grant balfour on for the save... . victor martinez fouls off the 1-2 pitch...tares down the a's closer... balfour doesn't like it... a lot of words used that we cannot say on air... ncheslear... balfour and rtinez separated... no punches thrown... but martinez is still up... . very next pitch... martinez lines out to right.. still jawing as he heads to the dugout... . 2 outs... omar infante lies out to right... game over... a's take a 2 games to 1 series lead... 6-3 final... that's all f sports unlimited... i'm bruce cunningham... thanks for watching... arsenio hall is next... have a great night... >> almost live from stage 6 at sunset bronson studios on the world-famous sunset boulevard, it's "the arsenio hall show," starring arsenio hall. featuring the posse under the direction of robin dimaggio. tonight actor and star of the new sitcom "brooklynine-nine," andre braugher. film star and cult hero, danny trejo. comedy by mike epps and musical performance by gogol bdello. now, the man hosting the official government shutdown arty, here's arsenio hall! [cheers an

grant balfour closing it out in the night he and victor martinez starts screaming at the plate at balfour. balfour is known to talk to himself on the mound and martinez wasn't having any of it. benches cleared. no punches were thrown. of course. the a's win 6-3. they can wrap up the series tomorrow. >> we're all very competitive people by nature. so, you know, we all have a lot of pride. so when somebody is yelling, obviously, there's a lot of time in the heat of the moment you might want to yell back. so, you know, i think it's all it was. >> the guy was wound up a little bit. came off yelling at victor and victor took offense to it. and i don't blame him. >> if the tigers hang on to win game 4 tomorrow the series would return to oakland for winner-take-all game 5 on thursday. when we do a post-game show for football, we broadcast in a five-second delay. in the event into that language starts going across the air. so i was surprised when major league baseball televised the game today without a five- second delay. all that stuff all that language was on the air! >> they never broadcast th

balfour on the mound and there goes martinez, he thought that balfour was doing too much talking. bombs are flying. benches are clearing. running in from the bullpen. not one punch was thrown. but the as lead the series with a 6-3 victory. >> he was staring me down. what's your problem right now. if you have a problem come out here. he came out here. whatever. >> as and detroit go 2:00 our time tomorrow afternoon for game four. red sox and rays are going to a third game. jose lobitan with a score, tied 4-4, homers for tampa bay. 5-4 rays, boston still leads the series 2-1. game four tomorrow in tampa bay. >>> and a tremendous dodger closeout tonight. kershaw and three days' rest, six innings, three hits, two unearned runs, gonzalez had a couple of errors. bottom 8 with the braves up 3-2, a two-run homer, and everybody going nuts in l.a. magic johnson is on the scene of course. brian wilson pitched a scoreless 8 to get the win so giant fans, dodgers chose out atlanta 3 games to 1. we'll await the winner of st. louis and pittsburgh. the cardinals over the pirates today, a fifth and

balfour is known to talk to himself and martinez wanted no part of this. benches cleared no punches thrown. a's won 6-3. they can wrap up the series tomorrow. >> we're all very competitive. we all have a lot of pride. obviously you might want to yell back. that's all it was. >> the guy was wound up a little bit, came off yelling at victor and victor took offense to it. and i don't blame him. >> now, the tigers tag on to win game 4 tomorrow the series would return to oakland for a winner take off game 5 on thursday. we'll have more beeps coming up in sports. [ laughter ] >> these beeps came from the clubhouse. >> oh. >> even more beeps. >> you know, it's funny how jim leyland saw it differently. it looked like martinez was going to say throw that pitch again. >> the tigers are frustrated because the a's pitchers are getting the better of their sluggers. sanchez had only allowed less than half a home run a game. that's in the major leagues. >> i love the fact that balfour is a little wacky and didn't back down. that's kind of nice. >> more coming up. >> than

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balfour gets victor and the save. the a's win, 6-3. what was going on, grant? >> yeah, it was a little heated right there around -- maybe he has frustrations. i don't know what is going on there. i saw him staring at me, gave me the death stare. he wants to come out here. i said if you have a problem, come on out. so you know, i'm not going to back down and let these guys intimidate me. >> friendly tip, do not fight grant balfour. >> matt flynn has been released by the raiders. the raiders traded a 2014 fifth round pick and a conditional pick to seattle for flinn and now his career with the raiders is over after one start. >>> michael crabtree posted this video on instagram. the achilles looks good. he is scheduled to return in november. >>> the warriors and the kings play an exhibition game at oracle tonight with the warriors winning 94-81. more news after this. >>> it's record-breaking bling, a white diamond the size of a small egg sold for $30.6 million today at an auction in hong kong. two phone bidders competing for the diamond. the diamond was discovered

. >> martinez and balfour had to be separated, benches cleared, no punches thrown.en it all settled down, the a's win 6-3. they can move on to the alcs with a win tomorrow. >> it was the greatest closer in the game. i'm not a rookie to let me be intimidated with [ bleep ]. i couldn't take that [ bleep ]. >> he was staring me down. i said why you staring me down? what's your problem right now? you got a problem? come out here, so he came out. whatever. >> reporter: can you give us a little play-by-play on balfour/victor squabble? >> i was in the clubhouse. >> that's unbelievable. uribe can't get down the sacrifice...so the 3rd base h >>> former giant juan uribe was asked to but to third base. he failed. the third base coach tells uribe do what you did three years ago with the giants, boom. he launched it into the hollywood night. he put the dodgers into the nlcs for the first time since 2009. they take down the braves 3-2 and the winning pitcher for the game also a former giant, the beard, brian wilson. >> he's a strike throwing machine. it's to center field. leads t

what are you going to do it. >> ballbalfour's balfour. he's crazy and we love him.he's going to get the job done for us. i don't think it was a big deal. i think it's two really good ballplayers having a little discussion. >> reporter: they expect a very sunny and clear day. they call it severe clear here in michigan. the game will start at 2:07 your time. of course then this is the game that will be an opportunity for the a's to clench their first playoff series since 2006 when they did that in the first round against the minnesota twins. it would be great revenge if you will for the a's to do it here because this is where the tigers have beaten them in four games in 2006 it was the tigers who beat them in five games last year in the first round. it is a game in which the oakland a's figure that dan straley another young pitcher will be able to keep them in the game long enough to get some scoring, get some offense. the key here for the a's so far in this playoff series not so much that they've had a lot of fan support here but that they've been able to calm the fa

tobut josh donaldson says not sphere start the double play on torri hunter bot 9th >> gary: grant balfouracing victor martinez after martinez fouls one off the two engage in little stare-down. words are exchanged. benches clearsome minor pushingmainly just more jawing back and forth players rush in from both bullpensno punchesno ejections. >>"nobody died" >> i now take that! i don't take that! >> gary: after last-raider's gain on kron un just striding. can i say one thing? you can try... let's have a brainstorming meeting. we are doing this the weather is on through the pip program that people want to watch get a football game on an pam and jackie would to stay here for half an hour and get eight and get good ratings. >> pam: yes because people came out. >> gary: was the biggest night in kron for 10 years and was great dish to share with bill >> pam: (laughter) >> jacqueline: i was here to (laughter) >> gary: yes but you haven't suffered. (laughter) >> jacqueline: (laughter) >> gary: a's win 6-3 after game both teams talkin about incident balfour, martinez, leyland raiders cut matt flynn

i don't take that [ bleep ]. >> balfour likes to win a staredown until someone looks away. that's his thing. it's always been his thing. then bal just asked him what his problem was. i don't think he really liked that even more and then it kind of blew up. >> reporter: in a series dominated by pitching the a's bats found a way to break through in a big way. >> we stick to, you know, swinging and missing and hitting the ball out of the park. one factor we're going to keep working with. it seems to be our working thing. so we're not going to get away from that. >> reporter: the a's are 11-3 win leading a playoff series 2-1. this team feels it has more than stats in its favor. after talking with the players they tell me they're humble and still yet taking it one game at a time. they felt this victory was big, giving them confidence they could come out tuesday and finish the job off in detroit. at comerica park, kate longworth, nbc bay area news. >>> to football we go. raiders win on sunday night. their quarterback. the backup, matt flynn, has been released by the raiders. a $6

balfour down a little too long for his liking. [ censored ] , [ censored ] >> whoa! censored ] [ censored ] >> back up. >> whoa. >> that's all on national tv. no punches were thrown even though benches did clear. the a's go on to win the game 6- 3. so they can move on to the next round if they beat the tigers this morning in detroit. >>> former giants juan uribe is going to get his own hollywood star. his two-run home run in the 8th puts the dodgers in the nlcs as l.a. beats the braves 3-2. it's painful to see brian wilson celebrate. >>> the matt flynn era is over in oakland already. five weeks into the regular season the raiders announcing that they have released flynn and they gave him $6.5 million to walk. that means terrelle pryor is the guy for the long haul at least for this season. so we could be celebrating a little champagne tonight so tune in. we'll see you on the 6:00 news. have a great day, everybody. >>> okay, dennis. sounds good. play of the day, national football league last night, new york jets, an impressive diving catch after a little bit of this an

in the ninth inning ace pitcher grant balfour and victor martinez get into a scuffle and the benchesre thrown, but the tension could spill over into game four. >>> a heartbreaking finish for the atlanta falcons on "monday night football." the falcons take a one-point lead over the jets with less than two minutes to play in the game. but new york has enough time left to kick the game-winning field goal as the clock expires. the jets win 30-28. >>> when we return, bringing a knife to a gun fight. we'll show you what happens when an armed robber suddenly faces a store clerk with an extra large blade. suddenly faces a store clerk with an extra large blade. ♪ [ acoustic guitar: upbeat ] [ dog ] we found it together. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ we, we chocola

but they may have to do it without grant balfour. he may have pitched his final game in the green and gold. i'm kate longworth, nbc bay area news. >>> sharks and canucks. the sharks' first road game. it's 2-0 sharks. late in the second, edler hits hertl in the head number penalty called. the sharks win 4-1. >>> and that's a look at sports. i'm dave feldman, raj and jess are back with more news. don't go away. when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the two-thousand-fourteen subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> we continue to now our developing story regarding the b.a.r.t negotiations. cheryl hurd joins us live. 30 minutes remaining. essentially everyone wants to know if there will be a strike tomorrow morning. >> reporter: everyone here is on p

in the left column, which pitcher do you keep if you can only keep one, grant balfour or bartolo colon> us a soccer fans, plenty of reasons to be happy. out the toor with a chip and later in the second half. u.s. beats jamaica two nil and the world cup qualifiers. >>> friday night top five. we begin with dennis o'donnell. takes a lot to surprise him. >> oh my god! we got sprinklers. >> wait till after the 11, i think. >> the sprinklers got him at the coliseum. >>> no. 4, defensive effort to double off john jay. >>> to no. 3 >> whoop there it is. >> kyle points captured by mark's camera phone. love that. >>> no. 2, spot shadow islanders john taveris going to need a dentist. takes a puck to the mouth and look what he does, pulls out his own tooth on the bench. >>> no. 1. >> beautiful. watch this. >> oh my gosh! >> incredible! that's the goal, folks. that's a goal for mexico against panama. mexico wince it 2 to 1. one more time. boom! that is how you end a friday night top five. >> that's the first shower o'donnell has had in a week. >> you said that, i didn't. >> he neede,,,,,, mom... ye

during the 9th inning victor martinez and balfour got into it. the home plate umpire got in between them and the benches cleared. the players would remain in the game. >>> sports reporter fred inglis is in detroit covering the series. he's going to give us a live report with a preview of today's game. we're also going to have complete coverage of the a's playoffs throughout the day here on ktvu. >>> we have continuing coverage now on the government shutdown and efforts to avoid a default on the national debt. the government could default on its debt next week if congress fails to raise the borrowing limit. senate democrats -- republicans say any deal to raise the debt limit must also lower the cost of entitle. programs like medicare and social security. >> they shut down the government. now they say we're going to threaten the credit worthiness of the united states of america and possibly the world economy. >> the president should be doing what bill clinton did in 1995 and calm these people over the white house sit down, having a conversation. >>

he realized that the balfour declaration wa was in complete. so what he has been do was meet and they made an agreement between the jews and arabs that in return for recognizing jewish primacy in palestine, the zionists would defend the arabs rights to claim france. that didn't work. then finally what they tried to do was to appeal to the americans. woodrow wilson had shown up in pairs with all of this talk of the age of imperialism was over, the age of secret deals was over. and talking about the rights of self-determination for people. and, unfortunately, it turned out it was mostly just talk. right towards -- as a way to kind of try to short circuit the british and french deal for dividing up the middle is, wilson sent this fact-finding commission. the great solution, let's form a committee. so we formed a committee that went to the middle east to find out what the people -- the actual natives wanted. and so they said this, they went out and spent three months pulling people throughout syria and lebanon and palestine of what they wanted. and

so do the bullpens, but balfour went on to calm his nerves. gets the win.ribes the activities in the 9th inning. >> the guy is staring at me like give me the death stare. i just said if you have a problem come out. not just stare. what are you going to do? >> to be continued tomorrow. >>> meantime, just an epic day of baseball, but don't tell boston that, as tampa tells them not so fast. red sox, heartbreakingly denied. a sweep into the american league championship series. tampa's jose lobaton, in the fish tank. game 4, tuesday night still in tampa. meanwhile, in a scene that could not help but bring all giants fans a major flashback to 2010, we'll show you exactly >>> believe it. dodgers are going to the national league championship series and as any true giant fan would tell you, they might not be headed there, were it not for former giants, brian wilson and juan uribe. 8th inning, dodgers down. uribe clutch. a deep shot off david carpenter. turned out to be the game winner. wilson, he is the winner. they will celebrate in l.a., deep into the night. the d

victor martinez and brant balfour exchange words.ur didn't like the way martinez was looking at him. a's lead the series 2-1. next up. rays need a win to stay alive in their series with the red sox. bottom of nine. tied at 4. jose lobaton pinch-hitting and he sends one into the rays tank! tampa wins 5-4 as john berman boos. >> nicely done! nicely done! >> rays will try to even the series tonight in game four. 8:30 eastern! john, are you staying up late for that one? >> i don't know. i'll be drunk. you say lobaton, i lay lobagroan. it was good baseball. >> at least you can admit that. >> it was very good. >> we will be right back. pools... waffle bars... fancy robes... seems every hotel has something to love... so join the loyalty program that lets you earn free nights in any of them. plus, for a limited time, members can win a free night every day. only at hotels.com this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so ind

pitcher grant balfour and victor martinez got into this argument. ingles is live in detroit right now. you talked with the players about the big game, fred. >> reporter: it should be a beautiful day here in detroit, and the oakland as can clinch the second playoff series championship title in the eight tries since two. you can see right now, we talked to a tigers' fan who said you got us singing the blues and clearly, the as have the tigers right in that heads, right now. as a matter of fact, if you look at it, both teams are known for strong starting pitching and power hitting but so far, only home runs have been from oakland. they had three yesterday. they are also -- they are faster, more versatile. grant balfour and victor martinez, that kind of overshadowed the fact that the as are a big team. i don't expect this silly incident to awaken a sleeping tiger. but the as know winning the title is the hardest one to do. >> rather subdued confident but a subdued locker room right now. >> i think it's very business- like. after going through it last ye

so do the bullpens, but balfour went on to calm his nerves. gets the win.ibes the activities in the 9th inning. >> the guy is staring at me like give me the death stare. i just said if you have a problem come out. not just stare. what are you going to do? >> to be continued tomorrow. >>> meantime, just an epic day of baseball, but don't tell boston that, as tampa tells them not so fast. red sox, heartbreakingly denied. a sweep into the american league championship series. tampa's jose lobaton, in the fish tank. game 4, tuesday night still in tampa. meanwhile, in a scene that could not help but bring all giants fans a major flashback to 2010, we'll show you exactly why, when we come back. can you say uribe? sports part two, next. people go to a mattress store, and essentially they just get sold something. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. before you invest in a mattress, discover the bed clinically proven to improve sleep quality. once you experience it, there's no going back. oh, yeah! at our columbus day event, save $500 to $700

victor martinez and grant balfour got into it, exchanged words.the home plate umpire got between them and the benches cleared. >>> sports reporter fred inglis is in detroit covering the series. he's going to give us a live report with a preview of today's game and complete coverage of the a's playoffs throughout the day on ktvu. >> time now 5:40. the b.a.r.t. strike deadline now just two days away. coming up for you at 6:00, find out why there's new hope a deal may be reached. >> and unusual protests in belgium as firefighters setting fires. the message they're trying to send. >> good morning right now it still looks good for your drive to work on a tuesday. this is a look at highway 4 westbound coming up to the willow pass grade. looks good. >> it's a little cold out there for some, not too bad for others. today we'll start off sunny. we'll get clouds later on in advance of a system due tomorrow. to those who've been waiting welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage, and nobody can be denied because of a pre-ex

both bartolo colon and grant balfour hit free agency. >> we had three great years from grant. we signed him. he came into oakland as a january sign and he was sort of a good setup, middle reliever. and, you know, by the end of his last two years, he was closing and he was making the all-star game. >> he's put himself in a position to be a free agent this year, so in his work over his time here will suggest he's going to get nice offers. we hope to bring him back potentially. if that's the case, great. if not, we wish him the best. >> reporter: i followed up with bob melvin asking him if he believes the team is equipped for success for the long haul. he told me without hesitation, absolutely. but only time will tell. for now, this is the final day the coliseum will serve as home to baseball in the 2013 season. as the raiders take over full time. in oakland, i'm kate longworth, nbc bay area news. >> kate, thanks for that. >>> priority number one for th a's is bringing back coco crisp. the 2014 option for $7.5 million. the 33-year-old hit .261 this past season with 22 homers for

bottom of the 7th martinez must have had picture grant balfour's face on that baseball, takes it the off doolittle the game tying home run. josh reddick claimed it was fan interference but the home run would stand. later in the inning, austin jackson 1-14 with ten strikeouts in the series a broken bat single. kelly scores to give the tigers the first lead of the game. so let's go to the top of the 8th. a's load the bases nobody out scherzer strikes out josh reddick, that would have been ball 4. then he blows one pass vogt and then gets the pinch hintedder callaspo. scherzer is fired up. bomb of the inning tigers pad the lead. a two-run double down the left field line. detroit three runs in the 8th so they lead 8-4 and those insurance runs loom large because the a's get the tying run to the plate in the ninth but benoit strikes out seth smith to end it and even the series at two games apiece. >> is there any sense that with the 3-0 lead here, you let one get away in a clinching situation? >> no. they have a good offensive plug. just because we had a lead doesn't mean you win. >> that