it will be at the first capacity since the first time in 2019 when bruce bochy retired as the giantsager. this is by far the largest event in the bay area since the pandemic began. then you have the two teams, the giants, best record in baseball, the a's, third-best overall, is that enough hype? i think so. let's get out to chris alvarez who is live at oracle park and down on the field, which is also a change. >> you know what? i forgot what it is like to be on the field, i almost got hit by a flying bat, it is dangerous down here. if you are wondering why i am i wearing a mask, that is the rules down here. is great to be back on the field. the fans are starting to trickle in here at oracle park, it is welcome home weekend, the giants hosting the a's for a three-game series, first time as you mentioned, no capacity restrictions, i was at that game in 2019 when bruce bochy retired. full house, expecting pretty close to that tonight. the media was here, two of the three best baseball teams are here, the giants have the best overall record and the a's are third-place overall. 20th headl

. >>> for the first time since bruce bochy's final game as manager in 2019, bay bridge game without restrictionsree based loaded for matt olsen and johnny cueto gets him to fly out to center. runner on for crawford and the bay area kid comes through. wilmer florez is going to score and it's 1-0. top of the 5th. cueto against olsen again and a high fast ball. shawn manaya pitching good as well. 7 strike outs. cueto goesseven innings striking out six. giants add insurance. solo homer gets just out of the yard in front of 136,000 fans. giants win 2-0. 11 shut out of the season. they're a league best over all. >> excellent performance and as expected johnny i think drew on the energy of the fans in the ballpark. and particularly as the game matured seemed like the fans were more and more influential and energizing. >> just had a tough time stringing an inning together with him and he gets on a role. he gets a lot of confidence. he's tough guy to deal with. >> game 7 of the eastern conference finals. islanders and the defending stanley cup champions tampa bay lightning. second period shorthanded but

. >>> i think bruce bochy had a similar routine. giants out to a 3-1 lead. tied it up, 2nd home run of the day. former saint mary's star has 7 home runs since being called up two weeks ago. top 5. cubs, base you shoot, ground ball. coming home. buster, can't handle the low throw, go ahead score ended up being the day. bottom 9th. giants down 4-3. looking to get it back. but chris, made the catch up against the wall. cubs hold on to make the win. avoid the four game sweep. now, before the game, giants place lagoria on the injured list with a sprained shoulder. he is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. >>> falcons traded away all pro receiver, johnson. titans get a second round and fourth round pick. he is okay with where jones ended up. >> it would have been a hell of a deal. my second favorite choice is him in the afc. julio is the man. everyone knows how good of a player he is. >>> roger federer with drew from the french open to rest his knee. and williams is also headed home early. winning straight sets to advance in the quarterfinals, williams has not made it to

it >>> for the first time since bruce bochy's final game as manager in 2019, bay bridge game withoutestrictions. top three based loaded for matt olsen and johnny cueto gets him to fly out to center. runner on for crawford and the bay area kid comes through. wilmer florez is going to score and it's 1-0. top of the 5th. cueto against olsen again and a high fast ball. shawn manaya pitching good as well. 7 strike outs. cueto goesseven innings striking out six. giants add insurance. solo homer gets just out of the yard in front of 136,000 fans. giants win 2-0. 11 shut out of the season. they're a league best over all. >> excellent performance and as expected johnny i think drew on the energy of the fans in the ballpark. and particularly as the game matured seemed like the fans were more and more influential and energizing. >> just had a tough time stringing an inning together with him and he gets on a role. he gets a lot of confidence. he's tough guy to deal with. >> game 7 of the eastern conference finals. islanders and the defending stanley cup champions tampa bay lightning. second peri

the last time that happened, bruce bochy was the manager of the giants. so things are different.things are new it they feel like a return to normal, and it's the giants against the a's. in the first of what will be six games in the bay bridge series before it's all said and down, three here and then three over in oakland later in the season, so doesn't get any better than that. we're going to hear from the two managers at five o'clock and until then, back to you guys in the studio where baseball is back. full blast here in san francisco. it certainly isn't so glad to see it. thanks so much really appreciate it. okay? it looks like we should have some nice weather for that game as well. typical a ballpark. what ballpark weather in san francisco with some fog of moving in, and a bit of a breeze out there as well as we take a look at the forecast will jump right into the maps, and we'll show you this. the plan this evening. partly sunny. partly cloudy skies, temperatures will be in the mid to upper fifties and there is a bit of a breeze already developing, as you can see with winds

the regular season for the giants, if you think back the last time that happened was 2000 and 18 bruce bochy with his first meeting during the regular season with the media he to anticipating this series and happy that things are getting back to normal. yeah i think we're all excited. you can feel the energy on the field right now. and obviously just being out here with you guys face to face represents a pretty exciting moment and our players are ready. they've been preparing for this and having potentially full capacity and a lot of our fans here. behind us, so it's an exciting day. yeah, there she is. and just in case you've forgotten that's what this place looks like when it's when it's full if it represents one of the stadiums that has as much character e 40, you know one of the fans who comes here regularly and fans haven't had a chance to do that and be shoulder to shoulder and unmask. since 2019th of people anticipating that if we could take a shot right now what the place looks like. right now. you can see that folks are filling up out there in the left field bleachers, and i think w