and jay bruce, well, it started on wednesday. that was the walkoff, the game winner. e of the year. and thursday bruce does it again. none of these shots are cheap shots. he's getting all of them. >> bob: every bit of them. all those pitches were from the middle of the plate in. down there around the knees, right where he can drop that bat head. he gets an amazing amount of lift on the pitches from the middle of the plate in, which really plays well in his home ballpark. >> justin: that is a small ballpark to say the least. a fan box. and there he gets into one again. forget about it! his fourth homer in his last four games! just the second home run that corbin has allowed to a lefty this year and that was crushed. >> bob: you mentioned it, he doesn't hit any cheapies. that ball was torpedoed. that was out over the plate, allowing bruce to get the extension necessary to hit the ball this far. >> justin: frazier fouls it back. i'm almost speechless right now thinking about that. >> bob: and this ballpark they say the ball does not carry nearly as well with the roof and

. >> justin: two balls, one strike the count to jay bruce. high. 3-1. going back for the dodgers, look at what weeks has done. >> bob: not heaping problems on to don mattingly and the dodgers organization but what do you do when carl crawford and matt kemp come back? >> justin: a two-out walk issued to bruce. >> bob: nice problem to have, too many good players. >> justin: too many good players, all of them with pretty big contracts. you got crawford a big contract they took on from the red sox, matt kemp, that big $160 million contract a few years ago and andre ethier, arizona state guy, he has a big contract as well. two out, runner on first and todd frazier at the plate. a look back at bruce, who is 2 for 4 on the season in stolen bases. >> bob: todd frazier at the plate takes a lot of good natured ribbing from his teammates. he will occasionally take the ugliest swings you can see. he is so strong, he can take unorthodox, unbalanced swings and still hit the ball out of the ballpark. >> justin: slider misses. one ball, no strikes. and todd frazier thi

griffin picking on jay bruce all day. the first inning and a swing and a miss.e of griffin's seven strikeouts. brandon moss waits on the change up over the head of bruce. lowry trying to score from second. and a great job of blocking the plate. he can't field it clean. he is a smart guy from stanford. josh donaldson and second homerun in as many days. his 12th of the year. 4-0 oakland. move to the 9th and griffin facing bruce and strikes him out for the fourth time of the day. 5-0 the final. grefn -- griffin with his eighth game shutout. we will call it black wednesday at wimbledon with more upsets one day than we have seen in years. the biggest seven-time champ goes down swinging. the 27-year-old is ranked 116th in the world. attacking the net on rogers and covers the alley. too good and takes it two sets to one. federer and a set point and the backboard and watch this. roger is unable to pass and the volley winner right there. he wins the game and forces the tiebreaker. you won't see this often. unforced error on the back end. a winner in four sets. the quarte

top nine, two outs, strikes out jay bruce. records the first career shutout and the a's win 5-0. >> to be able to have the opportunity to go out there and trust me to go out there and get it done in the ninth, that's huge. it was a fun team win and we're excited to get back out here on friday. >> the crowd was awesome. they stood up and gave a round of applause and we're doing the same thing. it was one of those games where you just felt it, you know what i mean? he was dominating the whole game. he did a great job today against a good lineup and made it more impressive. >> and that's a look at sports. raj, back to you. >>> a great day for the a's and root beer float day. >> always a good day. >> thanks for joining us for this special edition of n brbc area news. hope to see you back here tomorrow. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for deals for the 4th. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. throw a holiday cookou

griffin picking on jay bruce all day. the first inning and a swing and a miss. one of griffin's seven strikeouts. brandon moss waits on the change up over the head of bruce. lowry trying to score from second. and a great job of blocking the plate. he can't field it clean. he is a smart guy from stanford. josh donaldson and second homerun in as many days. his 12th of the year. 4-0 oakland. move to the 9th and griffin facing bruce and strikes him out for the fourth time of the day. 5-0 the final. grefn -- griffin with his eighth game shutout. we will call it black wednesday at wimbledon with more upsets one day than we have seen in years. the biggest seven-time champ goes down swinging. the 27-year-old is ranked 116th in the world. attacking the net on rogers and covers the alley. too good and takes it two sets to one. federer and a set point and the backboard and watch this. roger is unable to pass and the volley winner right there. he wins the game and forces the tiebreaker. you won't see this often. unforced error on the back end. a winner in four sets. the qua

griffin picking on jay bruce all day. the first inning and a swing and a miss.seven strikeouts. brandon moss waits on the change up over the head of bruce. lowry trying to score from second. and a great job of blocking the plate. he can't field it clean. he is a smart guy from stanford. josh donaldson and second homerun in as many days. his 12th of the year. 4-0 oakland. move to the 9th and griffin facing bruce and strikes him out for the fourth time of the day. 5-0 the final. grefn -- griffin with his eighth game shutout. we will call it black wednesday at wimbledon with more upsets one day than we have seen in years. the biggest seven-time champ goes down swinging. the 27-year-old is ranked 116th in the world. attacking the net on rogers and covers the alley. too good and takes it two sets to one. federer and a set point and the backboard and watch this. roger is unable to pass and the volley winner right there. he wins the game and forces the tiebreaker. you won't see this often. unforced error on the back end. a winner in four sets. the quarterfinals and it

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