bruce bochy says this is not a team problem, rather a league problem. >> kron4 talked to fans at at&t park today about the melk man's use of the substances. some are worried. >> it's kind of a shame, a good athlete who wasted his talent like that who's so talented to begin with. that's just something in sports today. >> oh, that's terrible. how did that happen ? now we have two on the suspended list. that's terrible. i'm wondering what's in the milk. >> we should have known what he was -- he should have known what he was doing was wrong. the training staff should have said these are certain things you don't do, certain things you don't take. >> i cried when i heard that. the most productive man on the team. absolutely. now he's gone for the whole year. he let us down . that's all i feel. >> one person who says he's not surprised by the positive test is victor conte, one of the people at the center of baseball's steroid scandal. before baseball can be cleaned up, he says, tefrting will -- testing will have to improve. baseball can introduce a new test called cir. >> it can be up to two

here's what his manager, bruce bochy, had to say. >> we're disappointed. was having a real nice year for us. but you know, our thoughts are right now we move on. that's all you can do. whether it's an injury or something like this. and this teem will remain focused on trying to win ball games. that's where we're at right now. that never changes. sometimes you're dealt with some things you have to handle and this is one of them. that's our focus is -- focus forward. >> this bad news was delivered prior to the game. nats and giants. rubber match. tim lincecum struggling early. top one, two outs. jayson werth singles to left. two runs score and it's 2-0. nats on top. top of the third, two outs, danny espinosa a two-run home run off lincecum. his 13th. 4-2 nats. lincecum four innings, eight hits, four earned runs. he struck out five. stephen strasburg was dealing. buster posey looking. strasburg struck out seven, walked four in six innings, allowed two runs and four hits and won for the third straight time. nats 6-4 win the series. >>> a's and royals. josh red

giants 16 hits and 16 runs after getting a pep talk from the manager bruce bochy before the game. nfl is back. 49ers first pre-season game, one week away from today. they host minnesota at the stick. we are not allowed to shoot practice but here is the team today after practice. and there is the quarterback, alex smith and his new friend randy moss. we will see how that works out. smith is coming off a career year. he has more weapons but one receive he hasn't had is michael michael crabtree. >> he is such a great -- he had such a great spring and summer. i don't know when we will be back. we look forward to his return. >> we will get him back soon and we can pick right up. i don't think this will be a major bump in the road. >> seems like michael phelps is getting stronger as the olympics is going on. today he won the butterfly for the third connective olympics. looked bad early in the race. he was in 7th place but he blew everyone away in the final 50 meters. he still has one ehaven't left. and missy franklin -- one event left. and missy franklin won the 200- meter back stroke,

bruce bochy's team got clubbed last night in st. louis. look at posey. he's talking about mvp, right up there, maybe not mccutchin in pittsburgh, but he's right behind him. boom! fifth home run in six games. 11-game hit streak, and even zito was able to get a win tonight despite giving up 2 home runs to allen craig, that was it. he's now 9-8 on the year. affeldt comes on to get the save. bartolo cologne has a blister, they say. but zito, that's it. thank you kev for eliminating affeldt. >> is he in trouble? >> gone. no. [ laughter ] >> 4-2. come over here. they set me up here. i'll be working full-time on 193. >>> bare bonds feels he should be -- barry bonds feels he should be voted in the hall of fame. come december. his name will appear on the ballot along with those of mark mcguire, all linked in one way or another to steroids. here's the quote. "there's no doubt in my mind if you want to keep me out of the hall of fame, that's your business ." they vote in december. >>> running back mike goodson taken to the hospital after practice. he was released,

bruce bochy space means one thing he's and los angeles angel pagan beat the throw to-0 san franciscoin the 6 madison baumgarner are held the lead. baumgarner strikes out 10 giants went 2-1 take the lead in the west. petaluma and new jersey danny marceau bells the walk off home run the kids back on the field tomorrow. the forty-niners against the packers friend corp. said jacobs will be back in a week or two. , [ female announcer ] life is full of compromises. but when it comes to what you really love, you shouldn't have to sacrifice. and that goes double for ice cream. now you don't have to give up. you can give in with dreyer's slow churned light ice cream. we churn it slowly for all the rich and creamy taste with just half the fat. so now you can have your ice cream and it eat it, too. ♪ nestlé -- good food, good life.

and bruce bochy after the game, a 9-1 loss, says how was the 3-7 homestand?>> we've been awful here this past week. and you get in these funks. they're not fun. and unfortunately you do go through them, and how we press on through these tough times will determine our season. >> phelps versus lochte, the marquee match-up at the london games today. the 200-meter im, and phelps would win his first individual gold of these olympics when he beat out lochte in the 200-meter. lochte took the silver in his final event of the game. phelps now has 20 medals overall. >>> the queen of gymnastics won the all-around gold today. she became the first african american to claim the biggest prize, and the third straight american to win the gold. her teammate was edged out for the bronned on a complicate -- bronze on a complicated rule. and lebron james and team usa set several records today in their 83-point route of nigeria. 29 three-pointers also a record. carmelo anthony set an american record with 37 points, including 10 three-pointers. >>> 49er, and the biggest question at

bruce bochy restless. torres up the middle. scores from second. now, down 6-4.ter mence, his first home run of the -- a three-one blast to left. giants win #-6. the dodgers one. 1-up in l.a. in the nantz league west. >> the mascots for all chicago sports teams gathering for white sox-angels. jones ties it up. number 14 on the year. colon, had no out. an earned run in 20 dames that streak is over. opposite feel, pierzynski. in the sixth. and beckham in the later with a two-run single to blow it open. colon falls to 9-9. white sox win 7-3. >> andrew luck made his preseason nfl debut today against the rams and what a debut it was. sigh lengths all his doubters. the top overall pick made peyton manning expend el. opened the game with a touchdown pass. nothing fancy, a dump to donald downway he guess. start of a huge day for luck. 10-16. 188 yards. two tds and 24 plays. great protection, great footwork by andrew. perfect. 23-yard struck to collie. >> 49ers fanfest today at candlestick park. and then watch them practice. niners coming off their win over the vikings on

bruce bochy says pablos sandoval could the back one week from today they need his bat.looking to take 3 out of 4 from the giants. a line drive somehow rolled i get two runs corporate 4-0 mets. zito gets knocked around here in new york wins a nine-one the giants have lost 7/8. >>> we have been awful here this past week, you get in these thanks they're not fun, you do go through them we pressed on through the tough times will determine this season >>> the giants still have a latent in the west it is a three team race. arizona two games back. a minor-league intern ejected from his choice of music. >>> your're done! >>> turn the sound of rest of the night. >>> course field as a big outfield look at john jay the rockies beat the cardinals burin record-setting day for a team usa they knock down 29 three-pointers the beat nigeria by 83. this is preposterous randy lerner will sell the cleveland browns for over $1 billion that is 500 million more than this father bought the team for in 1998. in 14 years he makes $500 million that is a good return on the investment. >>> cleveland

bruce bochy says the team is still focused on the rest of the season despite this setback. larry beil has an interview with the giants' skipper coming up a little later in sports. >>> moving on now, redwood city police are looking for a serial armed robber who even threatened a pregnant clerk. his image was captured by surveillance camera during one of the heists. this guy has hit five locations, all in the same area of redwood city. leslie brinkley is live with the story tonight. leslie? >> that's right. five locations in seven days. police say this armed robber would pull a gun and say give me the cash from the register or i'll shoot you. >> did he point the gun? >> yes, like this and here and then put it over here. >> he pointed the gun at your baby? >> yes. >> you are pregnant? >> yes. >> maria torres, eight months pregnant was robbed at gun point at this redwood city gas station store last weekend. >> he said "i'm sorry you have baby" and opened it. >> reporter: she is finding it hard to get past the terror she felt. so far redwood city police say the same man, this ma

bruce bochy said there was never a doubt about his return saying we all mick mistakes.he astros were one big mistake, but they gave them a pain. pablo sandoval can't handle this pop up, but crawford bails him out with a diving grab to end the inning. quick reflexes by the giants short stop of the the astros take the lead, but bochy made all of the right moves. it is a pitch hit down the left field line. he is running from first and hustles all the way around to tie the score. and then with one out and another pinch hitter, hector sanchez comes through with a bloop to center field. that brings the go ahead score. romo closed it it out with the perfect one- -- one, two, three inning. the giants come back to win it 3-2. the dodgers lost sos their lead in the west is now three and a half games. not much drama in cleavland as the a's blank the indians for a second straight night. moss drove in three runs, two off this blast in the third. it will disappear into the trees. his 14th of the season made it 14-0. he threw six shut out innings to get his 11th win. chris carter wept

bruce bochy says the team is still focused on the rest of the season despite this setback.ith the giants' skipper coming up a little later in sports. >>> moving on now, redwood city police are looking for a serial armed robber who even threatened a pregnant clerk. his image was captured by surveillance camera during one of the heists. this guy has hit five locations, all in the same area of redwood city. leslie brinkley is live with the story tonight. leslie? >> that's right. five locations in seven days. police say this armed robber would pull a gun and say give me the cash from the register or i'll shoot you. >> did he point the gun? >> yes, like this and here and then put it over here. >> he pointed the gun at your baby? >> yes. >> you are pregnant? >> yes. >> maria torres, eight months pregnant was robbed at gun point at this redwood city gas station store last weekend. >> he said "i'm sorry you have baby" and opened it. >> reporter: she is finding it hard to get past the terror she felt. so far redwood city police say the same man, this man, is responsible for robbing

the giants manager bruce bochy put it simply saying it is almost september. it is time for tim lincecum to be timlin tim lincecum. timmy in l.a. not going to miss this game. he lines it over the head and a flash, 2-0 giants. a funny moment in the third and timmy strikes out ellis. hector sanchez thinks the inning is over. where are you going, hector? come back. in the fourth after a crawford r.b.i single pagan up the middle. and that makes it 4-0. timmy 5 and two-thirds and struck out four. this is the play of the night. a base hit to center. pagan firing home sanchez completely blocks the plate. the call is out. sanchez sealed it up nicely giants win 4-1 to move a game and a half up of west. anderson is back from tommy john surgery. he went seven innings and struck out six. spectacular come back when you consider he had elbow surgery 15 months ago. the bottom of two and josh donaldson doubles off the wall. seth smith off the dl and score prz first. in the fifth and here is the history. to donaldson and to chris carter for the triple play. in the 6th we are t

bruce bochy said there was never a doubt about his return saying we all mick mistakes.hem a pain. pablo sandoval can't handle this pop up, but crawford bails him out with a diving grab to end the inning. quick reflexes by the giants short stop of the the astros take the lead, but bochy made all of the right moves. it is a pitch hit down the left field line. he is running from first and hustles all the way around to tie the score. and then with one out and another pinch hitter, hector sanchez comes through with a bloop to center field. that brings the go ahead score. romo closed it it out with the perfect one- -- one, two, three inning. the giants come back to win it 3-2. the dodgers lost sos their lead in the west is now three and a half games. not much drama in cleavland as the a's blank the indians for a second straight night. moss drove in three runs, two off this blast in the third. it will disappear into the trees. his 14th of the season made it 14-0. he threw six shut out innings to get his 11th win. chris carter wept three for five and he delivers a two-run shot.

the giants manager bruce bochy put it simply saying it is almost september. it is time for tim lincecum to be timlin tim lincecum. timmy in l.a. not going to miss this game. he lines it over the head and a flash, 2-0 giants. a funny moment in the third and timmy strikes out ellis. hector sanchez thinks the inning is over. where are you going, hector? come back. in the fourth after a crawford r.b.i single pagan up the middle. and that makes it 4-0. timmy 5 and two-thirds and struck out four. this is the play of the night. a base hit to center. pagan firing home sanchez completely blocks the plate. the call is out. sanchez sealed it up nicely giants win 4-1 to move a game and a half up of west. anderson is back from tommy john surgery. he went seven innings and struck out six. spectacular come back when you consider he had elbow surgery 15 months ago. the bottom of two and josh donaldson doubles off the wall. seth smith off the dl and score prz first. in the fifth and here is the history. to donaldson and to chris carter for the triple play. in the 6th we are t

but bruce bochy has., you can be world-class parents and your kids can go south and have some issues. we can't follow guys 24/7. it comes down to choice us. can briere raw is a -- cabrera is a grown man, he's a veteran. he's a veteran. we'll continue to work on cleaning out baseball." >>> okay. >> let's go to sal. how is the toll plaza? go well, it's a little -- >> well, it's a little slow. it's backed up for a 15 to to - -- 15 to 20-minute delay. if you are driving on 237, we showed it to you last name, there is a lot -- there is a little bit of slowing. -- a little bit of slowing. kind of the typical slowing near highway 237. and on the 101 in san mateo, that's where it's slow. san francisco 101 kind of slow getting into the downtown area. let's go to rosemary. >>> good morning to you. from the coast into our coastal valleys, fog and low clouds, we will watch it burn back to the coastline by about midmorning for parts of the east bay. you request see -- you can see downtown there, awfully gray. outside

bruce bochy says the team is still focused on the rest of the season despite this setback. larry beil has an interview with the giants' skipper coming up a little later in sports. >>> moving on now, redwood city police are looking for a serial armed robber who even threatened a pregnant clerk. his image was captured by surveillance camera during one of the heists. this guy has hit five locations, all in the same area of redwood city. leslie brinkley is live with the story tonight. leslie? >> that's right. five locations in seven days. police say this armed robber would pull a gun and say give me the cash from the register or i'll shoot you. >> did he point the gun? >> yes, like this and here and then put it over here. >> he pointed the gun at your baby? >> yes. >> you are pregnant? >> yes. >> maria torres, eight months pregnant was robbed at gun point at this redwood city gas station store last weekend. >> he said "i'm sorry you have baby" and opened it. >> reporter: she is finding it hard to get past the terror she felt. so far redwood city police say the same man, this ma

bruce bochy said there was never a doubt about his return saying we all mick mistakes.ig mistake, but they gave them a pain. pablo sandoval can't handle this pop up, but crawford bails him out with a diving grab to end the inning. quick reflexes by the giants short stop of the the astros take the lead, but bochy made all of the right moves. it is a pitch hit down the left field line. he is running from first and hustles all the way around to tie the score. and then with one out and another pinch hitter, hector sanchez comes through with a bloop to center field. that brings the go ahead score. romo closed it it out with the perfect one- -- one, two, three inning. the giants come back to win it 3-2. the dodgers lost sos their lead in the west is now three and a half games. not much drama in cleavland as the a's blank the indians for a second straight night. moss drove in three runs, two off this blast in the third. it will disappear into the trees. his 14th of the season made it 14-0. he threw six shut out innings to get his 11th win. chris carter wept three for five and

what bruce bochy has to say about the team coming up. >>> giants looking to move a game and a half overodgers in the nl west. barry zito on the mound this afternoon, but not a good afternoon for him. top of the first, bases loaded, there's jason bay with two outs. a single to left, two runs will come in, 2-0 new york mets early. next batter, robbie, line drive to left. this hit off melky cabrera's glove, two more runs come in to make it 4-0. giants have lost 7 of their last 8 games all at home. >> we've been awful here this past week, and you get into these functions, they're not fun, and unfortunately, you do go through them. and how we press on, through these tough times will determine our season. >> that will do it for sports, be sure to tune in to comcast sportsnet bay area, as the giants kick off their seven-game road trip friday night in colorado. >>> it's something most of you already know, san francisco is the top dining city in the nation. >> the city by the bay has 50% more restaurants per household than connecticut. when it comes to drinking, new orleans wins. no surprise the

the giants manager bruce bochy put it simply saying it is almost september. in l.a. not going to miss this game. he lines it over the head and a flash, 2-0 giants. a funny moment in the third and timmy strikes out ellis. hector sanchez thinks the inning is over. where are you going, hector? come back. in the fourth after a crawford r.b.i single pagan up the middle. and that makes it 4-0. timmy 5 and two-thirds and struck out four. this is the play of the night. a base hit to center. pagan firing home sanchez completely blocks the plate. the call is out. sanchez sealed it up nicely giants win 4-1 to move a game and a half up of west. anderson is back from tommy john surgery. he went seven innings and struck out six. spectacular come back when you consider he had elbow surgery 15 months ago. the bottom of two and josh donaldson doubles off the wall. seth smith off the dl and score prz first. in the fifth and here is the history. to donaldson and to chris carter for the triple play. in the 6th we are tied at one and derrick norris and knocks in smith. a's victor

skipper bruce bochy gave pence props after the game. >> that's the difference in the game, the three-run homer there. you're always trying to get that early lead, but he gave us a nice cushion with that shot. he hit it quite well, too. but you know what? their guys settled down, pitched great. once he got through the first, he was going right through us. he carved us up pretty good, and they were fighting back. >>> over to the a's and indians. oakland looking for their fifth straight win tonight. behind travis blackley. bottom of the first. asdrubal cabrera at the plate. he gets called out on strikes. he's not happy. take a look at this. reminds me of raj mathai when he doesn't get his scripts on time. hey, you can't do that. you get yanked for yelling at the umpire, gary garland. bottom of the third, no score. one pitch for jason donald is all he needs. homers to right center. first run for cleveland in the last 24 innings. top of the fourth now. josh donaldson. he's had enough. full count, deep home run to left. three-run shot. cespedes and carter tap home plate. a's go on to get the w

so manager bruce bochi met briefly with cabrera and then bochi informed the entire team. and needless to say players are shocked about the revelation, but they understand that they do need to move on. >> we're disappointed, melky was having a real nice year for us. but hour thoughts right now, we move on, that's all you can do, whether there's an injury or something like this, this team will remain focused on trying to win ball games and that's where we're at right now, and that never changes, sometimes you're dealt with some things that you have to handle and this is one of them, so that's our focus is focus forward. >> reporter: the suspension did take effect immediately so including today's game, that includes 45 regular season games remaining on the giants' schedule, that means that even if the giants do make the playoffs, melky cabrera would not be able to return until the sixth postseason game. >> melky cabrera released this statement. he said, quote, my positive test was because of a substance i should not have used. i am deeply sorry for my mistake and to the fans

bruce bochy was reckless. they rallied on barry zito to tie it in the 6th.m second, and now down 6-4 in the eighth, but no worries, the giants explode for five runs and penz for his first homerun and a it is a three-run homerun and stay one up on l.a. in the west. mascots from all of the chicago sports teams gathering as the a's take on the white sox. moges -- gomes takes care of that. colon had not allowed a run. opposite field two-run shot. in the sixth with a two-run single and blow itself open. and a 7 sf 3 victory. rory mcilroy ends the streak winning rt u.s. open last year and today the 94th pga championship. tying expert rest of the field is out early before finishing round three. he is trailing by five and trying to make an early statement with an eagle, but didn't matter. five straight birdies to get to six under par. minutes later and rory off the dirt and out of the trees. he would make birdie and he would fade down the stretch with three bogies. the right edge. all the way dism now nine under par. he pulls his driver into the gallery. he hit a pe

bruce bochy was reckless. they rallied on barry zito to tie it in the 6th.scores from second, and now down 6-4 in the eighth, but no worries, the giants explode for five runs and penz for his first homerun and a it is a three-run homerun and stay one up on l.a. in the west. mascots from all of the chicago sports teams gathering as the a's take on the white sox. moges -- gomes takes care of that. colon had not allowed a run. opposite field two-run shot. in the sixth with a two-run single and blow itself open. and a 7 sf 3 victory. rory mcilroy ends the streak winning rt u.s. open last year and today the 94th pga championship. tying expert rest of the field is out early before finishing round three. he is trailing by five and trying to make an early statement with an eagle, but didn't matter. five straight birdies to get to six under par. minutes later and rory off the dirt and out of the trees. he would make birdie and he would fade down the stretch with three bogies. the right edge. all the way dism now nine under par. he pulls his driver into the gallery. h

manager bruce bochy wouldn't comment on the website. >> thank you, we'll see you later for the sports highlights. >>> and tomorrow, the man accused of breaking into steve job's house will face a judge. police say kareem mcfarland reportedly went in and stole the ipod to give it to a friend, who performs at pier 39 often. he said he had no idea that it belonged to the late apple founder, or that it was even stolen until the police showed up at his door. >>> and welcoming a high profile attorney, melinda haag said when she first started her job, president obama and attorney general eric holder tasked all u.s. attorneys with reaching out to diverse communities. in the aftermath of the wisconsin temple shooting that left six people dead, she wanted to reassure the community new this community, unfortunately, witnessed the worst of human behavior and the worst of human hatred. i hope that you have also seen the outpouring of support from americans around the country who are all truly heartbroken by what happened to this community. >> haag added that the sikh community also has the backing

manager bruce bochy spoke about one of the big keys to this series, buster posey. >> well, it's differenty the fact we have a little more knowledge on how he's doing, how he's bouncing back for long games or four or five games in a row. i will say -- not that he won't be back there, there's a good chance. i looked at the schedule and i was thinking about putting him in or if he needs a full day off which he probably wouldn't in this series, but you still have to do what's right and i'll see how he's doing. he's doing well. but to answer your question, it is different because now we have a better idea where he's at with the ankle. >>> the a's are back in action tonight just a half game back in the wild card chase riding a four-game winning streak after a weekend sweep of the indians. >> reporter: well, the a's haven't even taken the field for their game today but already there's been a celebratory pie to the face. this team was dialed into the petaluma little league game in the world series and when they won brandon inch put a pie in the face of johnny gum. but that was the only scoreboard

but bruce bochy and the guys had a chance to finish up the day 6-1. in st.ouis, bottom of the first, two outs, runner on first. carlos beltran, painful watching this guy in another uniform. two-run shot. 27th of the year. he has 80 runs batted in this season. cardinals up 2-0. top at fifth, bases loaded for marco scutaro. here's the line to left center. caught by jon jay. but joaquin arias tags and scores. top of the ninth, down two runs. tying run at the plate. but hector sanchez strikes out to end the game. giants lose, 3-1. >>> point guaga championship, t woods on the eighth hole, par 3. take a look at his tee shot. this baby's going to land just a few feet from the pin. tiger talking to it. he would birdie the hole. in fact, he had six birdies on the day. ninth hole was a par 4. here's tiger, third shot, he's able to chip it. pretty close to the hole which helps him save par. tiger's shot, a 3 under 69. he's tied for 14th. by the way, carl peterson leads at 6 under. >>> just one day away from the 49ers' first preseason game against the minnesota vikings

bruce bocly -- bochy did not like what he saw in the first- inning. fourth lincecum serves up a fatty to juan francisco. 3-0. lincecum falls to 7-14. atlanta pitcher beats for the fourth straight time. he's now 13-4. here's the guy the giants really need to get somehow. after this shot jason hayward hit six home runs in just 10 games at at&t. that's just not right. the braves hit back to back homers off clayton. atlanta wins 7-1 to split this series. tim lincecum has started 27 games he's given up a total of 25 runs in the first-inning. giants take monday off and hit the road to play the two worse teams houston then chicago. adrian and his new teammates lose to miami today. miami hits four homers in the game. the giants still lead the west by two full games. >>> petaluma little leaguers played their seventh game in two weeks and finished the experience on a very high note. i guess they are over that loss. they quickly put panama away today in the consolation game. one of the big guys is the big 6'3-inch bradley smith. he had two doubles. smith breaks

bruce bochy not too concerned about his pitcher's throat, just wants to know if the guy is out. 12-0r two-run home run gives the nats a two-touchdown lead over the giants. as i said, washington has the best record in baseball, 72 wins. >> willie, where did that come from? >> pitching. i mean, hitting last night but pitching. >> first in war, first in peace, first in the national league east. >> did you just think of that? >> i've been tweeting that for about a month. >> how are the yankees doing? >> good. they beat the rangers last night. >> how are the red sox doing? >> not as as well. you know, the great johnny pesky died, 92 years old, one of the great characters. left baseball for a couple of years in world war ii to fight in the navy and one of the boston red sox family if you ask mike barnicle, one of their favorite, favorite guys. >> no doubt about it. the outpouring yesterday was really something for johnny pesky. >> up next, we'll look at mika's must-read opinion pages. ♪ talking about sweet seasons on my mind ♪ ♪ sure does appeal to me, you know we can get there easily ♪ [