case in point, rookie shortstop brandon crawford is starting to come around at the plate.atting .333 with a home run and eight runs batted in over his last seven games. i interviewed the pleasanton product in spring training and back then, it was as a prospect of the future not a big leaguer of the present. >> players probably put themselves on a timetable at some point. do you? > they will put me where i deserve to go and i'll get the opportunity to go up when i show them i can be up there. >> reporter: alongside him, brandon crawford, when we spoke in spring training, now you're living the dream, how great is this? >> it's awesome. i mean, it's like you said, it's a dream come true. i grew up watching the team and i always wanted to play here. >> reporter: the knock on you and we talked about spring training is trying to hit major league pitching so you hit a grand slam in your first game. are you trying to concentrate on the present or reliving that? >> i mean, i go back and look at film of once in a while. >> i would, too! [ laughter ] >> i have to. but yeah, i mean, i

his 7th of the year, later in the inning, two on for brandon crawford. this rookie says give me more playing time. he's looking sharp, it's now 6-0, it's in the third inning in a rain delay. we hope to have complete highlights for you tonight. over to more giants baseball. what about tim lincecum. his appearance is complete. 5'11" slender build and noticeably long hair. you may expect the top pitcher for the san francisco giants to get looks everywhere he goes 37 but some are having a very hard time identifying the most popular athlete in the bay area. >> here on the streets of san francisco one never knows just who they might run into. for example, two-time cy young award winner tim lincecum. really? >> who is that guy? >> tim lincecum. >> tim lincecum. >> ironically, twin lincecum's real name is luis linns. he's a pretty popular guy. he gets approached for pictures and hand shakes over and over and over. >> awesome. >> how do you break their hearts. >> i just say, i'm not the guy. sometimes they just think i'm messing with them. come on, you don't want

the beards all around, brandon crawford in the first, it's a single to right and here goes torres takingff from first, runs all the way to 3rd, and with the coaching comes all the way home on the error. it's 1-0. tied at two in the 4th, matt cain said you know what, i'll do it with my bat. i'm going to bring home the run to make it 3-2. same score 6th inning, cain leaves it hanging for cameron mayben. out to the deepest part of the park. triple valley. and the padres, they take the lead and for good. they win it by a final of 5-3. sandoval extended his hit streak to 16 games. the as not any better. they've lost 9-13. tonight, they had some magic for a while but a boo-boo cost them. gonzalez got that all-star look already. the a.l. coplayer of the week. 2-0 mariners in the eighth and hernandez gave it up to kurt suzuki. representing, and it's 2-1 seattle. same score, 9th inning, coco crisp bloops one and carloscan't make the play. some of that old magic. it went all the way into extras. 10th inning, bailey on the mound, inning-ending double play, there's one, and -- it goes past 1st base!

two on for brandon crawford. three-run home run to right. the rookie is playing well.econd home run of the year. 5-0 san francisco. and there's the rain. the giants didn't want that. they got back to action after the long pause, and there is miguel tejada. not just a home run, but a grand slam to make it 10-0 giants. barry zito returned after the rain delay. bottom of the third, zito strikes out austin jackson to end the inning. he pitched six shutout innings, giants cruised 15-3 is your final. >> anything can happen, and a good thing to happen to our team right now. we're all together. and we don't try to run in the game. we try to outrun the other team. we know how great is our pitching. >> more baseball for you. d'backs tiking on the a's. chris young looking like an old veteran here. two-run home run. we go to the bottom of the eighth, a's down three now. hideki matsui. this man has been making contact lately. knocks in another run. 4-2 arizona at that point. the bottom of the ninth, last chance for the a's. d'backs win 4-2. >> just overall, this was not, you know a

brandon crawford steps on second for the double play and the giants hang on to win.s first start with the a's since 2008. he only threw 77 pitches, but was very effective striking out six and allowing two runs and six innings. a's up 3-1 in the 5th and matsui asked to believe the double down the right field line, they pounded 11 hits against the diamondbacks. top of the 6th, crushes a hazard and fastball to center, but not a problem for cocoa crisp. wouldn't you know, arizona would come up one run short. the a's win. but still lost his number one ranking. gary player and the big easy are checking out the new number one, novac taking on the man who beat ronneller fed roger federer. he wins in four sets and is now 47-1 this year. >>> a new segment. the nba lockout couldn't keep lebron out of the gym. he takes a camper out. where was that for the lockout? has as he went home, he gave autographs. jimmy, the top five. >> hitting .236, the fans love him in tampa. i think that has something to do with this glove. at number four, additioning for a role sequel to dodge ball.

top of the first, two on for the rookie, brandon crawford. he crushes one, a three-run homer to make it 5-0 san francisco. barry zito got the start for the champs today, and he was on the mound with just three days rest. bottom of the first inning, zito in a jam early. tigers on first and second. miguel cabrera hits it to tejada. that makes it a nice double play. giants get it right there to end the inning. in the third, here comes the rain. hot but raining out in detroit. the game is in a rain delay top of the third. 6-0 giants. >>> women's soccer doesn't get any bigger than this. the best teams in the world are colliding at the world cup in germany, with a victory today, the united states could qualify for the knockout round. let's get to more of the action out there. u.s.a. women taking on columbia in their second match. a sellout crowd. american troops to support the red, white and blue this morning. there's a goal 12th minute. heather o'reilly capitalizes on the misdraft. fires a shot from outside. a little bit later, early in the second

played second base this season but is expected to be the everyday shortstop in favor of rookie brandon crawfordlorado has agreed to trade a player to the indians in exchange for four prospects. menez won 19 games and started the all-star game last season but he was just 6-9 with an e.r.a. over 4 this year. orioles starter face being 10 batters tonight and only got one out. yes, he is arrested for 12 runs in the 1st inning and pounded the orioles 17-3 to sweep a double header. yankees combine for 35 hits and 25 runs in the two games. >>> the 49ers reportedly hosted wide receiver plaxico burress on a free agent visit today. the former super bowl m.v.p. missed the last two seasons while serving a prison sentence for gun possession. >>> two days after being released by the niners nate clements with a new deal. he was due to make $17 million this season with the niners. >>> raiders agreed to a deal with edwards. he started 32 games for the bills before being released last season. he is expected to compete with kyle bowler for the backup spot. >> i don't know you guys. can i get a group hug really qu

money the fares will be increasing in the next three years >> the san francisco giant have sent brandon crawfordtriple a fresno and exchange they traded alice neel to the red sox he is expected to take over shortstop. >> oakland a's retardant said he is not going to another team he told a starter deal is going to stay with the team there was a deal for harden and a boston red sox player. >> there is up in washington this is live look at the senate floor a new plan this morning to raise the debt ceiling details straight ahead >> it occurs to me folks in washington could use our next guest to solve their problem. we'll introduce you to someone that can take care of problems for you. all you have to do is call task and rapids in all start with dog food ladies and gentleman. they were wondering why isn't there someone that would bring as dog food that gave them the idea for this new business called to ask a rabbit. they will do things that we don't not have time to do >> pass rapid is an on line way of going and doing of the tasks that need to be done for real a job lead posted in their area. >> i h

brandon crawford base hit to right. andres torrez took off with a hit.ey fumble it around out there. the giants come out of the first with a 2-0 lead. but it's 3-2 giants in the fifth a two out two strike gaper out the bed of cameron maven and matt cain would be a loser a two run triple. giants were never able to get back in it. no, it is nick henley to the pitcher. as you watch the replay very close. but torrez is out. they fall shy 5-3. the a's and mariners both sending their aces out there tonight. both pitched too well to lose but not quite good enough to win. and neither cahill or hernandez did win. curt suzuki with a shot to left high powering drive. just over the wall and they cut it to 2-1. they have jamal weeks, a little dunker up there. guerrero can't hang on. in comes weeks to tie it up 2-2 we go to the tenth. it's defense that is has problemmed the a's all yearlong. he throws it away, in comes the go ahead run. they add another. and there you go the a's also on the short end tonight. >>> the wheels keep on turning on the tour de france of the

brandon crawford takes him deep for a three-run shot. it was 5-0. rain delayed the game for more than two and a half hours but when it resumed so did the home run. in the third miguel tejada breaks it open and it made it 10-0. they had a season high of 15 runs. they win 15-3. >> the a's were hoping to cook up their second win against the d'backs but young spoiled the recipe. young went three for four with 4 brismts. hideki matsui single driving in one but the rally falls short jackson strikes out with two on. 4-2 was the final. >>> a big surprise for the women's finals as petra kvitova upset maria sharapova. it was kvitova played with confidence. she would take the first set 6-3. kvitova with a chance to break service. 21-year-old czech closed it out with an ace. she wins her first major. >> former stanford star bob and mike brian wins their doubles title. they are 11th title ties the record. >>> after getting blanked by new york the earthquake00 a chance for some payback last night. 41,000 fans came to watch it. san jose takes the seed steven lin h

brandon crawford base hit to right. andres torrez took off with a hit.ey fumble it around out there. the giants come out of the first with a 2-0 lead. but it's 3-2 giants in the fifth a two out two strike gaper out the bed of cameron maven and matt cain would be a loser a two run triple. giants were never able to get back in it. no, it is nick henley to the pitcher. as you watch the replay very close. but torrez is out. they fall shy 5-3. the a's and mariners both sending their aces out there tonight. both pitched too well to lose but not quite good enough to win. and neither cahill or hernandez did win. curt suzuki with a shot to left high powering drive. just over the wall and they cut it to 2-1. they have jamal weeks, a little dunker up there. guerrero can't hang on. in comes weeks to tie it up 2-2 we go to the tenth. it's defense that is has problemmed the a's all yearlong. he throws it away, in comes the go ahead run. they add another. and there you go the a's also on the short end tonight. >>> the wheels keep on turning on the tour de france of the

bosh lines it under the middle but right at brandon crawford. he goes to second for the game-ending play. 4-3, the final. >>> diamondbacks in town and harden was terrific n the fifth gets miranda swinging. one of his six punch-outs on the night. the a's come alive the bottom of the frame. and double down the right-field line, cliff pennington and coco crisp both score and utility -- puts the a's up 5-1. harden getting help from the defense. parra sends one deep into center. coco crisp says not on my watch! rich harden gets his first win of the year, 5-4, the final. >> in colorado mark ellis knows how to make a first impression. a day after being traded from the a's he goes 3 for 5, a home run, and 3 rbi and leads the rockies to a 9-0 win over the royals. >>> i thought there was going to be an upset yesterday in the men's semi's and it would have been andy murray knocking off rafael nadal. but the racket club is look for their first male champion in 75 years and the drought continues. how about this world champion? mark wood, the five time match

and we compared brandon crawford, remember, to looking like the actor john stamos? just got an email from a viewer. he said this is the actual comparison. (ad lib) eye on the bay is next. >> no. >> no? >> other than the stubble. >> okay. >> 150 you at 10:00 and 11:00. how do i take on tough back pain? i use the power of nature. [ male announcer ] introducing icy hot naturals with natural menthol. that gets icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away fast.