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. complete bay area news coverage starts right now this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. developing news, a shocking taste of alleged elder abuse in the east bay after more than a dozen parens were found abandoned inside a care facility this afternoon. tonight officials tell us that they have never seen anything like it. >> we're talking human beings, how do you just abandon them? >> good evening i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes we begin with that developing news at the valley manor community care home in castro valley on apricot way. we were told that the facility was shut down with more than 20
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elderly and disabled residents still need. katy utehs was at that facility, speaking to one staff member who stayed behind. >> reporter: heather he was clearly exhausted and emotional, one of three staff members who stayed behind to care for all these people. at this hour the sheriff's offices is working to obtain a search warrant because this could become a case of elder abuse. the sheriff's office is working to identify all the people who lived there, account or them and find out where the staff went and who the owners are? >> maraus rolland is the cook at valley manor community care home in castro valley, where more than 20 people, elderly, disabled and mentally ill were abandoned. >> the management and everything, they just bailed out on the people, so me and my co-workers we stayed until we
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got help. >> reporter: help came 48 hours later, had that time rolland and two other employees struggled to care for the residents. >> we weren't going to just leave them there. >> reporter: someone from inside the home called for an ambulance and the sheriff's office received a call about a missing person. with those two calls authorities finally realized what was going on. >> how do you do that? we're talking human beings. >> reporter: ray wong's sister with stabilities lived there. he received a letter on thursday saying that the facility was closing, but i couldn't move her them. emts evacuated 14 people and others either let on their own or with family. the sheriff's office still trying to account for everyone. neighborses say that the facility has been mismanaged for years. >> coming to our door and screaming, get me out of here from my bedroom window. >> reporter: some of the people are staying in hospitals, but the sheriff's office tells us there are no
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serious injuries despite the filth and possible neglect. >> we did the best we could, everybody is still alive. so it's good. >> reporter: we have called california's department of social services to find out why this home was shut down and also why there was no plan in place to relocate the residents? at this point we have not heard back, but we will continue to ask those questions. live in castro valley, katie utehs, ktvu. >> what about the owners and operators? have the authorities received any explanation from them? >> reporter: heather we have talked to neighbors about the owners here, because this has been a persistent problem. this home has been plaguing this community for a while. they tell me that the ownership has changed within last few years and within last few months staffing has also changed of the the sheriff's office tells me that they are
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still working to confirm the identify of the openers. >> thank you katie and more details on the valley manor community care home in castro valley. that facility officers both assisted and independent live. it's difficult to find out how much is charged patients monthly, but many homes offering those services rake from $4,000 to $6,000 a month. new information on that gunbattle in sacramento county and nine-hour standoff that left half a dozen law enforcement officers injured. earlier today the suspect surrendered and is now behind bars. tonight the suspect's mother blames methamphetamine for causing her son to lose control. >> 3-year-old sammy duran is being held on charges of attempted murder and breaking parole. the roseville police chief says he injured officers. >> four of the officers were hit, what we believe is shrapnel and treated at hospital and one officer was
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hit by a bullet and federal agent was hit by a bullet. >> reporter: duran is held at placer county jail where a former inmate says the two crosscrossed pathing. >> i passed him in pacificking. you can't miss this guy. he has been all over the tv. he is like in a trance. he is just, like, slumped over and he is like hallucinating. >> reporter: was he saying anything? >> no. he is in a suicide close. >> reporter: what do you mean by that? >> you have a special quilt and blanket in case you are suicidal. >> reporter: the chief of the moisswould not go into details about the moments that duran gave himself up, but he did say this? >> he took a lot of work on the negotiator's part to have it end the way it was. >> that was mallory huff reporting. records show that duran has several convictions going back more than ten years of they include drug possession, assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence and attempted carjacking. the police chief says one
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officer remains hospitalized in serious condition. others have been treated and released. >> grieving students in nevada did something constructive to remember their math teacher. they held a fund-raiser for the teacher killed by a 12-year-old student who had a .9 mm. gun. the student then killed himself. landsberry a former marine tried to stop the shooting by asking calm where i for for the gun. family members of the patient who went missing from her room and later found dead are demanding answers from the sheriff. according to the san francisco chronicle, spalding's family made requests to search the hospital, but the family says deputies did not perform a thorough search. spalled egg's body was found many a hospital stairwell 1 days after she went missing. her family tells ktvu they want a full account of all the areas searched as well as results
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from an investigation into her disappearance and death. first-responders fanned out across the bay area for contrawhat-if scenarios. john sasaki takes us behind-the- scenes how the exercises can save lives. >> reporter: on this day of law enforcement training it was not peaceful at all. it's urban shield the largest training event of first- responders in the nation. this active shooter drill involved mass casualties and multiple gunmen. >> i'm bleeding everybody, please help? >> you have people yelling for help and you have people down and suspects engaging you. so it's real challenging. >> reporter: 54 scenarios are happening around the bay area for 48 straight hours with no sleep
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for trainees. boston police officers have trained here, which helped them in the two-day manhunt for the marathon bombing suspect s. >> you release your team can handle a 48-hour situation because they have done it here. >> the old bay bridge is involved and involves a highway patrol chase of the stolen fedex chase that crashes into numerous vehicles that causes a spill radioactive materials. the explosion launched the fedex three of off fedex thief off the bridge. >> it's good training, the best training you will ever get. >> reporter: one of the more colorful moments was visitors from newtown, connecticut shared their experiences from the sandy hook shooting. >> it was a quiet room. their experience was pretty horrific. at the end, the police, fire and medical trainees will be
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better prepared. >> two suffers mike holmgren injuries during a helicopter drill yesterday afternoon during a practice water rescue in san francisco bay. it's not clear exactly how they were injured. one firefighter was from oakland and other from sacramento. organizers decided to cancel that same helicopter drill today. the 49ers drew a huge crowd in london to try to get british sports fans all fired up about american football. 30,000 people packed trafalgar square in london for an nhl rally ahead of tomorrow's game against the jacksonville jaguars and while some were new to american football, and were accustomed to their futbol, when we call soccer, there were a lot of people who were fans of the 49ers. >> very first match that i watched, game that i watched was the first super bowl, the niners won. so immediately i was like 12 years old and said, that is going to be my team. >> the niners take on the
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jaguars at wembley stadium tomorrow. the idea behind the game is to try to get more british sports fans interested in football. coming up later in sportswrap, our own joe fonzi is in london with more on the likelihood of the nfl starting a franchise across the pond. and you can follow joe fonzi on twitter as he travels with the 49ers. just look for atjoe fonzi or search hashtag ktvu in london. construction crews in san francisco works at beating the clock to finish work along one of the city's busiest streets. the job started on market street, shutting down the busy road between 6th and 10th street and work involveds replacing tons of asphalt although there was sewer work done as well a spokesperson for the city public works department says crews were able to finish this afternoon and traffic is flowing again. halloween is still days way, but police are saying that
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partying has already begun. plus tragedy in phoenix, five people and two dogs shot and killed. what we're learning about the strained relationship between the gunman and his victims. you may know her voice and how hollywood is paying tribute to the woman who gave life to a popular simpson's character.
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. a bloodwembley scene in
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phoenix where five people include a teenager and two dogs were all found shot and killed. police say they were called to eye townhouse and found the body of two adult males, a female and a teenaged boy as well as the dogs. in a nearby home they discover another money had a who apparently shot and killed himself. police have release nod detail on a possible moatey, but neighbors say that they had previously argue over barking dogs. the man who led police on a high-speed chase through the mojave desert with two hostages in his trunk was remembered today as a cool guy who lost his mind. munoz shot and killed a woman and shot and wounded her boyfriend before leading police on highway 395 in concern county. the 39-year-old fired at driver and pursuing officers for 30 miles and during that time his trunk popped open, revealing a man and woman.
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when the chase ended officers opened fire, killing munoz. the two hottages remaphospitalized with gunshot wounds it's not clear they were shot by the gunman or accidentally by police. happening now the big weekend before halloween they are out celebrating, but law enforcement is out in force keeping a eye out for drunk- drivers. christien kafton in oakland with the stepped efforts to keep the roadways safe. >> reporter: officers are telling me this has already been a very busy night with lots of crashes on the roadways and people going from party to party and say that anyone who has been drinking needs to arrange for a ride or have a designated- driver. in pleasanton, the pre-halloween party got underway with a pub crawl, revers going from shop to shop, topping off their company at each stop. partyers say their celebration started with a phone call.
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>> i called him yesterday and i said will you please drive me and he said yes. >> it's a common theme. >> i had a friend drive me home, call somebody or pass out wherever i am. >> reporter: and the drivers driving soft drinks. >> i didn't want to hang out and not having a drink in hand and i just thought i would have fruit punch. >> reporter: because you are the designated- driver? >> yes, that is true. >> reporter: highway patrol say it's been busy? >> we encourage everyone to slow down. >> reporter: she says halloween definitely ranks up there as one of the major party holidays of the year. >> it is a very big drinking holiday and also a day there will be a lot of children walking around. >> reporter: there have been a number of dui- related enforcement efforts in the bay area, including in concord and one underway in santa rosa. live in sealed, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news
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fletch a pedestrian suffered serious injuries this afternoon, apparently trying to walk across an east bay freeway. the highway patrol says that the pedestrian was just after 11:00 p.m. on eastbound 580 this dublin. investigators say the person ran from the center divide across the freeway and an oncoming pickup truck swerved, but was unable to avoid hitting the person. [ inaudible ]
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&when the community builds the park that is going to be theirs, it create a sense of ownership and they take better care of it. it's more enduring in terms of maintenance and it's just overall a better response to the community. >> organizers from the non- profit kaboom says the new playground provides children with a safe place to play the volunteers also worked on a sandbox, picnic area and improvements to the park entrance. twitter executives are about to hit the road to drum up interest nirupcoming initial public offering. the so-called road show is set to start monday and will reportedly include ceo dick costolo and cfo mike gupta. usa today reports that the shares should go on sale
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november 7th on the new york stock exchange. the ipo price has yet to be announced social sharing website buffer is apologizing to users for a hacking attack that sent messages via buffer accounts of buffer says the hackers did not get people's passwords of the san francisco- based company resolved the company tonight with the advice to reconnect twitter accounts. no steps they say are needed for facebook. the veteran tv actress who gave life to bart simpson's fourth grade teacher has died. >> well that is a lame excuse for an excuse. >> marcia wallace earned an emmy for cynical teacher edna crabb appleel. prior to that another generation of tv viewers knew wallace for her role on the bob
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newhart show, playing wisecracking reception ist carole kester. and there is word legendary director and stunt man hall needham has died. needham had a reputation as a fearless and innovative stunt man when he approach his friend burt reynolds for the movie "smokey and the bandit." his business manager told the l.a. times that 82-year-old died after a short battle with cancer. more trouble for a high-end retailer after accusations of profiling. >> i was stopped by my arm by two officers. >> big-name now threatening to boycott barneys. >> plus keeping women out of the driver's seat, the controversial ban overseas and the efforts now to overturn it. most of the bay area warmed up nicely today, but some big changes on the way, coming up the timing of a major cooling trend and when we could be dodging a few showers? drive" sales event, you're closer to yours than ever.
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. police at kennedy international airport have arrest a passenger for trying to luggage with guns include a loaded rifles. police arrested the 23-year-old man from tennessee as he was boarding a flight for charity, north carolina. the new york times reports he is a member of the army. in washington today thousands rallied against the nsa's surveillance program that are now known to spy on european leaders. >> no secret courts. >> request chants, such as no secret courts the reference to the court that over sees the nasr, the crowd gave a message to congress to reform the agency. the patriot act ramped up
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surveillance after the 911 attacks. the state department says president obama has directed the government to review its programs. women are climbing behind the wheel in saudi arabia to protest the ban on women drivers. saudi arabia is the only country in the world where women are not allowed to drive. women received their licenses in other countries. dozens of women posted videos of themselves driving on the internet today. powerful clerics warned that lifting the driving ban will lead to loose, immoral behavior and last month a cleric caused a stir saying, "that driving harm a women's ovaries. reverend sharpton said would boycott a new york store. christian is suing barneys saying he was accused of fraud after using his debit card to
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buy a $350 belt. kayla phillips says she was stopped by police sarah purchasing a $2500 handbag. >> i was stopped by my arm by two officers and another two blocked me off. undercover cops with regular clothes on stopped me and said i just got a call from barney saying your card is not real. >> barney's ceo issued an apology saying, "the company is reviewing its policies." actress julianne hough issued an apology for a halloween custom that was in bad taste. character of "orange is the new black." hough used make-up to darken her skin, parking criticism. her apologize read in part, it was certainly never my
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intention to be disrespectful or demeaning to anybody in any way. i realize my custom hurt and offended people and i truly apologize." the richest cities in the u.s. san josi made the top spot with one of the most desired housing markets and the largest concentration of high paying professional jobs in the nation. washington, d.c. was no. 2, bridgeport, connecticut. napa made the top rankings at no. 10. thousands of people cleaning can out their medicine cabinets. >> tons of prescription drugs being dropped off around the bay area today. the goal behind prescription drug take-back day. >> well, it's a controversial service at a catholic university, free condoms delivered to parties. why the group behind it says it's not about promificuity.
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. people cleaned out their medicine cabinets getting rid of unused prescription drugs and handing them over to law enforcement. that drug take-back was enforced by the food and drug administration. as alex savidge explains authorities are trying to keep drugs out of the wrong hand and environments. >> reporter: they tossed dozens of bottles into the bins set up by kaiser hospital as people drove up with bags of unused, unwant prescription drugs. everything from painkillers to cold medicine to blood pressure medication all turned in on national prescription take-back day. this nationwide event is organized by the dea, to keep prescription drugs from being abused. especially by teenagers, who
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often swipe them from medicine cabinets. >> if we areduce the the availability. >> reporter: at the. [ laughter ] lafayette police station, he and his wife have held on to lots of expired medications, and they wanted to do the responsible thing. >> i don't want to contaminate the fish, and the sewer system and get it out of the hands of somebody who might play with it. >> reporter: the dea says a lot of people are still flushing their unused drugs down the toilet or just tossing them in the trashes which can hurt the environment. this event gives people a safe way to dispose of those medications. in northern california this one- day event is expected to get rid of close to 20 tons of
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potentially dangerous drugs. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco assemblyman phil ting held a town hall to hem people understand their choices under the affordable care act. he says there is a lot of misinformation about the health care law, but it's going to help the 6 million californians who lack insurance. >> we want everyone who doesn't have health care coverage to call coverage california and at least ask to see what their options are. we think that most them will find that it's cheaper, it's more affordable and that they will get the health care coverage that they need for themselves and their families. >> part of today's presentation was a warning to avoid a phony website called covered california.com. now the actual website shown here is coveredca.com. although the state website has been relatively glitch-free, users have experienced slowdowns and an outage of some search functions.
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president obama though renewed his commitment to itching the affordable care act saying it's "well-past of the time for some to root for its failure." >> i still would be championing the law even if the website were perfect. i will never stop fighting to help more hard-working americans to know the economic security of health care. that is something that we should all want. >> reporter: the president admitted that the government website health care.gov has been frustrating for users. nearly 700,000 americans have applied for coverage there. >> texas senator ted cruz is calling the government shut down a success because it "got people talking." but he also admitted republicans lost their bid to shut down the affordable care act. >> we didn't accomplish our ultimate policy goal in this battle and we didn't because unfortunately, a significant number of senate republicans choose not to unite and stand side-by-side with house republicans. >> senator cruz spoke last
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night in iowa at a g.o.p. fundraising event and went hunting there today. although iowa kicks off election season with the caucus, cruz denied having any plans to run for president in 2016. a major development involving the woman sentenced to live without the possibility of parole in california for killing her alleged pimp. there is now that sara kruzan is set to be released from prison. she was sentenced to life without parole. yee's bill became law this year and in june the state board payroll hearings recommended that kruzan be released. her release date has not been made public. some up-and-coming athletes are facing an obstacle that could stop them before they get to the starting line they
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belong to a track team called the richmond half-steppers. as ann rubin explains. they are learning discipline and speed. >> faster. faster. faster. >> as part of the richmond half-steppers these kids get their track training with a dose of tough love. >> we still do the workout. founded in 1968 the half- steppers have produced 50 national champions, as well as several educators, attorneys and even a judge. >> look we're not just a sports team. we're teaching survival skills. we're teaching these kids ho to become better citizens. >> reporter: trouble, funning has deceased and the coaches have lost city money and economic downturn took a toll, so they are reaching into their own pockets. >> i get chocked up uncan't talk because i know what i have
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been here to keep this team going. >> reporter: last year the team couldn't afford to go to the big meet and hoping this this year is different. >> i'm so excited. hurry up, we have to go, we have to go, because i don't want to miss the relay. i don't -- i do want to miss the 400, because i hate the 400. >> reporter: so in the coming months they will focus on fundraising in addition, to sprints and drills. >> in my mind nothing is free, really, okay? hard work pays off. >> reporter: the team has one fundraiser planned a winter ball december 14th. in the meantime they will be out here training. their first meet is scheduled for early march. in richmond, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. an unofficial student group at georgetown university is causing a stir with free condoms. the group hoyas for choice is offering to deliver condoms to parties or events. that has upset some at the catholic institution, but the
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leader of the group says it's not their intention to support promiscuity. >> the thing we want to emphasize, it's not about sex. it's not about hooking up. it's about safety. >> georgetown officials say they respect the rights of students, such as hoyas for choice. >> how the zoo animals go into the halloween spirit. >> and some big waves in a rather unusual place. we'll tell you what excited surfers today and you are not look at the ocean. >> it was a warm day today, but changes are coming, ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking showers and when show could come to the sierras?
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. no it's not ocean beach or santa cruz or even hawai'i. this is video of lake michigan today. local surfers delight intense winds of up to 60 miles per hour whipped up waves of 12- 18'. normally the waves off lake michigan measure in inches. forecasters say conditions will calm down by tomorrow. >> mark tamayo is getting all excited looking at that video. any kind of wave is a good thing. let's check in with the weather center and what is happen, mark? >> you need a thick wet suit at lake michigan. in the bay area, san francisco 70 degrees santa rosa, livermore and concord. basically a constant for the good portion, nearly immediate
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coastline, so the low cloud fog pushing into the bay. livermore 60. and oakland last check reporting partly cloudy skies and here is our live camera looking to the bay bridge. the fact that we can see the bridge shows us that we don't have much in the way of dense fog, but that fog near the golden gate bridge pushing into the bay the next 3-6 hours. upper 30s for santa rosa, fremont 49, most of the area starting out sunday morning in the 40s, but a few upper 50s in parts of the north bay. our forecast model starting with gray near the coast and bay tomorrow morning, gradually
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clearing towards the shoreline. football forecast for tomorrow, in oakland, with the raiders, we're expecting partly sunny skies, winds out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour. and when you are watching the 49ers tomorrow morning from wembley stadium, the weather could be a factor. the chance of rain especially for the second half, the rainfall rates could be picking up. look at that predicted wind speed up to 30 miles per hour. up towards london. back in the bay area, across california, we have this area of low pressure dropping in. this will be the key weather feature tomorrow we're going to cool things off 5-10 degrees and the wind speeds pick un. approaching 20 miles per hour by this time tomorrow night. by monday, this is the coldest day of the week. we'll bring in the chance of a few scattered showers in the bay area and a good bet of some sierra snow level. our forecast model puts this into tomorrow night. the chance of a few sprinkles out there and look at what happens in the sierras? possibly 3-6" above 6,000' and a chance of showers, just a chance in the bay area, but the main impacts for us, a few extra cloud a big dropoff in the temperatures. forecast highs for tomorrow, we'll begin to cool things off,
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7in santa rosa, castro valley, 70, san josi around 80. sunnyvale, upper 60s. here is a look ahead your five- day forecast with your weekend always in view. can you see temperatures plummeting into monday, only 50s and 60s. we warm things back up in at any time for halloween for the trick-or-treaters. no threat of rain, so good news for day 5 on thursday. visitors at the oakland zoo got a special treat today. yummy, this weekend the zoo is hosting it's annual boo at the zoo event. kids are encouraged to wear their halloween customs and costumes. >> it's amazing because the elephant will take the whole pumpkin and what impressed me was their dexterity and crack it in half. >> zoo officials say it's one
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of the most popular events and any child wearing their costume under 14 will get a free ride. >> stanford and cal in action. we have highlights. >> world series game 3 is in the books and it one of the wildest finishes ever in a baseball game. you will see it here next it. and nobody will be denied because of a pre-existing condition. welcome to a new state of health. welcome to covered california. we are your health insurance marketplace. enroll today at coveredca.com. s
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. the toyota sportswrap brought to you by your local toyota dealers. toyota, let's go places. good evening everyone and thanks for joining us our saturday night edition of sportswrap. tonight's game 3 of the world series had extra innings until it ended on a play that you might see in a bad news bears movie, but not on the biggest stage of baseball. st. louis will host the next
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three games starting tonight, which means no designated hitters. series tied 1-1. boston starter peavy for two runs on the first. one of the four hit and matt holliday scores. then in the 6 daniel nava singles shane victorino scores. matt doubles home carpenter and beltran. trevor rosenthal brought in the 8th. zander bogarts singles. here is the play that will live maybe in infamy. bottom of the 9th, dustin

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