cole hamels strikes out carlos beltran. next hit pablo sandoval, he swings at the first pitch.nd a 4-6-3 double play and just like that the inning is over. cole hamels one out away from a shutout and sandoval gets the giants on the board with the 12th homer of the season. only the third run of the series. the come back would end there. orlando cabrera grounds out to end the game. hamels goes the distance as the phillies beat the giants 2-1 for the ninth straight win. the giants have lost eight out of nine and the offense continues to struggle. they only scored three runs in the series. and are 0--17 with runners in scoring position. >>> lou piniella checking out the former team, the rays. abosom -- alex cobb, the youngest arm developed by tampa bay. this is a solo hit to right. and the a's lead the rays 7-0 in the 9th. >>> red sox and yankees. separated by just one game. cc sabathia leads the majors with 16 wins. but he is 0-4 against boston this season. jacobi elsebury drove in six runs, three on the 19th homer of the year. the sox win 10-4 and tied with the yankees in the eas

. >> you got cliff lee, cole hamels, not ease to get out of a hitting slump against guys like these,ut the giants' chances improved today because roy oswalt was making his first start since a lengthy stint on the d. l., and the giants had them on the ropes every inning. giants collected 12 hits off oswalt in six innings. giants finally broke through in the fourth. chris stewart, rbi sickle to center -- single ties the game at one. giants take the lead with this sac fly. 3-1 san francisco. scary moment in the eighth. utley loses his bat and clips tim lincecum in the right knee. he would leave two batters later. said he is okay. one of the better brian wilson impost imposters looked concern, but the real one closes the door. the pirates who have lost ten straight, come to town tomorrow. >> more fallout from friday's fight. bruce bochy ripping philly radio host. he called bochy a coward because of the bean ball but what ticked off bochy was him referring to ramon ramirez as, quote, an illegal alien pitcher. bruno has now apologyeesed but not without bochy calling the tweet racist. >> ta

the giants were shut down yesterday by cole hamels.erday college football officially got underway and the first day of camp for cal. here's sports. >> good morning. college football, it's almost here. fall camp opened yesterday for the cal bears. jeff ted ford was upbeat following yesterday's noncontact bills on witter field on campus. players came into camp in better shape than a year ago. singling out defensive lineman. and he sang the praises of zach maynard, who will be taking snaps opening day at monster park. >> i saw zach threw the ball with authority, did a nice job. so i'm happy with their command of the offense. >> the greatest quarterback coach i've known, ever met in my life. every day is a lesson with him. i learn something new every day. it's good for me. >> michael bush is now at raider camp in napa. yesterday he finally signed on the line that is dotted. he was offered and finally accepted a one-year deal for $2.6 million. a restricted free agent, he was a man with a few options other than holding out. several newcomers

cole hamels was masterful, five ks in a complete game. the giants avoid the white wash thanks to sandoval. the series wraps up tomorrow afternoon, lincecum and oswald. >> the a's and raise are hooking up at tropicana field. the a's are up 4-0. dejesus hit a home run in that one. >> michael bush finally signed on with the oakland raiders and reported to training camp. the raiders tendered a one year deal for $2.6 million. we don't know if bush signed that or negotiated a longer deal. as restricted free agent he didn't have a whole lot of options other than holding out. he rushed for 655 yards last year and had a pretty nice one-two punch at the running back spot with mcfadden. >> and seven new members are being inducted into the pro football hall of fame. one of them is deion sanders who enjoyed his best season with the chargers. he would sign with the dallas cowboys the next year, and before his induction he offered no apologies for his flashy and brass request style. >> if you don't believe in yourself, nobody else with. the bigger the v

cole hamels throws a complete game as the giants lose 2-1.amie sire has more. >> in the first three games against the phillies, the giants have been outscored 14-3, becoming complete game victims by two of the phillies starters. >> we had faced some really good pitching here recently. but if you think you're good, which we do. you don't win the world series unless you beat good pitching, which we have shown we can do. granted it's not happening right now, and we're all frustrated. >> we have been able to face good pitchers. offensively, we're not -- we end up getting anything going. so we just have to continue to fight every day, and find a way. >> when your team's in a rut and not scoring runs, you have to go out there and keep doing what you're doing. wee have to good out there and keep pitching good games. >> reporter: before the game, andrew bochy held a meeting with the position players. this is the time the team needs to stick together. i'm jamie sire for nbc bay area. >> nice job jamie. we do have some good news for giants fans, buster

the giants shutdown yesterday by cole hamels.college football officially got underway with the first day of fall camp for cal. here's jerry with this morning's sports. >> good morning. college football, it's almost here. fall camp opened yesterday for the cal bears. jeff ted ford was upbeat following yesterday's noncontact bills on witter field on campus. players came into camp in better shape than a year ago. singling out defensive lineman. and he sang the praises of zach maynard, who will be taking snaps opening day at monster park. >> i saw zach throw the ball with authority, did a nice job. so i'm happy with their command of the offense. >> the greatest quarterback coach i've known, ever met in my life. every day is a lesson with him. i learn something new every day. it's good for me. >> michael bush is now at raider camp in napa. yesterday he finally signed on the line that is dotted. he was offered and finally accepted a one-year deal for $2.6 million. he was a man witha options other than holding out. and one year 49er dew

had to face cole hamels who was on his game.o-ought ninth inning home run by sandoval ruined the shutout, but giants lose eight of their last nine games, series wraps u. tomorrow in florida, lou piniella checking out the a's and rays. fourth inning, a's up 3-0. weeks went into their hole. scott sizemore scores. a's up 4-0. coco crisp winning wild, steals third uncontested, four steals in the first five innings. 37 swipes for coco, and few problems for mccarthy. three strikeouts. right now the a's are on top, 5-0, in the seventh. >>> the words most often heard around cal bear football circles are, regroup and rebound. 5-7 last year, the bears hope to return the way things once her, when the teams were vying for national titles. practice was open today as the bears prepare for their season opener against fresno state at at&t, we'll hear from the head coach and a few of the employers at 11:00. >>> michael bush finally signed on with the raiders and turned out to training camp. he was offered a deal for $2.6 million. don't know whet

cole hamels throws a complete game as the giants lose to the one. more baseball for you, when jonathan johnston decided to attend the naval academy, he didn't realize how tough following his baseball dream would be. the catcher was an all patriot league honoree during the senior season. the path to the big leagues had twists at every turn. >> i was ready for both. i was ready to play professional baseball, and i was ready to go be an officer on board a ship. >> he knew what he was getting into, he also knew that this would be a challenge. >> nearly two years away from baseball awaited lieutenant johnston after graduation. but when he returned to sevilcin life, the catcher caught on with the a's organization. >> when i went to king county, spring training. situation, he whole cc1: and they were always very supportive of me. they knew i had no control over what was going on. and, you know, they just stood behind me. >> but a short time after realizing his dream of playing professional baseball. johnston was called on to serve his country again. >> it

managed a mere three runs in three games and it figured to be a pitchers' duel, matt cain and coal cole hamelsoval fumbled the ball leading to a second run. other than that, cane was great. but ham mels throws a complete game and almost a complete game shutout if not for sandoval's home run. nice catch by the fan. lincecum and oswalt in tomorrow afternoon's finale. >> in florida, giants got lou piniella looking for batting in that a's rays game. in the fourth, weeks send its into the hole. scott sizemore. a's keep rolling on the wheels of coco crisp, who stole four bags today. 37 on the season. the pitching top notch. mccarthy throwing eight shutout innings, and david dejesus clubbed two home runs. the third time this year. the a's win it 8-0. >>> and golf. there was hope that tiger woods would be back to his old self. he started fast at the bridgestone invitational in akron. he had a good first round and okay second. needed a really good round today, but tiger shot 2-over par and is 13 strokes behind the lead. new names on the leaderboard. rickie fowler is in the hunt, three in back of the le

matt cain battles cole hamels as the giants try to rebounds losing the first two games against the phils. last night it intensified with a bench clearing brawl with the phillies 9-2 win over the giants. here's larry with the highlights and post-game reaction. >> good morning. the bad blood that was slowly rising between the giants and phillies boiled over last night. a brawl with the benches emptying in game two their series. start with jonathan sanchez. he's back from the disabled list. and he says hello. he would say a lot more later on. the homer tied it up at 1. sanchez goes 4 2/3, gave up 5 runs. stanford man, john mayberry junior, two out, two-run beam. 4-1 phils. giants answering fire with fire. eli whiteside. giants down 5-2. nelson bake it open with four runs and ramon ramirez drills victorino in the back in the sixth. chaos ensues. eli bounces up and down and tackles him. the benches empty. full-scale scrum. then just as things seem to calm down the flying hawaiian, victorino, gets lose and knocks down the giants hitting coach. whiteside, victorino, ramirez, all get ejected. we