new a's slugger hideki matsui and seattle mariners superstar, ichiro suzuki. a's created t-shirt that will be given out to the first 10,000 fans. in addition, the uniforms of 346789atsui and ichiro wore on the friday night's opener will be auctioned off. matsui has donated more than $600,000 of his own money. >>> christine hanson, our meteorologist, in this morning for lisa. >> good morning. more sunshine. we take a quick peek outside, and you can see twilight. not quite sunrise. we will have the complete forecast ahead. >> thank you, christine. also the fantastic final four finish. uconn and kentucky battle for the last spot in the championship game monday against butler. mike shumann has the highlights switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. and this is the warm fresh baked taste... of a strawberry toaster strudel. see the difference? pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. than listening there'to our favorite songs. there's nothi

a's up in the sichblingt ichiro takes craig of to left. ryan racing home. he's safe.t ties it up. if deep to left here and that is gone. mariner lead 3-2. move to the seventh. seattle now leading 5-2. with brad on the mound. pennington throws home and miguel called safe. now the bigger issue is the injury to suzuki. this is hard to watch. look at the left heel. ankle there with the runner. right on top of suzuki in obvious pain. and would leave. now 6-2 mariners leading in the 9th inning. no word on suzuki condition at this point. sanchez signed a one year contract extension with the giants. today covering the 2012 season. worth 6 million dollars. which is what he will make this year. rookie brandon making his presence felt tonight in la. this has got to be illegal. giants and dodger they are dating. no. fichlt high driv drive. center field. get back. out of here. about. >>reporter: l welcome to the team. gives them a lead. unfortunately sanchez and the giants could not hold the lead. 6th inning. sac. fly to left. make it 3-two later in the sixth. 2 out. sanchez can n

ichiro gets credit on this ball that lands it. ichiro had two hits tonight and became the mariner's all-time leader in that category. now, he is just a bit high and outside on this delivery. alevo came home. the mariners get 3 in the inning and put it away. the a's will try again for the first win tomorrow when gonzalez takes on doug fister. >>> major history. the rangers against boston. for the second game in a row kensler homered in the ranger's first at bat. it never happened previously. he is just part of a power display by texas. rangers struck for 6 runs in the 4th, 4 of them provided by beltre. he goes deep with the bases full. not an outing lackey will relish giving up 9 runs. 12-5 the final as texas gets off to a good start. red sox are 0-2. >>> college basketball has the two teams that will play for the championship on monday night. one you would have to consider a national power. and you thought kentucky was the wildcat. they played the late game tonight. uconn building the lead in the first half. pretty play. walker, s

new a's slugger and the seattle mariners superstar, ichiro.y have created t-shirt that will be given out to the first 10,000 plans. in addition to the uniforms they wore on friday night's season opener will be auctioned off. the a's have already raised more than $50,000. >> christine hanson in for lisa. it was a little disappointing yesterday. >> i know. we got spoiled by two days of warm weather. the cool down and the clouds, i kind of thought not again, not again. but some changes are ahead for today. we have clear skies this morning. it is cool. we are in the mid-40s. our temperatures will warm. we will tell you how much coming up. >> thank you, christine. also ahead a fantastic final four finish. uconn and kentucky battle for the last spot in tuesday's championship game against butler. mike shumann has the highlights coming up in this morning's sports. [ male announcer ] for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. or...you can get all this. kfc's $5 everyday meals. like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink. 5

it also features another popular player from the seattle mariners, ichiro suzuki. starts at 1:05 this afternoon. >>> the a's opened their season with a loss to mariners and last night looked to even the score. seattle took a one rub lead in the eighth inning but oakland battled back to even game at 2-2 when josh willingham singled in coco crisp. the mariners countered by scoring three runs in the top of the ninth led by superstar ichiro suzuki. the a's could not recover that time, dropping a second straight game to seattle 5-2. and the giants will wrap up their four-game opening series against the dodgers today. they can even it up at two games apiece with a win today. yesterday matt cain kept the dodgers quiet at the plate and gets this batter swinging. six strikeout innings, striking out three dodgers in a solid performance. the giants' offense exploded for ten runs on the afternoon led by this guy, shortstop miguel tejada, who had a very productive day for his new team, driving in two runs, his first rbis as a giant. freddy sanchez, family favorite in our house,

jack wilson scores, makes it 3-2, and ichiro becomes the mariners all-time hits king. >> a thriller afterime-out. this is a strawberry pop-tart. and this is the warm fresh baked taste... of a strawberry toaster strudel. see the difference? pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. than listening there'to our favorite songs. there's nothing we love more than listening to our favorite songs. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh >> mike: to the ice and a playoff preview. sharks hosting anaheim. always a battle. a slash on rutu. the slapper trickles in. it's 2-0. in the second. heatley, every several bounces right back on his stick. slides it past ray emery. marlowe hits bobby ryan in the face. sharks tied at 2. in the third, setoguchi. sharks win it, their third straight victory. >> the warriors hosting the mavericks. first quarter, ellis on a bum ankle. finishing, floating, and finishing. in the third, microwave. then the pullup three. 12 straight points in the third.

we have matsui playing ichiro so there are a lot of great things happening. kick off the season. >> reporter: show us some of the swag. >> reporter: sunday, ichiro and hideki matsui so we have japanese heritage day so this is a matsui t-shirt will be given out on sunday and as the year goes on we have for the first time rickey henderson bobble heads on april 30th and a whole line-up of exciting promotions. >> reporter: jim will be here a little after 6:00 we'll check back in so if you have any questions to ask jim, email those to mornings@cbs5.com. we are also going to talk about oakland is apparently one of the most depressed baseball cities in the country. we'll tell you why coming up. but we have smiles on our faces out here. >> that's because their fans are so passionate. that's why. >> reporter: exactly why. >> wouldn't it be great to see the as and giants in another world series? >> 1989, it's been a long time. by the way, anne, you did a little shopping in san francisco. i guess it's too early to shop this morning? >> reporter: no stores open at this p

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ichiro suzuki of the seattle mariners is also from japan. sunday's game will be donated to the red cross. >> darya: the sharks have made the playoffs. they are one point ahead of detroit it for second place in the conference. >> mark: let's get the latest on the weekend forecast. >> louisa: it's a tough call here should we go to the beach. warps tahoe. --or tahoe. --we will see pleasant conditions today here and in the sierra. temperatures in the '70s today, by tomorrow a slight chance of rain. this snow levels will be about 8,000 ft.. a slight chance of snow showers for sunday as well. it will be an active week ended the sierra. today pretty pleasant conditions. pleasant in the bay as well starting off 60 degrees in san francisco, 58 mountainview, 55 san jose, 51 livermore. by this afternoon into the '70s and '80s. what is warmus yesterday.as warm as yesn rosa, 77 novato and milpitas. you're 7 day around the bay shows a change tomorrow. dipping into the '60s at the bay and inland as well. the wind will pick up. not ruling out a chance of ra

ichiro slaps one to left on craig brez low. tied at two. we're still in the sixth. two down, and shaun figgins goes yard. he had just one home run all last year. he matches that on 3-2. that's all ken felix would need. hernandez goes for the fourth game. he gets david dejesus to strike out in the game. >> it was just kind of one of those games we were glad to get it out of the way. we're kind of pitching defense. i feel like we kind of struggle in both of those aspects. >> we're disappointed for sure, but it's just one game. it's obviously when we get a big crowd like that, we like to play better. but at the same time, that's just one game, we'll come back tomorrow and figure out where we went wrong and start over again. >> giants tried to even the score in l.a. against left hander jonathan sanchez. giants just one run on thursday. hoping for some offensive support to get things going. coup the close-up. rookie brandon hit his first at-bat thursday. he connects for his first major league home run. things unravel in the sixth. sanchez is his own worst enemy. he ties

and ichiro in the second to matzui. and the mariners run the ball down to cuslan.pwoez goes to third with a triple. and it's 1-1. the a's go to the front. gonzalez kept the mariners off balance through the seventh. one of the four strike outs. the a's then made the whole exercise a whole lot more comfortable. another blooper that fell in right. chris came home on the play after two stumbles out of the plate. the a's make it one out of three before moving on to toronto on tuesday. 7-1 the final. matsui talked about having his first out on japanese heritage day. >> i prepared for the game like i always do. and got into the game like i always do but you know on the other hand there were a lot of japanese fans that came to watch the game and support us. so i felt like naturally there was that adrenaline that adrenaline rush that came as game time approached. >> i think it's the yellow jerseys though. we distract them a little bit. we put the yield sign. hold on. i felt relaxed when it came to our players. they were out there encouraging me to do better. i couldn't do i

first kurt, fielded by ichiro who throws to third where figgins puts the tag on matsui.s trailed inned third before crisp got them even. crisp finds the gap in right center. kevin scores from second, crisp into third with a triple and it's 1-1. >> the a's took the lead with the run in the 4th and then padded it here in the 6th. ellis with a two out ground ball through the left side. willingham running hard from second. he scores to make it 3-1. gonzalez kept the mariners off balance for seven innings, figgins can't time a breaking ball by gonzalez, one of four strike out victims, the a's made it more comfortable -- matsui picked up his second hit with another blooper, this one scores crisp. the a's get that first win of the year, 7-1 the final. they have the off day before playing tuesday tomorrow. matsui talked about the timing of his first big opening. >> i prepared for the game likely always do and got in to the game likely always do but then on the other hand there were a lot of japanes, fans who came to watch and support us. i felt like naturally it was that adrenal

matsui making his debut for the a's and ichiro for the mariners.at international flavor out here tonight and it's going to continue for the a's for the rest of the season. >> and i am thinking they sold out tonight, what are future games looking like? we need to keep this thing rolling for the a's. >> a's have some of the best give aways. i don't know if you're aware of this, they are doing everything they can to get fans out here and support the team. they should have a great bullpen this year and they are expected to contend in the west. if that doesn't get people here in the coliseum, nothing will. they have great give aways. they have cool bobble heads coming up, $2 hot dog night. rickie henderson bobble head. >> a young team and we are looking for a great year out of them. >> absolutely. >> awesome. >> nothing like a bobble head to get you out to the stadium, you know? >> let's go a's. there we go. >> cheering section right here. >> see you at 10:00 and 11:00. have a good night.

coincidentally, the as signed hideki matsui in the offseason and the mariners have a japanese player, ichirouzuki. >> we're opening to raise more money. >> reporter: the families of the two japanese players survived the earthquake. tonight is not a sellout. but the as suspect it will be before the 7:05 pitch. the excitement is to last beyond opening day. they say the lowest pitching staff gave up the lowest average of earned runs last season, and four of those on the pitching staff are back this year again and ready for action. today's first pitch is at 7:05. the ceremonial first pitch will be thrown out by dave stewart earlier than that. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> 7:30. several cars are damaged in oakland this morning after a suspected drunk driver rammed into them. it all happened on foothill boulevard and havens court just after 9:00 p.m. take a look at the damage left behind. we're told the driver and two other people were taken to a hospital. but we don't know their condition. police tell us the vehicle, the suspect was driving, it was stolen. >>> san fra