calcium they need to help build strong muscles and healthy bones. carnation instant breakfast essentials. good nutrition from the start. nothing beats prevacid®24hr. just one pill helps keep you heartburn free for a fu

so who won, who lost and where are the giants now on the standings. we'll have it when we come back. u owi stgoth n csechkint al?ye cckhiou t'noepitsls es u stakthchkan-phh-rhtn ern't eyott? h.oht's t rei. itlswos thas t'noepitsls es al?doouha a o.. u stakthchkan-phh-rhtn ern't eyott? a! pshtvoa.th's ol t'noepitsls es al?doouha a o.. u stakthchkan-phh-rhtn ern't l's . y,ai wr'my0? pshtvoa.th's ol t'noepitsls es al?doouha a o.. aschki. lcetoanitche.n ern't y,h'updu . aswh mte >>> mark joins joins us now with sports, barry zito just can't get a break. >> it's hard to pin anything on him tonight. but you remember 49ers fans used to have a quarterback as jebol, and the coach used to say, just enough to lose. and that's what they can say about zito today. hard to say who it is there that wants get cozy with posey. but whatever. giants one all night. juan uribe errorred with the bases loaded. hard to get on uribe who played good ball all year. and first ever complete game for him in the major legal. and there's his complete game. get this in three of the la

here's the skinny with the giants. they feel relieved. relieved that barry zito, the weak link of this pitching staff looked solid tonight. we haven't said that in weeks. maybe zito left tickets for them. in arizona, top of the first. this is the way you start a game. the hot-hitting freddy sanchez, the solo home run into the left field cheap seats. actually the bull pen. 1-0 giants on top. here's zito. hasn't won a road game in four months. we said it earlier. since cinco de mayo. tonight, seven strikeouts in six innings. zito allowed only two runs in this game. kelly johnson here with the rbi single off zito in the bottom of the third. the giants' offense, they were shut down. the diamondbacks win, 3-1. the giants fall two games back in the division. and the wild card. the showdown series in san diego begin in the morning. irchls at the coliseum, a's and mariners. hello to coco crisp. he leads the a's comeback. watch this two-run homer. you see that? the diving -- this is, like, concussion inducing. he dives for the home run, apparently