manager bruce bochy shaking things up a bit today. gregor blanco will lead off and really is trying to insert some speed and energy in the top of the giants lineup. >> with posey not in the lineup, we want to stretch it out a little bit, put some speed at the top of the order so blanco will lead off and just drop the gun down a notch to the two spot which he's done quite a bit there in new york. so he's comfortable there and put melky in the three hole. this helps lengthen the lineup, hopefully give us more production throughout the lineup. >> a great team and a long way to go and ultimately a really important game. we are curious about winning the series today and hopefully we'll do it and see what happens. >> blanco is getting on base a lot and the best position is to lead off. you have two leadoff hitters in mel cky melky. he's good with runners in scoring position. i think the flexibility is really good and we're going to have a great lineup tonight. >> the giants second baseman freddy sanchez was out on the field early today doin

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bruce bochy talked about his starter after the game. >> it's great tonight. we needed it. i mean, we've -- as you know what happened last year. facing kershaw. he's tough. gave us what we needed. >>> bottom of the ninth for the a's and jays. 3-2. toronto. runner on third for cliff pennington. he singles to right to tie the game at 3-3. later in the inning. bases loaded, one out for the new third baseman, brandon inge. look out. how about a grand-slam walkoff. a's win, 7-3. >>> and hammering hamilton. josh hamilton hit four home runs. you know that feeling when you're in that zone? that's what josh hamilton did tonight. rangers' slugger batted four home runs in tonight's game against the baltimore orioles. all of them two-run shots. he's only the 16th player to ever accomplish the feat. he also doubled, finishing five for five on the night. the man was on top of his game, like raj and jessica night. >> we're no brandon inge. what a pickup for the a's. [ man ] hmm. a lot can happen in two hundred thousand miles... are you guys okay? yeah. ♪ [ man ] i had a great time. thank

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