happy birthday gabe kapler.n july 31, there was a burning question. we want to wish you a happy birthday. did the guys do anything special after the game? >> the guys got me a nice cake in the shape of the steak. chris: more often than not, the story would end there. i wondered who made such a k. entered this bay area native. >> regarding an order last minute and it was for the sf giants managers. >> i was, like, it's the giants, let's do it. we can't turn it down. chris: the cake place in san francisco got a call from the bullpen and stepped up, making the steak cake a reality. >> they wanted it to look red and meaty. i also made baked potato out of red velvet as well. the cake crumbs are made out of cake, crumbs and everything turns out the cake looks so. chris:. chris: real, nobody wanted to eat it. >> never seen anything like that. a bunch of guys taking pictures of it. everybody wanted to take pictures. chris: did you eat it? >> i didn't, but i heard it was good. it was red velvet, apparently. . i actually

and now gabe kapler wants to come out and make sure that he knows that nester sayhog called that correctly. he did not call turner, who was on the bag. then he call out seager, the guy who had just come to third when buster, who had tagged them both, so then seager left the bag, hasn't been called out. perfectly placed. >> running back to the base. he touches turner -- >> yeah, he did touch them both. >> you see he called the back runner out. >> turner left the bag and buster kind of chased the wrong guy. >> that's what buster's thinking. >> two down. wow. and the main thing there was will state stayed at first. and turner is still at third. seager, the one who got tagged out. second baseman with the catcher for the put-out. and here is chris taylor. who is 0-3. taylor, one hit in sixth career at-bats against mcgee and four strikeouts in those six. two down, ninth inning. ball one. you got the left-handed hitter, bellinger on deck. >> he going right in on the hands. one thing about taylor, he will lean into one and take the hit and hit by pitch. it's been a good zone tonight. >> 39,338, th

i asked the manager if the team will be score board watching, gabe kapler. >> everybody is aware of what's going on around the league. that should be our main focus, it needs to be on winning the game against the braves. there is not enough energy and band width, i have no idea what's going on in those games. of course we do. >> reporter: how could they miss out? the giants' dugout, and the scoreboard as you can see right now, the dodgers are in cincinnati. the dodgers in red are scoreless in the fourth inning. the giants will have a good idea by the first pitch tonight exactly where they stand in that race. the game can be seen right here on nbc bay area. our coverage begins at 6:30. reporting live at oracle part, anthony flores, nbc bay area news. >>> good clarification. all right, super exciting there. we'll have a look at the forecast for the first pitch and tracking that weekend rain. i will have the latest in about 10 minutes. >> a neighborhood watch for four legged animals. what people are keeping a look out for. >>> we are clearing the shelters, helping cats and dogs find their for

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gabe kapler. >> this group came ready to play today and obviously late flight last night. 1:30 in the morning. the whole crew had a big turn around and tired eyes this morning. these guys got ramped up well and prepared and ready to hit from the first pitch. >> same two teams. the giants had 15 hits in the game. and that's impressive for getting into denver in the wee hours of the morning. see you next hour. >>> they got the fire. that's for sure. all right, vern. still ahead. california gubernatorial recall election over one week away. governor newsom and his opponents rallying up support. we will have the latest. >> a nursing shortage in california. why some say it is only going to get worse. >> and the right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs bay area. more local news at 5:30 including a big nursing shortage in california and it could not come at a worse time. >> the problem in california's vaccine incentive program. what prevented thousands from getting their reward. >>> a look from the state capitol as the recall race starts. the campaign trail. i'm allen martini the governor and

speaking of history, we'll hear a bit of gabe kapler's in a moment. his giants had to come from at . brandon crawford time. he smashed his 20th home run th. lee, that's a career high for crawford. rockies got the lead back, but the giants loaded them up in the ninth for -- drove in a couple of runs for the lead. part of a four-run ninth. won the game 7-4 and are on pace to exceed the 103-win season of 1993. 1993 came up with kapler after the game. >> what were you doing in 1993? >> graduating from high school, barely. >>> meantime, hey, mitch white on the mound for the dodgers. rough first inning at the cardinals. molina guessed right on this pitch a two-run homer enroute to a cardinals 45-4 win. so the giants extended its west lead to two games. >>> look at this cute kid here. his first a's game. did his team respond to that hosting the white sox, 8,000 plus, a second inning matt chapman blast, his 25th of the season, off dallas keuchel too. montas struck out seven in seven innings, induced three double plays too. picked up win number 12. they are th

all right weird move gabe kapler pinch hits for cleanup man lamont way junior in the third austin slaterwork. rbi single scores anthony dieselfani who pitched well one nothing giants top nine will smith grounds to tyro estrada throws to buster posey. justin turner in the pickle ends up on third with corey seeger who's tagged out and if buster tag turner when he stepped off third, the game would have been over instead. two outs in the ninth and confusion here. some people were on posey on twitter critical. but anyway, chris taylor with a flare into no man's land that scores turner were tied at one dodgers had to run on the 10th to go up 2-1 bottom 10, brandon crawford base hit buster puts it in a fifth gear scores from second. we're tied at two bottom 11, it's posey again a rocket trey turner all star throw pools will smith off the bag brandon belt scores, everybody safe and the giants win three two, they take a one game lead over. i gave two of the series is tomorrow night as in toronto. this game was nuts and heartbreaking tony camp got dirt in his eye needed drops mid at bat. then foll

hear from manager gabe kapler, stick around, sports is next. >>> welcome back. anthony flores, back on top. first place giants win the series and season tiebreaker after beating the dodgers at oracle park. warriors star klay thompson part of the back-to-back sellout crowds this weekend. i don't know him, seems cool. brandon belt has what most of us want. >> power. >> power is right. solo home run, 21st of the season. 1-0 giants. seventh, steven duggar, called up from aaa earlier in the day, comes through with two-run triple to right. giants 3-1 lead. then in the fifth, up to four. curt casali, then the giants hang on, win it 6-4, san francisco back on top in the west by one game with 25 to go in the regular season. >> i thought our bats were good quality, got enough big hits in today's game to win. i don't think it's going to help us very much to be looking big picture at race and things like that. get ready for colorado is the mindset. >> no time to celebrate, hopefully sleeping on the plane. quick turnaround, play at colorado tomorrow afternoon at 1:00. >>> a'

all right weird move gabe kapler pinch hits for cleanup man lamont way junior in the third austin slater makes it work. rbi single scores anthony dieselfani who pitched well one nothing giants top nine will smith grounds to tyro estrada throws to buster posey. justin turner in the pickle ends up on third with corey seeger who's tagged out and if buster tag turner when he stepped off third, the game would have been over instead. two outs in the ninth and confusion here. some people were on posey on twitter critical. but anyway, chris taylor with a flare into no man's land that scores turner were tied at one dodgers had to run on the 10th to go up 2-1 bottom 10, brandon crawford base hit buster puts it in a 're tie two bottom 11, it's posey again a rocket trey turner all star throw pools will smith off the bag brandon belt scores, everybody safe and the giants win three two, they take a one game lead over. i gave two of the series is tomorrow night as in toronto. this game was nuts and heartbreaking tony camp got dirt in his eye needed drops mid at bat. then follows it with the two-run hom

a weird move by gabe kapler. austin slater delivers, scoring anthony who pitched well. a grounder. justin turner ends up on third. seeger is out. the game would'the game would''' instead, two outs in the ninth, confusion here. chris taylor with a flare to no man's land. that scores turner. we are tied. bottom of the 10th, brandon crawford with a base hit. buster puts it in fifth gear and scores. a rocket to trea turner. the throat pulls will smith off the bag. the giants win it, 3-2. safe is the call. came to his coming up tonight. the a's in toronto, this game was nuts. he hits a two run homerun as the a's would build an 8-2 cushion. that's when things went terribly wrong. toronto with the sick spot in the eighth. a grand slam hide it. to run the former a good night. game over. drive home safely. this may be the worst loss of the year for the athletics. tennis anyone? naomi osaka in trouble against fernandez. this is the second set tiebreak. she could've put this match away in the tiebreak. instead, she came apart at the seams. triple matchpoint coming up. of hits wide

if i could get my souvenir bat through, a weird move by gabe kapler, who pitches.a single, 1-0 giants. top 9, 1 out. estrada goes home to adjuster posey, justin turner and a pickle, ends up on third with corey seager out. turner was tagged when he stepped off third right there and it would have been over, but , instead, two outs in the ninth. confusion. but chris taylor with a flare to no man's land. that scores turner agony. we are tied at one apiece. dodgers go up 2-1. brandon crawford base hit. buster puts it into fifth gear, scores. 2-2. another by posey again. a rocket to trea turner. will smith is pulled off the bag by that much. brandon belt scores for giants win 3-2 and take a one-game lead over l.a. game two is coming up tonight at 605 time -- 6:05. 80's would build an 8-2 cushion and then things went wrong after bob melvin pulls sean manaea, who was pitching well. toronto with a six spot in the eighth. grill junior with the grand slam that tied it at eight. stoic. top nine. two run homer. this is my house. 10-8, athletics. autumn nine. former a, marcus se

hear from manager gabe kapler on what the giants are struggling to do in big moments. sports is next. california, did you know our homes share power? but when we try to stay cool in a heat wave our supply is pushed to the limit. but you have the power to keep us up and running! “i do?” yup, we all do! with flex alerts. they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling our homes, to using less energy from 4-9pm, together, let's flex our power to save our power. sign up for flex alerts today. >>> good morning. i'm anthony flores. the winner between the giants and dodgers will own sole possession of first place in the national league west. biggest crowd of the season last night for sellout at oracle park in two years. you have the giants spotted the dodgers a 3-1 lead in the top of the first. then in the bottom half of the inning, buster posey doubles to the corner in right. that plates a run making it 3-1. the giants went quiet at the plate not the dodgers, top nine, cory seager hits the power ball and the dodgers beat the

gabe kapler usually cool about these things, so he doesn't seem overly concerned to indian. get shut down the way we got shut down but it has happened and it happened in in stretches for us are our offenses as you know, not been at its best for three or four games, and we have continually demonstrated that that's not gonna it's not going to stay that way for long and i would i would. i would push a lot of chips and that our offense is going to be just fine. all right, that's a confidence builder right there. meantime trey last the rookie quarterback, he didn't play a single down against the eagles back in philly this sunday, and he's still somehow manages to be the story. he played sparingly, of course in week one against the lives not at all this past sunday in philly, the jimmy g led offense had exactly zero. first downs in the first quarter. in fact, they didn't score a touchdown until right before the half and wound up scoring only 17 points. so you think maybe a perfect spot to insert lance. everyone has a theory, of course, and coach shanahan understands the willingnes

giants are in and extremely tight pennant race with the dodgers in case you didn't notice manager gabe kapler who has 31 saves this season, can return before the end of the season. meantime it looks like tyler rogers is going to be the guy for at least the next week or so. so how about some better news the dodgers with walker buehler on the mound there, ace one of the races. they have just lost to the cincinnati reds, and here's how it went down. tucker barnhart breaks the scoreless tie in the fifth. solid single to center incomes, kyle farmer, and it is one nothing cincinnati but the story of this game was red starter luis castillo completely dominated dodger hitters today because still takes care of. max muncy here one of his 10 strikeouts. he's six and a third innings without allowing a run and some insurance for the reds. they would need it in the six. kyle farmer again. two out two on doubles to left off mueller. both runners are coming in to score so. the reds help out the giants with a 321 win over la giants, now a game and a half up in the west pending their game tonight with the atla

gabe kapler has to be a little concerned about the actual health of this team going into the final couplere's some frustration. anytime we see guys get hit. um like estrada, did, you know, particularly around some other injuries that are happening? just you know, kind of creates a heightened level of sensitivity. at the same time. i think our players are very focused and are looking to avoid any sort of additional distraction right now, and there's a lot at stake every day. all right, and this is video giant fans never get tired of the great willie mays 67 years ago today, making what many consider to be the best catch ever in the world series is a giant swept the cleveland indians. another look at it right there by the say, hey, kid, 1954 on this very day we need to talk a little 49ers football, too. i'd have to say possibly the 49ers late to the gate on this one. you know the honeymoon's over, with john lynch and kyle shanahan fans getting a little edgy and it looks like they got beat out on another potential player that they need. you know how shorthanded they are in the defensive back

here's the manager gabe kapler.alking about his team's approach to this yes, crucial three game series. i think we're calm. um not not going to get to higher, too low thing. we've been kind of talking about that for the better part of the season. i've never been important games, an important series and important moments throughout and we've talked about those prior to those moments, and ending with that we've we've learned that it's really important to just kind of stay even and. it's kind of the character and, uh um, kind of the personality of this club. what is going on with the oakland a's bullpen and yesterday they were up eight. nothing on the tigers managed to win 86 tonight in toronto. they were ahead 8 to 2 in the eighth inning. it's 8 to 8 right now, let's look at the early part of this game as the a's build the lead against marcus simeon, their former shortstop, and those jays and here we go first inning, matt chapman gets it rolling with a shot in the deep left center field off. alex monaco, and it's a tw

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the other aspect of what's going on in major league baseball, and a hat tip to larry bear and gabe kapler>> i don't know anybody who saw that team coming. >> no. if you look at their roster, they don't seem to have the talent of the dodgers or maybe even, frankly, the padres. padres who are ten plus games back at this point. yet, they're the first team. last night, they clinched a playoff spot. assured of at least a wild card. 2 1/2 game lead for home field advantage throughout. certainly, mike, our red sox, another loss on the west coast last night, now dropped into a tie with the yankees. playing the bluebluejays. yankees have been struggling, willie, but the remedy came to the bronx yesterday. there are a few things in this uncertain time we can count on. death, taxes, and the yankees beating the twins. they did yesterday. the twins, 5-0 lead in the first. you didn't break a sweat. >> no. i saw 5-0. oh, it's the twins. we'll win. the twins can't do it. if you look at the national league wild card race, it is insane. you have the dodgers way up. then the reds have the second spot follow