bottom nine, two outs, jim lowry snares the flare. a's sweep 7-6. it is their sixth consecutive win. they're in colorado tomorrow night. giants hosting the brewers which means the cheese heads are in town. dugger, base hit, up the middle longoria scores and he is pumped. tied 2-2 in the eighth. base hit to score. travis shaw, two-run bomb off of stratten. the giants gave up five runs in the final two innings and it cost them dearly. they lose 7-5. >>> the 49ers held their first practice in training camp today. among the new faces, mckinnen. he's super fast, but he's exact. 5'9", 205. the former viking say it's taken a while to learn the complicated offense. >> i've got to take my hold who he will o-- kwhoewhole old way f thinking and switch i'm starting to get it. >> the raiders will hold their first practice tomorrow in napa but espn is reporting that the raider's star defensive end has not even had one conversation with new head coach jon gruden which could set the stage for a lengthy holdout. you presume that his agents and others in management h