. >> and he got it excellent a no- hitter for mike fiers!the third start for mike fiers with the astros. he came to detroit this season and was today acquired by the a's, one of two named cash players. they are saying this is the year to make the run. he was 7-6 with the tigers and 21 starts with a 3.48 earned run average. this was his tweet today. he thanks the people in detroit, talked about being traded is always an emotional experience. one thing is for sure, he goes from a team with no and while the a's are bolstering their lineup, the division leading astros will now have to deal with an important loss. george springer, the mvp of the 2017 world series was thrown out trying to steal on this play yesterday against the dodgers. springer jammed his thumb against the bag and was put on the 10 day disabled list. the a's begin the day for games behind houston, a team that looked impossible to catch just a few weeks ago. >>> the raiders feel like they may have found one of the most valuable position players every team wants one of. john grude

mike fiers made his as debuts facing clayton kershaw of the dodgers.he as would try to shout them down. justin turn er not liking the call. punched out there. steven piscotty having a nice season. base hit off chris kershaw. khris davis in. new guy, ramon lower anna. bloop. only struck out one. fiers did not hit a hit until here. that's a hit. yasmani grandal gets all of it. the high heat is deepgone. allowed one run and strike out two. marcus simien's safe at the plate because grandal could not hang on. that turns out to be the game winning run, 3-2 as. giants were off. nba's giving us a christmas present. the warriors and lebron under the tree. the dubs will host the lakers on christmas night. the one dubs dubs dubs dubs duds ♪ and it feels so apgry. they play january 21st in l.a. the steph curry was asked about seeing lebron in purple and gold. . >> i think i saw some photo shopped images. it is a little bit different. on the court it would be the same guy you expect to may well. >> we are less than 24 hours away from the 49ers opening the preseason

the a's acquired a veteran -- required veteran mike fiers . the raiders feel they have made a good move finding one of the most valuable position players every team wants one of. john gruden's staff acquired arden keith. -- arden key. if key blossoms, the raiders have a >> we felt lucky to get him where we got in. you go back two years ago and watch him at lsu and he is as good an edge rusher as anybody in the country. he struggled a little bit in his last season, but there are things this kid can do that are very special. hopefully, we get it full strength someday in the defensive end position and can show our true colors. >>> we had a couple late plays to check out on this monday night. they both happened in the same part of the field in anna half -- in anaheim. he made contact with his teammate, victor reyes. that takes the hit away from calhoun. later in the game, the same part of the field. he is at the plate and is robbed by young. the angels did better in the scoring department winning 6- 2.>>> joe, thank you. thanks for joining us toni

mike fiers has won his last three starts. 4-2 in the 8th inning. pinch hitter matt olsen drove one. this one off the wall for an r.b.i. double and the as won it, final of 6-2. what does it mean, brian? let's go to the standings. oh, game-and-a-half separates front running houston from second place oakland. and in the wild card, the as , some four-and-a-half back with a lot of work to do. >>> edgar richtoria. the giants champs honored at at&t before the rangers game. look at brandon crawford swing away. the second day in a row, the giants led 4-0 after one. was that enough offense for andrew suarez? well, he threw seven shut-out innings. allowed just three hits. struck out five. same score, 7th inning, hunter pence, caramba! took matt moore yard. pence's second home run for the year. 5-0. g men. then mark malancin handled it. and the giants won it, a final of 5-3. >>> over to soccer. earthquake fans, they were feeling pretty good when they led vancouver. but the white caps rallied with three second half goals and a nine minute span. that was ki kamara who scored in the 68th minute. b

the a's have acquired mike fiers to help with their playoff push. the a's are ahead of the seattle mariners for the wild card spot. today the warriors star unveiled the new education lab in oakland. it features state of the art technology that gives students an opportunity to learn in a hands-on environment. curry refurbished the basketball court. he really is a good guy, isn't he? back with an update from jeff from all that smoke in the air. to see and breathe. haze is hovering over the bay >>> well, you've been in it and it is tough for people to breathe and see. it makes people's eyes red. this is the haze hovering over the bay area. this is the way it looks from the air. one of our producers actually snapped these photos as he flew into san jose today. you couldn't see out the window, barely. really thick. janelle was complaining about the cough. just really tough. >> it looks like it's going to be continuing as we head through tomorrow. some new forecast model data showing we could see the smoke spread all the way down to the south bay. you may

this was the debut of newly acquired mike fiers and was he ever on fire retiring the first eight batters 1/3 innings for fiers. he wouldn't get the win. clayton kershaw gave up two hits and four runs in the 4th, the first by steven business cote. later in the bottom of the 8th -- stephen piscotty. later in the bottom of the 8th, marcus semien is first called out, but he's in there safely. the dodger catcher can't make the play. they hold on 3-2. blake treinen, his 29th save and the a's are three up now in the wildcard situation and rolling. >>> meanwhile had a little tantrum in the minor leagues that i thought you might like to see. usually you don't like to do it when kids are involved, but this one takes a little different twist. butch hobson, former major league infielder with the boston red sox is now coaching in the minor leagues. look at this. >> he's going to get more than his two cents in. he's nose to nose and he's gone. yeah. butch hobson not done any time soon. we'll keep our eye on butch and he's going to pull that bag out and there goes the bag. what's he going to do with th

mike fiers... making his first start as an oakland "a"... against the best in baseball...w bottom 4th... the a's break through for 2 runs off kershaw... ramon laureano... bloops one to right... brian dozier can't run it down and it falls in... mark canha scores... 2-0 a's... kershaw: 6 ip, 6 hits, 2 runs... only 1 strike out back come the dodgers... top 7th... 2-1 a's... chris taylor... with a flare to left- centerfield... that one falls in... cody bellinger scores... 2-2 tie bottom 8th... 2-2 tie... runners on the corners... khris davis chops one to 3rd... manny machado throwing home... marcus semien is called out initially... but when yasmani grandal can't hang on to the ball... he is safe... 3-2 a's top 9th.. 2 out... blake trienan... with yasiel puig in scoring position... blake trienan... gets taylor to pop out to sen=cond base to end the game final... 3-2 a's... fiers: 5 1/3 ip, 4 hits, 1 run, 8 k's... a's are now 3 games ahead of the mariners for the a-l wild card... 5 games back of the iidle houston astros in the a-l west... dodgers fall a half- dodgers l west... a

mike fiers on the hill allowed one run in 5 2/3 but it was a biggie, 455 feet to the upper deck. a's win 6-2. >>> georgia/hawaii battling for the u.s. championship in the little league world series. hawaii's john de la cruz in the for fourth sends this up the middle. the pitcher had 15 strikeouts. he was absolutely outstanding, including that one for the final out. hawaii advances to the championship game. look at this, some great sportsmanship between the two teams. congratulations to georgia as well. hawaii will take on either japan or south korea. bottom of the first, choi absolutely destroyed that one. puts south korea on top early. igarashi right back to the pitch history fired it to first for the double may to end the game. south korea is going to the championship game against hawaii 2-1 the final there. >>> this abc 7 sports report is sponsored by river rock casino. we'll have 49ers and raiders news coming up. >> wasn't that pitch a little out of the strike zone? >> a little bit. but the zone's not always consistent in little league. >> if it's over your head? >> let it fl

mike fiers on the hill allowed one run in 5 2/3, but we have to show it. 455 feet. a's win 6-2.y now take a 2-1 lead. >>> the little league world championship game is this morning between south korea and hawaii. it has all come down to this we'll bring you the highlights and your giants and a's highlights tonight starting at 5:00. have a great day. >>> good sunday morning to you. well, it has been a month of low pressure systems in the pacific northwest that continue to keep us cool and our marine layer strong. as it moves across the east bay this morning, it's persistent and a little bit taller than it was yesterday. you can see the clouds. there's yet another system that will work in to the bay area for the beginning of the week. it's 54 in napa. san mateo, 55 for you. as well as half moon bay and morgan hill. heyward checking in at 60. there's the full moon. low clouds below it there. the clouds this morning. hazy afternoon sunshine with the air quality just moderate today. still some smoke impacting the north bay, most of you will be able to detect that haze around the bay.

mike fiers joins anderson, trevor cahill and jackson as newcomers. jackson's 13th am, record. he told me he doesn't mind. this is your 13th team. wouldn't you like to stay around one place? >> i always feel like if it is meant to be it will be. i have always been a runner anyway. i don't mind not staying in one spot too long. i have got a chance to experience a lot of different cities and live in the a lot of different places. so i have experienced different lifestyles of different areas. >> reporter: what is the potential of this rotation that convinces you they can get over the top? >> i think the experience that we have. there are going to be a great mix of guys. so teams are seeing different styles of pitching. it is going to be fun. it should be an exciting two months. >> reporter: jackson is only 34 years old. my guess is eventually there will be a 14th 15th and 16th team. 49ers preseason opener is tomorrow night. the team have plans to honor dwight clark this entire season. he passed away in june from als. they will wear number 87 on the back

mike fiers on the hill allowed one run in 5 2/3, but we have to show it. 455 feet. a's win 6-2. lead. >>> the little league world championship game is this morning between south korea and hawaii. it has all come down to this we'll bring you the highlights and your giants and a's highlights tonight starting at 5:00. have a great day. >>> good sunday morning to you. we have low clouds a bit of fog out there. a gray start. up above some pretty pictures. live doppler showing the gray sky. here is the look from walnut creek where the clouds are trying to lift a bit. numbers are uniform, mid 50s for morgan hill and half moon bay. 56 in the city. 57 oakland. from mount tam, there is the sun and haze from the smoke in the atmosphere. still 53 in santa rosa. 54 by the delta. 56 in concord. the deck of low clouds and fog is up a little higher than yesterday. that's going to mean late morning burnoff. when we do see it, we will still have the moderate air quality. from our east bay hills camera, just a beautiful picture. we had the full moon earlier. so it's a cloudy start for everyone. a

a 2-run job to right... 3-0 a's mike fiers... he was on fire...etiring the last 18 hitters he faced... pitching seven one-hit-innings... striking out eight but it was laureano's night... this time he goes deep to left for a 3-run homer... 5 rbi on the night for the young a's outfielder a's win big... 9-0... the astros loss to the mariners means oakland is again tied for first in the american league west... they remain 3 1/2 games ahead of the mariners for the second wild card spot after a very rough series in cincinnati... the giants opening a set of four games in new york against the mets... some giants "gamer babes"... making the trip to the big apple all the way from half moon bay... mets up 1-0 in the top of the 7th... but alan hansen... with a blooper off former giants farmhand zack wheeler shallow left... it falls in for a hit... brandon crawford scores... ties it up at 1... wheeler went sevin inings...only giving up that run... and striking out ten... a mets fan with multiple sports tickers... he surely knows we are headed to extra innings.

the a's trade for starting pitcher mike fiers... as for the giants...y could help the a's tonight... houston the houston astros... right now... scoreless in the 6th inning the astros come into tonight 4 games up on oakland in the american league west(wipe to fire at at&t park) a small fire broke out at at&t park this afternoon as the staff prepared for tonight's game... ..... the fire occured at murph's guiness clubhouse pub ... a concession stand located behind the home plate area...... ....based on the footage it looks like a stove caught on fire...... .... the fire department arrived and relocated the appliance out of harms way .... ..... large fans were brought in to circulate the smoke out of the stadium...... the 49ers and raidersopen their pre-season schedules later this week... today at niners camp they tried a little something different on defense.. deforest bucker.. who played mostly on the inside last year and had only three sacks... was moved to defensive end moved to defensive end in the "edge rush" position today back in the 80's and 90's.

mike fiers goes for the athletic. live from the coliseum, andrea nakano, kpix5 live sports. >>> coming up in our next half hour pope francis condemns the latest sex abuse scandal to hit the catholic church. one bay area priest says it's too little too late. >> the tables turned on this me too accuser, the sex abuse allegations leveled against this actress. >> and a bay area man who won a landmark lawsuit against agricultural giant monsanto speaks out for the first time. starting an "unprecedented" effort to confront the clergy sex abuse scandal. pope y admitted the >>> you're watching kpix5 news. >>> our top story, the catholic church says it's starting an unprecedented effort to confront the church abuse scandal. the pope said the church showed no care for young victims. bay area catholics are still coming to terms with the extent of the scandal. kpix5 reporter len ramirez on a south bay priest who said it is time to open sealed church records. >> reporter: in a strongly worded open letter to the world's 1.2 billion

mike fiers will start for oakland tomorrow., they're pumped about adding weapons for the play-offs. >> it changes any clubhouse. and, you know, we were -- everybody was thrilled to death when we got familia. and then to make two more move, savvy moves after the deadline just picks the group up. any time you have a chance to get better after the deadline which is difficult to do, it's going to resonate with the players for sure. >>> summer of steph continues. steph curry will coach a high school all-star game tonight. earlier today got in a practice round at tpc stonebrae, getting set for the tournament which goines thursday. steph, he played in this web.com event for the fist time last year. his first shot went into the cup holder of a golf cart, and things kind of spiraled out of control. he was 8 over two rounds. he missed the cut there his s his golf bag today. last year good experience for steph. he is excited to be back for another year. >> it's a true honor, something that i definitely appreciate and don't take for grante

mike fiers retires the first 12 batters in his oakland debut, eight strikeouts including justin turnersarily agree with that call. you can argue all you want. you're gone. 5 1/3 innings, gave up only one opposition. ton kershaw was the he had one problem. in the 4th inning gave up four hits, two runs, two outs singled by stephen piscotty. the a's lead it 1-0 and they weren't done. sometimes you got to be good and sometimes you got to be lucky. ramon laureano with a bloop to right. that will fall, r.b.i. single. kershaw went six innings, 2-0. we pick it up 2-1 a's leading in the 7th, two outs. dodgers return the favor with a little bloop of their own, a little texas leaguer chris taylor ties things 2-2. bottom of the 8th inning, a's with runners at the corners, khris davis the r.b.i. man to machado at third. he comes to the plate. the umpire says out at first. watch the replay. you'll see yasmany, the catcher, and the a's wind up with a 3-2 win, blake treinen, 29 saves now and most importantly, the a's go three up on seattle in that last wildcard race. >>> meantime preseason football is

a's pitcher mike fiers was on fire ... retiring the last 18 hitters he faced. in the 6 inning ...un homer. a's win big ... 9-0. the astros loss to the mariners means oakland is again tied for first in the american league west... they remain 3- and-a-half games ahead of the mariners for the second wild card spot. a's take on the rangers again tonight.first pitch is at 7:05. ( darya ) and after a very rough series in cincinnati... the giants open a set of four games in new york against the mets with a win. the mets are up 1-0 in the top of the 7th ... but alan hansen pops one up to shallow left ... it falls in for a hit. brandon crawford scores and ties it up at 1-1.we go to extra innings. top 13 ... brandon crawford's pop up... again to shallow left... and the ball is dropped after the infielder and outfielder collide. andrew mccutchen scores. final ... 2-1 giants in 13 innings.giants plays the mets again today. first pitch is at 4:05. ( james ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... caught on camera ... a 13 year old is struck by lightning and survives! today wil

today they bolstered their starting rotation by trading for pitcher mike fiers. was 7-6, a 4.7 era in 21 starts for the season for detroit. oakland will send two players to be named later or cash back to detroit to complete the deal. as an era just over 4, but he threw a no-hitter back in 2015 when he was pitching for the astros. figures to go right into the starting rotation here, because the a's, to use an old baseball expression, kind of ham and egging a little bit. he is off today. they host the dodgers in a two-game series starting tomorrow. fiers may start against l.a. in one of the two games. >>> meanwhile, the giants, they open a two-game series against the defending world series champion astros tonight. start of a m me snd. giants love at&t park, despite being just one game over .500 overall. they're ten games over .500 hen they play at home. giants just five games back of the division lead. but they've got to jump three teams above them in the nl west, and would have to leapfrog eight teams that are ahead of them for wild card. so really, every win for

today they traded twom"players to be named later" to detroit for starting pitcher mike fiers...ld veteran is expected to be slotted into the starting rotation immediately (top-vo) joey bart... the giants number-2 overall pick in this years amatuier draft... introduced only a couple of months ago... has already been named sinlge-a northwest league player of the month for july n just 21 games with the salem-keizer volcanoes he is hitting .333 with 9 home runs and 24 rbi the team signed for the team signed for former all- ammerican out of georgia tech for 7.03-million-dollars... the highest up-front bonus paid to a position player in mlb draft history... he is the first catcher he is the first catcher selected by the giants in the mlb draft since buster posey... who was picked no. 5 overall in 2008....... .....shaq's son shareef o'neal will play at ucla........ the 6'10 220 pounder orginally commited to arizona... but decomitted due to fbi investigation..... ....shareef attended crossroads high school in crossroads high school in santa monica and helped the school win its first sta

a's pitcher mike fiers was on fire ... retiring the last 18 hitters he faced. in the 6 inning ...er. a's win big ... 9-0. the astros loss to the mariners means oakland is again tied for first in the american league west... they remain 3- and-a-half games ahead of the mariners for the second wild card spot. a's take on the rangers again tonight.first pitch is at 7:05. ( darya ) and after a very rough series in cincinnati... the giants open a set of four games in new york against the mets with a win. the mets are up 1-0 in the top of the 7th ... but alan hansen pops one up to shallow left ... it falls in for a hit. brandon crawford scores and ties it up at 1-1.we go to extra innings. top 13 ... brandon crawford's pop up... again to shallow left... and the ball is dropped after the infielder and outfielder collide. andrew mccutchen andrew mccutchen scores. final ... 2-1 giants in 13 innings.giants plays the mets again today.first pitch is at 4:05. (ácommercialá) you know when you're at ross and you're like... hello. ...and then the price is like, helllooo! that's yes for less. find t

mike byers making his a's debuts. the fiers came out on fire, striking eight out in the first inning, for its in a five and a third, very impressive frames. 17 and, chris taylor blue on into the bermuda triangle. belanger says we are number one, but not for long. chris davis, grounder to third, throws coming on, it is there, he is out, but wait. drop the baseball. the a's win 3-2 where they increased their game to three games over seattle in the wildcard race. tonight on kpix5, the 49ers will open their preseason schedule at home against the cowboys. the first game for the rookies. check it out, the fifth round draft pick, dj reclaims he has never even seen the field. >> i honestly have not seen it. [laughter] i honestly don't, have not been in the stadium yet. >> the 49ers will wear number 87 on the back of their helmets to honor dwight clark who passed away in june. october 21 they will unveil statues of clark, and joe montana outside of levis to honor the catch. those atues wi be 23 feet apart. that was the distance that mon

mike byers making his a's debuts. the fiers came out on fire, striking eight out in the first inning, for its in a five and a third, very impressive frames. 17 and, chris taylor blue on into the bermuda triangle. chris davis, grounder to third, throws coming on, it is there, he is out, but wait. drop the baseball. the a's win 3-2 where they increased their game to three games over seattle in the wildcard race. tonight on kpix5, the 40 niner -- 49ers will open their preseason schedule at home against the cowboys. the first game for the rookies. check it out, the fifth round draft pick, dj reclaims he has never even seen the field. >> i honestly have not seen it. some i do want to walk there right now? >> [laughter] i honestly don't, have not been in the stadium you. >> the 49ers will wear number 87 on the back of their helmets to honor dwight clark who passed away in june. october 21 they will unveil statues of clark, and joe montana outside of levis to honor the catch. those statues will be 23 feet apart. that was the distance