. >> bob melvin will continue to employ the bullpenning strategy as needed. not for the rubber match wednesday, mike fiers is scheduled to start. mindi bach, abc7 news. >> parents keeping babies away from the field and carnage to followed. gorkys hernandez, tied for team lead. bullpen gave up five in bottom of the frame. carlos gonzalez, lose 6-2. steve kerr watching tennis. tie break. i see your dropped shot and raise you a dropped shot. i can't bear to watch. didn't end until after 2:00 a.m. new york time. nadal trying to slam to victory. top spin forehand, good night. 7-6 in the fifth. on to the semifinals for rafa. you think he's feeling good? abc7 sports. 4:49 hours to get to that moment. a great match. on to the semis. >> great stuff. >> abc7 news continues online, twitter, facebook and don't call it a comeback. i've been here for years. rockin' my peers. puttin' suckas in fear. don't you dare stare. you better move. listen to the bass go boom. i'm gonna knock you out. mama said knock you out. don't call it a comeback. i've been here for years. ♪ ♪ ♪ ra

yes for less. >>> how does bob melvin spell relief? bullpen! the a's manager started with a relief pitcher and used seven more before it was over against the yankees. reggie in yankees gear one day before he goes into the a's hall of fame. bottom of the second piscotty his 22nd homer of the year, a's 1-0. same score top of the 7. hicks walks. gardner scores to tie the game. but here's the deciding play. in the 8th inning, it was gone! yankees win 5-1. the a's offense just two hits last night. oakland falls 4.5 behind new york for the first wild card spot and 3.5 behind houston in the american league west. >>> this little lady could care less about the giants losing streak that was about to get bigger. tied at 2, 7th inning, bases loaded, three-run triple. and colorado goes on to beat the giants 6-2. >>> steve kerr enjoying an epic match between rafael nadal and dominic thiem. tied at 5 in the fifth set, thiem caught up to nadal, gets the nice dropshot. thiem won the game after trading 40-0. nadal with the fifth set tie-breaker and now match poi

now with brett anderson on the disabled list, bob melvin is turning to that strategy called buning.s. 14 of them are relievers. not all will be available tonight. melvin won't say which ones, and he also won't say which pitcher he is going to pitch for how long. he may use nine different pitchers over nine innings, and his players so no matter, they have the mentality for it. >> we set our goals to dog pile at the end of the year. when you see that we're a month away from, you know, maybe accomplishing those goals, you kind of just do whatever it takes. >> the fact that we have like 100 guys down there in the bullpen would subject we can do a bullpen any day we want to. just a little different the way we're going about it. >> we'll take the field with confidence. that's just the aura of the whole team inside the clubhouse. the chemistry is unbelievable. and everyone is having a lot of fun. i feel like when you have a lot of positive energy like that flowing around the clubhouse, it attaches itself to everyone and everyone feels that positivity and we all take the field that way. >>

doesn't like the call, chirps at ump, bob melvin talks to the umpire, gets ejected.n the ninth inning. >>> saturdays is kyle murray day for a's fans. first-round pick, also starring quarterback at oklahoma. sooners up, showing off the arm. 10-0 ou. second quarter, tie game, murray rolls right, hits c.d. lamb for the score. ou pull it out. murray, three touchdowns and ran for 77 yards. oklahoma wins 37-27. >>> stanford hosting uc davis. bryce love out with undisclosed injury. j.j. arcega whiteside, comes down with second touchdown catch of the game. stanford up two scores. third, cam scarlett, love's replacement, bullies way into the end zone for the score. stanford wins 30-10, still undefeated this season. >>> cal bears taking on idaho state. chase garbers making second career start as quarterback. perfect throw to jordan duncan for the td. later in the quarter, astin davis fields the kickoff, takes off. he's gone. hurdle champion showing his speed. cal, 21-3. under a minute to go. garbers toduncan, second hookup of the day for td. cal wins 45-2 guest at 49ers practi

bob melvin wasn't around to see the end of tonight's game. rays leading, matt olson launches one to the last row of the bleachers. olson's 27th home run of the year and that ties the game at 2. the pitch goes under the glove and he comes into score and the game was tied again. top of the eighth, oakland lowe's the bases with one out and he strikes out and a pitch that looks to be on the outside in the eight. he did not score aninejected te homer. the astros went tonight so oakland fell 3 1/2 games back of houston in the al west. they remain one and a half back of the yankees for the top wildcard spot. the a's magic number to clinch a playoff spot remains at 7. former giants tim hudson and travis back at at&t to relive the 2014 world series title. bottom of the second inning against colorado. one of the members of that 2014 team, hunter pence loose and the giants lead 2-0. madison baumgartner who pitched six shutout guards without -- before leaving with pain in his side. stan hopi to staywe, as they play uc davis down on the farm. but the card

but bob melvin had to watch his team go 1-for-9 with runners in on.. >>> the oakland a's had an opportunity to cut the yankees lead to a half game in a chase for the wildcard top spot. >> anderson lasted 3 1/3 innings. the oakland a's had houston in the eighth-inning. down one run. the winning streak is over. final of 5-3. they dropped behind the yankees for the top wildcard spot. >>> the shark caught a great white. the traded for eric carlson from the senators for a package including first-round draft pick. he is a five-time all-star. spent his entire career at ottawa. he comes to san jose. he is a difference maker. >>> the 49er general manager is one of 102 finalists for the hall of fame. he was a hard-hitting safety that could knock it into next year. that is why the 49er quarterback , richard sherman does not think he would make it with today's nfl rules. >> if he hit somebody even with half the power he was sitting with now, he would be kicked out of the league. >> the crazy helmet rule, would you have made a living in the nfl today? >> i would like to believe i would have adjusted my

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it just so happens that bob melvin, who manages the a's from cal. jim delivered an early 2-1.hen comments another stanford man, stephen biscotti had himself a nice night. he had five rbis on the night. he had three. that was a three run homer. they have 10 games left in the season. the magic number is six. let's go to san diego where the giants, you have seen the story before. in the second inning, bases- loaded, the picture sent that to centerfield. he clears the bases, with the three run double. in the bottom of the second inning, he gets it right back up with 3-3 when will meyer put a beautiful swing on a two run shot. they have a 5-3 lead. san diego is in front for good. they got on the horn, got someone in from the bullpen like ray black. there is your final, 8-4, giants take to -- 2 out of three. >>> this is a new shot for the quakes. when all is told, they get out to a nice early lead on mexican heritage night. the quakes attacked right here. danny launched this a beautifully over the goalies had. watch the shot right here! easy does it. they get out to a 3-0 lead. atla

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. >>> a's starting pitching staff so banged up, bob melvin is experimenting with relievers. pitchers in nine innings, call it bullpening. father/daughter road trip. a's defense struggled. pop-up by hughes should be easy catch for jed lowrie, instead it's an error. mariners at one point led by seven. a's come back s. ome run of th year. third straight season with 40 home runs, no small feat. bottom ninth, matt olson strikes out and a's lose 8-7. this guy is ready in mccovey cove. so is his dog. evan longoria sends 14th home run left of center field. one-run lead. went to extra. mets scored top of the 11th, last chance, brandon nimmo dives, end it's. giants lose 2-1. sponsored by river rock casino. >> that's it for tonight. i'm dion -fitz: do we have maya? -not yet. -then why am i here? -because this is the fun part. mr. rosen has authorized access to every street cam in d.c. we've tracked maya's movements to a warehouse in ivy city. remember when we used to hate the patriot act? we're a minute out. jake's in the field? since when does the director of national security -make h

bob melvin in anaheim down 3-0 with the angels. you know the script, back, away, gone. the a's had seen the scoreboard from the yankees dealings in boston. the angels won this game, final 8-5. >>> meantime, okay, the aforementioned yankees, it was simple. when you host the a's next wednesday in the al wildcard game. they pickled the white sox apart most of the game. put up 11 runs and beat the sox 11-6. inspirational award at 3rd and king streets tonight... hosted g to >>> hey, say hello to giants pitcher will smith winner of the will mccovey inspiration award. a 5th inning blast. the dodgers beat the giants, final of 3-1. even michael jorda >>> oh, give me golf fans in france. all amped up, ryder cup, the 42nd edition, pretty good crowd, even michael jordan himself making the trip. the one loss, tiger woods and his partner patrick reed for the u.s. woods' tee shot at 16 found the water. here was the shot of the day. justin rose at 12, rolling, rolling, rolling, rawhide. europe won all four of the afternoon matches after day one. europe leads 5-3. first time to 14 1/2 p

they have a good manager in bob melvin who just had set the right tone and i think because ey're in oakland, because they have such a -- a lousy stadium and aren't expected to do anything, and they are just playing free and not have this enormous table and come in with the expectations and you them start taking down the astros and the yankees. maybe they could make some noise in the post-season. >> and they've over come adversity and injuries. >> a lot of injuries. they basically don't have a starting rotation which is tough in october but it makes it interesting. >> and the fans are taking attention. thank you very much. >> and that will do it for us. as always find our coverage at kqed.org/newsroom. i'm scott schaefer in for thuy vu, thanks for joining us. >> resident trump at odds with his own white house and a supreme court nomin moves step closer to nomination. i'm pete williams. robert costa will join us from the road. welcome to "washington week." president trump: the so-called resistance is angry because their horrible ideas have been merejected by the acan people and it's driving t

they have a good manager in bob melvin who just had set the right tone and i think because they're in oakl have such a -- a lousy stadium and eden't expeo do anything, and they are just playing free and not have this enormous table and come in with the expectatns and you see them start taking down the astros and the yankees. maybe they could make some noise in the post-season. >> and they've over come adversity and injuries. >> a lot of injuries. they basically don't have a toarting rotation which ih in october but it makes it interesting. >> and the fans are taking attention. thank you very much. >> and that will do it for us. as always find our coverage at kqed.org/newsroom. i'm scott schaefe in for thuy vu, thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by wnet >> senivasan: on this editi for sunday, september 9: the trump administration takes aim at authors and anonymous sources.ig in our snature segment, the first in a series of reports on the resurgence of isis. and a history-making victory, overshadowed by controversy. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made

and bob melvin will rest most of his regulars through today and tomorrow.he did not rest khris davis today, a two-run shot, and look at this, dashing around third. oops. nothing hurt but his pride. that's okay. hendricks was the opening pitcher and then trevor cahill came in, and he gave up a run and a hit. lowry at the top of the sixth. he went yard, his 23rd home run of the season. he is sitting on 99 rbi. the a's win 5-2. a's and yankees on wednesday. today new york was playing the red sox. look at john carlos stanton hits the 266th home run for the yankees. that's not why we are showing you this. the fan threw it back and hit stanton. he got a salute from stanton, because he's in the visitors home field and so he should not the keep that ball, although that would not be a bad one to get signed because it's a record-setting ball. giants and dodgers, watching this one. l.a. jumps out to a 5-2 lead, and then the giants scored five off of kershaw. and now we are tied at five. with no on and two out in the ninth, the dodger send seven men to the plate and sc

bob melvin is even more upset. he said to the home plate umpire have an earful and gets tossed.ake bowers crushed it. a three-run shot. remember that guy in the striped blue shirt? yeah, he got that one, too. the as lose 7-5. they're three and a half games behind houston in the division and a game and a half behind the yankees for the top wild card. get out the cute babies. the giants go on a winning streak of two. hosting the rockies, madison bum garper at the plate. don't have a home run this year but this is the second double of the year. with two outs, marquez uncorks a wild pitch. bumgarner comes around to score. the giants third run of the night from garner on the hill. five hits, double play got hoim out of a jam in the fifth. the giants shut out the rockies for the second night in a row. the dodgers and colorado are tied for first in the nl west. back to college football. texas had 899 career wins coming into tonight's game against usc. it was all long horns from the first. jordan humphrey went 47 yards for the score. third quarter texas up. ellinger throws 27 yards to j

a's manager bob melvin is running out of conjugations.. here i got one..rday.. piscotty tied his career high by driving in five runs and he hit his career-high 25th homer: a three-run shot in the fifth.a's beat the angels 10 to nothin. their magic number for the second-wild card spot shrinks to six with 10 games remaining.but they gained no ground on the yankees in the race for the top wild card spot. ( darya )the red sox only need one win over the yankees to clinch the al east title. they'll try again tonight.. so they don't have much time to get their banner back.. the 2018 championship bannerfell off the back of a truck- these two guys found it but held it for ransome! yeah and we want free beahh too! that was loui iacuzzi and his buddy.. they were driving day before yesterday. he saw somethin in the street and said sto

but these are the kinds of games you want to see when you are bob melvin.... the mariners strike first. slugger nelson cruz lines a single up the middle and kicks off the bag...mitch hanniger easily scores from second and the mariners take a 1-0 lead.... bottom five, king felix has been dealing but stephen piscotty ties it up with a solo shot...and it's a brand new ballgame...we are all tied at 1... the next inning, the a's pull away.... marcus semien lines a single that deflects off the glove of kyle seager...the ball trickles into left field, chad pinder and matt joyce score, giving oakland a 3-1 lead.... two batters later, jed lowrie extends the lead with a single of his own, that brings in semien to give the a's a 4-1 lead...--- in the bottom of the eighth, piscotty... having quite the game... saying see ya later... a no-doubt three-run homer, his second of the game, putting this game out of hand... piscotty : scored 2 runs... 2 hits: 21st homer of the season...---- top of the ninth, blake treinen looking to close it out. mitch haniger drives it deep to le

but bob melvin is not getting caught up in all of that just yet. >> our mindset hasn't change. we are just trying to win today's game. i don't think trying to do the math and figure out how many going forward is not the prudent thing to do. >> aaron judges back in yankee lineup for the first time in eight weeks, two on in the fourth inning, inning ending double play. boston leads new york 1-0. the oakland raiders her two future 1st round picks for the chicago bears. based on early returns they better draft two all pros to justify the trade of khalil mack. chicago has a new favorite linebacker. 52 jerseys everywhere. and has two sacks in two games. john gruden as a 10 year contract, he might be answering this question for a decade, any regrets? >> no it does not make me regret it. we made the trade. >> after the game he said last night -- >> i can't answer. >> hopefully we proved that we did the right thing in the long term. >> who is ready for a little bit of tuna fish? >> good night that is a huge fish. >> singler jimmy buffett catching a 500-pound tunafish off the coast of na

but these are the kinds of games you want to see when you are bob melvin.... mariners strike first. slugger nelson cruz lines a single up the middle and kicks off the bag...mitch hanniger easily scores from second and the mariners take a 1-0 lead.... bottom five, king felix has been dealing but stephen piscotty ties it up with a solo shot...and it's a brand new ballgame...we are all tied at 1... the next inning, the a's pull away.... marcus semien lines a single that deflects off the glove of kyle seager...the ball trickles into left field, chad pinder and matt joyce score, giving oakland a 3-1 lead.... two batters later, jed lowrie extends later, jed lowrie extends the lead with a single of his own, that brings in semien to give the a's a 4-1 lead...--- in the bottom of the eighth, piscotty... having quite the game... saying see ya later... a no-doubt three-run homer, his second of the game, putting this game out of hand... piscotty : scored 2 runs... 2 hits: 21st homer of the season...---- top of the ninth, blake treinen looking to close it out. mitch hanige

but bob melvin a chance to take "clutch" to new levels.hoping pisoctty would come through because he's their "clutchest player".. and the game before that, he said he admired his "clutchness." and i admire anybody who can take a sport term from an adjective to a superlative to a noun. i'm now i'm woke. not the wokest. but a little woke, if you can be that. ( darya )a lot of people say things that they don't really mean on social media.. play up rivalries for show on twitter or whatever.. but don't mess with gilbert arenas cuz he takes this stuff seriously.. arenas and short time warrior nick young used to play together on the wizards.. and they had on-going beef on youtube that ended with swaggy-p challenging him to a shoot-off. arenas showed arenas showed up to make good on it: he went to the gym with a bag full of money.. gym with a bag full of money.. 100-thousand dollars.. but young didn't show up. he decided to take have the contest by himself and hit 95 out of 100 shots. nick says he didn't scuz arenas never called him.. does he owe

bob melvin will get a lot of exercise tonight. oakland currently has 14 relievers. the bullpen was lights out in then they held the yankees hitless over the final four innings. oakland is now 3.5 behind in new york for the wildcard spot. i have in my hand the tuesday top five. at number five the summer of clay continues. clay thompson going for a camel ride during a trip. he may have had fun posing for pictures and pretending to be tiger woods, but the real tiger was not impressed. number three, john millman stunt roger federer in the quarterfinals last night but with the match ending at 1:00 a.m. in new york did not leave him time for his fantasy football draft. >> i have got a 7:00 in the morning fantasy draft so i will get up for that. i am second pick. >> that is george on seinfeld stuffing his face with ice cream. there was another look at this today, this woman went viral dipping her chicken strips in to a soda. when i saw that it reminded me of a trip to italy with a friend of mine, he ordered a pizza with egg. >> it is a very trendy way to have your pizza. >

bob melvin. he argues with the home plate ump and gets tossed. the a's didn't score.familia and jake bower crushed that one. it was a three-run shot. remember that blue shirt guy? yeah. he got that one, too. a's lose 7-5. they are three and a half behind houston for the division and a game and a half behind the yankees for the top wild card. >>> look out for cute babies at the giant's game. this must have been the good luck charm. playing against the rockies for a winning streak of two. madison bumgarner at the plate. doesn't have a home run but the second doubl outs, marquez with wild pitch and bumgarner is going to come around to score. the giants' third run of the night. all right. bumgarner on the hill, as well. goes six scoreless innings. he allowed five hits. gets him out of this jam in the fifth. giants shutout the rockies 3-0 and the 49er hosted detroit lions in santa clara and the raiders are in denver to face the broncos. we'll bring you highlights on abc 7 tonight 5:00. we'll see you then. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist frances dinglasan. we have broken clouds,

bob melvin arguing with the home plate umpire, and he is going to be tossed.f the eighth, it is familia and jake bauer crushed it. it was a three-run shot. and remember the blue shirt guy? well, he got that one, too. and the a's lost and they are a game and a half behind houston and the yankees for the top wild card. look out for the cute babies at the giant's game. this is the good luck charm. and the giants playing the spoiler role for the rockies and going for a win streak of two. madison bumgarner at the plate, and with two outs, marquez with a wild pitch, and bumgarner going to be coming around to score, the giants' third run of the night. all right. bumgarner on the hill as well going six scoreless, and allowed five hits and double play getting him out of this jam in the fifth. the giants shutout the rockies for the second night in a row. 3-0. and your 49ers host ed the detroit lions in santa clara, and the raid ers are in denver to face the broncos. we will bring you all of the highlights starting on ashbc 7 tonight. see you then. >>> tornado warnings i

the a's managed by bob melvin have a six--- 6-4 run going for them. they had a two run double.en by the angels last night, they will not let it happen again. chapman came in with a nice slide with the 2-0 lead. stephen biscotti happens to be a stanford man with a shot to the right over the head of the outfielders. that the two run double. the a's build themselves a 6-0 lead before they were done without any. adjusted to cap it off, this is another one for biscotti. he had eight rbis, five of them tonight. the a's clean the clock of the angels 10-0. go to the giants, and you shrug your shoulders. we have seen this before. they are crossing off days on the calendar. if you've ever been in the situation, he takes the entire family to the game, dad says, okay. grandma, grandpa, can you take over a little bit? you have to love this. they seem far more interested in entertaining the kids and then mom and dad. they just wanted to watch the game. it is scoreless early in the second inning. chris stratton is the picture for the giants. he's about to get his first career double pick. the

bob melvin turned to his bullpen to shoulder the load in this game. --we pick it up bottom 2nd.....dials up a jack to center field...all by himself. 1-nothing a's. --the a's arms held strong until the 7th... top of the frame, bases loaded, no outs, jeurys familia...sends aaron hicks walking. that gives brett garnder a free pass. game tied at 1. --in the 8th, fernando rodney on the hill.. no breaking out the bow and arrow tonight... luke voit....jumps on a changeup and knew it was gone... pulls one right down the left field line. 2-1 new york. --same inning-- hicks...right up the middle... the yankees tack on another run and that was essentially the game. new york wins 5-1...and is back up 5-and-a half games. -- now to the thin mile high air-- giants 1-and-6 in colorado this season coming into tonight... and it's not getting any better --top 7th... 1-all... gorky's hernandez... deep to left- center field and gone for a solo home run... his 15th of the run... his 15th solo home run... his 15th of the season... 2-1 giants --but in the bottom of the frame the rockies score 5 times of

and bob melvin last night, the a's came back for the t thmarin early going in the third, he had a flyball that jette lowery could not quite handle. the a's came back from eight the a's came back from 8 to 1 down lost by one 8-7. all of those teams we just showed you highlights of, they will face each other later on today as well. as well i later on today. all the way up to game day. you are not getting rid of me. we will see you later. >>> this is the first big weekend of the 2018 college trion atonho has lo soiversity sou caro dreleased thousands of balloons at its home opener, environmentalists convinced school officials that when of balloon lands it litters the earth >> there is debate over how long they take to break down but they are in fact biodegradable. >> clemson started a new tradition with a balloon free season opener, but there were more fireworks before and after the game. by the way the clemson tigers beat the pelicans 48-7. >>> and it's a dream come true for a northern california woman with down syndrome. tracy charlotte has wanted to be a flight attendant so friday southwe

. >>> how does bob melvin spell relief? bullpen ! the a's manager started with a relief pitcher and used seven more before it was over against the yankees. reggie in yankees gear one day before he goes into the a's hall of fame. bottom of the second piscotty his 22nd homer of the year, a's 1-0. same score top of the 7. hicks walks. gardner scores to tie the game. but here's the deciding play. in the 8th inning, it was gone! yankees win 5-1. the a's offense just two hits last night. oakland falls 4.5 behind new york for the first wild card spot and 3.5 behind houston in the american league west. >>> this little lady could care less about the giants losing streak that was about to get bigger. tied at 2, 7th inning, bases loaded, three-run triple. and colorado goes on to beat the giants 6-2. >>> steve kerr enjoying an epic match between rafael nadal and dominic thiem. tied at 5 in the fifth set, thiem caught up to nadal, gets the nice dropshot. thiem won the game after trading 40-0. nadal with the fifth set tie-breaker and now match poi

the game is tied but simeon doesn't like the call, chirping at the ump, bob melvin comes out to talkuers go. ahead three-run home run, a's remain a game and a half back of the yankees in the wildcard. >>> giants hoping to win their second game in a row, bases loaded in the third, madison bumgarner will come around and score on this wild pitch. giants go up 3-0. bumgarner felt tightness in his side after that, so he was pulled from the game after six innings. he's still expected to make his next start. giants win 3-0. >>> stanford hosting uc davis, bryce love heisman candidate out with an undisclosed injury. the cardinal had the passing game going. second td of the game, stanford wins this one 30-10. >>> cal bears taking on idaho state. second career start at quarterback, second quarter, garbers rolls out and makes a perfect throw to jordan duncan for the td. cal wins 45-23. that's all for sports. we'll have more news after the break. campaign chairman paul ma to work with the mueller investigation >>> welcome back. the decision of paul manafort to work with the mueller investigation

. >> bob melvin may not be scoreboard watching but i guarantee you the fans will tonight and certainly rest of this week. at home in oakland. and, the a's continued to do it in unconventional passion. they have not had a starting pitcher go more than six innings in a game in 25 straight games and it's not going to happen tonight because they will use what's called an opener, a relief pitcher. liam hendrix will start, then they will go to the bullpen. but the bullpen is fantastic so it's a pretty good way to do business if you are the a's. we will see how it works. >> i'm not just saying this but i think the a's are one of the best stories of baseball this year. thanks so much, scott, appreciate it. >>> we want to check the weather. a little bit of a warm up and store the next couple of days. >> you will notice the temperature change over the next few days. we are talking about some more 90s making a comeback across portions of the bay area. if you're heading to the game, we expect mostly clear skies, temperature around the 60s. probably around 10 to 15 miles an hour. this is the develo

if bob melvin had a broom, he'd be sweeping. trevor cahill struggled, walked six for the second time in his last three starts. texas jumped out to a 3-0 lead. kalil lasted 2 2/3. bottom of the 4th here come the swinging a's. franklin barretto making his first start in over a month. a two-out hit to get oakland on the board and two batters later nick martini with a hot smash to second base. he tries to throw from his knees, bad idea, throwing error allowing two runs to score. a's in the lead. ramon laureano comes within 2 feet of a home run and instead hits the top of the 388 sign. r.b.i. double, capping off a five-run inning. top of the 8th, a's up 7-3. your daily defensive highlight from matt chapman. the a's bullpen comes in to rescue again, 6 1/3 shutout innings. oakland beat texas 7-3, their fourth straight win. >> you've got so much depth they can cover a game like that and i mean the combination is with their offense and those guys, you know, helping us out i think it's why what, 30 games over now. >>> the mariners beat th