. >>> mark ibanez joins joins us now with sports.the giants didn't play. >> the giants if the season ended right now they would be involved in the postseason play offs, that's because one of the teams they are fighting with didn't win. holiday a perfect game commemoration before it all started. then it's all about the houston astros in philadelphia. carlos lee a big home run. first time the phillies have been swept at citizen's bank park in a four game series ever. 5-1 giants go up a half game in the wild card scenario. i don't know if it's just a crazy coincidence, but tiger announces his divorce is final. promptly goes out and shoots his best round of the year. he's in new jersey and a 6- under 65 on the way to that. nice shot right here. second shot, and 191 yards sitting pretty for a birdie which he converted here he is on 18 with a 12-foot birdie. he's tied for the lead with a 6- under 65. >>> meantime battle of the bay this weekend, 49ers and raiders both undefeated in the preseason in a couple of games so something has to give

mark ibanez is here to tell us what's going on. >> bobby thompson, a man who provided probably the mostdramatic moment in the history of baseball has passed away in his home in savannah, georgia, but who could forget his shot heard round the world in 1968. >> incredible moment brought to you by hodges over the brooklyn dodgers. he had been in failing health over the last few years and passed away in savannah, georgia where he was now living at the age of 86. bobby thompson. quite a gentlemen. >>> meantime the local guys doing all right for the giants and unfortunately for the giants, local guy also means for the phillies too. first though the good news for san francisco, pat burrell gets a nice ovation at the play of philadelphia. jimmy rollins with a clutch 2- out hit off barry zito. phillies eventually go ahead 4- 2. and giants in the top of the 8th inning are batting but trailing 4-3. full highlights tonight at 10:00. the a's hosting the blue jays. but bobby thompson had a chance to play in a fantasy camp many years ago. very modest, great gentlemen. brushed off all the -- all the at

. >>> sports director mark ibanez joins us now. the a's in progress. they're not at home but they are doing good. >> they're in beautiful cleveland tonight and fairing well as they take an early lead against the indians and they are holding on to it. early one of those unknown a's have you heard of jeff larish? well, maybe you'll start to. it's a two one hot -- two run shot to get him started. gio gonzalez is throwing a shut out right now. the a's well in control of ball 5-0. >>> and manny ramirez, you don't hear about him much. word out of los angeles is the dodgers are going to put him on waivers tomorrow and he will pass through the national league in quite a few american leagues interested in him. but looks like the chicago white sox will have a crack at him. >>> the warriors, good news for their star curry he has been selected to represent team usa as the world basketball championships are about to get started. those championships start next saturday. that's the sporting life for right now. >>> before we go just a recap of our top story. that gas

. >>> mark ibanez is here, a tough loss for the giants and the si young winner. >> every single loss can be categorized as big. the padres come to town this weekend but they took their other eye off the ball to explode a miserable team. and a man on, four runs in the first-inning off the eventual losing. rest of the night, the giants play catch up and buster posie did his best. tiler coven couldn't hang on. the giants score gives him a 2- run double on that. 9th inning, again it's posey, clean double to right off the boards there. and again, emmanuel burress is in. the padres won for the giants 2.5 back. >>> not your average pushing and shoving baseball brawl tonight. they get into it, brandon phillips of the reds and molina. first go verbally then it get as little physical, as you watch the benches clear from both teams. managers of the reds and tony la russa manager of the cards their teams have gotten into it prior. there are a few blows thrown in this one. certainly fines and suspensions will follow when all is said and done. that guy sneaks out of there. but the cardinals won th

. >>> sports director mark ibanez is with us tonight. >> and it would have taken them three weeks toruns but that's their output in just the last two months. hot fun in the summer fun out there at the ballpark. most everybody on the act. the the giants had already scored seven runs adding to it juan uribe with a shot he knows he's got. two run shot, his 16th of the year. you want to see a swing, of beauty. buster posey dead center field with two men on, three run homer, he has 10 already. 1-5 at that point. pablo is back, shots to deep right center. pablo is 3-5 with 5 rbis. and andre, three more hits for him. this is a shot that's going to end in a double and two more rbis. giants win it 16-5. padres keep their lead over the west. but the wild card picture is looking a lot better for san francisco, the the phillies ryan howard, he had a reason to get irritated in the extra innings against houston, he has a pitch called strike three and says something that gets him in immediate ejection. howard was 0-7 tonight with five strike outs. and the astros beat philly in the 16th. it was a ro

. >>> mark ibanez joins us now with news of the giants who did better. >> a little better than the bunkants put on 17 hits, 11 runs. red batters and mr. mom out in the bleachers trying to get it together. get that pacifier in there. woof -- watch the game would you. just missed there. gets the scoring started in the first, the big two run double and that's the the way it was all night for the giants. just hitting the baseball all over the yard. another example, freddy sanchez coming around maybe with the bat. and missing the double down the right field line. the giants come out of the first with a 5-0 lead for cane and adding to it, torrez. going dead center field. over and out his 13th homer, matt cane aiding the work. retired the final sports team. that got it together. all through the offensive explosion and the giants. >>> and lonely houston coming from behind to beat philly, it was carlos lee with a big two run single to win it for the astros. giants one game back of philadelphia in the wild card race. most of the talk leading up to yesterday's national 49er game focused on who els

. >>> mark ibanez joins us now with news of the giants who did better. >> a little better than the bunk put on 17 hits, 11 runs. red batters and mr. mom out in the bleachers trying to get it together. get that pacifier in there. woof -- watch the game would you. just missed there. gets the scoring started in the first, the big two run double and that's the the way it was all night for the giants. just hitting the baseball all over the yard. another example, freddy sanchez coming around maybe with the bat. and missing the double down the right field line. the giants come out of the first with a 5-0 lead for cane and adding to it, torrez. going dead center field. over and out his 13th homer, matt cane aiding the work. retired the final sports team. that got it together. all through the offensive explosion and the giants. >>> and lonely houston coming from behind to beat philly, it was carlos lee with a big two run single to win it for the astros. giants one game back of philadelphia in the wild card race. most of the talk leading up to yesterday's national 49er game focused on who else, b

. >> and mark ibanez has good news just when people were about to give up on the giants. >> sweepinge padres has since removed foot from mouth long enough to walk the walk. jonathan sanchez doing more than talking about it. the fans have something to get excitement about the entertainment king. buster posey in the first, buster balloon rbi double into the gap at center field. that will score the first of the game. and pablo sandoval in the fourth, just his ninth over all. and check this catch by the fan, he has his drink and no spillage. great one handed catch. but he might have been outdone here by aaron rowan in center field helping sanchez the to victory. that's a beautiful catch out there to jason werth. sanchez gave up one run and wins his ninth. dreaming if the giants think they have a chance at the play off, why wouldn't the a's who after stunning the team, finding themselves a mere seven back to the first place rangers in the west. talk about bringing a glove to the ball game. and getting the ball, how about just bring your laptop and a pretty good catch there. and the a's wi

. >>> sports director mark ibanez is with us tonight. >> and it would have taken them three weeks toruns but that's their output in just the last two months. hot fun in the summer fun out there at the ballpark. most everybody on the act. the the giants had already scored seven runs adding to it juan uribe with a shot he knows he's got. two run shot, his 16th of the year. you want to see a swing, of beauty. buster posey dead center field with two men on, three run homer, he has 10 already. 1-5 at that point. pablo is back, shots to deep right center. pablo is 3-5 with 5 rbis. and andre, three more hits for him. this is a shot that's going to end in a double and two more rbis. giants win it 16-5. padres keep their lead over the west. but the wild card picture is looking a lot better for san francisco, the the phillies ryan howard, he had a reason to get irritated in the extra innings against houston, he has a pitch called strike three and says something that gets him in immediate ejection. howard was 0-7 tonight with five strike outs. and the astros beat philly in the 16th. it was a ro

. >>> mark ibanez is here, a tough loss for the giants and the si young winner. >> every single lossategorized as big. the padres come to town this weekend but they took their other eye off the ball to explode a miserable team. and a man on, four runs in the first-inning off the eventual losing. rest of the night, the giants play catch up and buster posie did his best. tiler coven couldn't hang on. the giants score gives him a 2- run double on that. 9th inning, again it's posey, clean double to right off the boards there. and again, emmanuel burress is in. the padres won for the giants 2.5 back. >>> not your average pushing and shoving baseball brawl tonight. they get into it, brandon phillips of the reds and molina. first go verbally then it get as little physical, as you watch the benches clear from both teams. managers of the reds and tony la russa manager of the cards their teams have gotten into it prior. there are a few blows thrown in this one. certainly fines and suspensions will follow when all is said and done. that guy sneaks out of there. but the cardinals won the ball ga

. >> and mark ibanez has good news just when people were about to give up on the giants. >> sweeping padres has since removed foot from mouth long enough to walk the walk. jonathan sanchez doing more than talking about it. the fans have something to get excitement about the entertainment king. buster posey in the first, buster balloon rbi double into the gap at center field. that will score the first of the game. and pablo sandoval in the fourth, just his ninth over all. and check this catch by the fan, he has his drink and no spillage. great one handed catch. but he might have been outdone here by aaron rowan in center field helping sanchez the to victory. that's a beautiful catch out there to jason werth. sanchez gave up one run and wins his ninth. dreaming if the giants think they have a chance at the play off, why wouldn't the a's who after stunning the team, finding themselves a mere seven back to the first place rangers in the west. talk about bringing a glove to the ball game. and getting the ball, how about just bring your laptop and a pretty good catch there. and the a's wit

. >>> mark ibanez is coming back for sports coming up next. >>> one of san francisco's movie operators will shut down. the clay theater will shut down this month. the last film will be the "rocky horror picture show." it's one of the oldest theaters in the city. >>> the giants were shut down today. mark's gonna tell us what happened. >> well, giant fans were fearing this road trip. as it turns out, they had every reason to be. what looked like a strength now a glaring weakness. talking about the giants' starting pitching. they are now 0-9 with a terrible 5.73 e.r.a. look at tim lincecum signing autographs. give me the ball, and i will sign it. it hits ishikawa in the head. he's all right. but the rest of the night did not go fine. jimmy collins, single, a triple and this three-run shot off matt cain who dropped to 9 and 0. there's pat burrell to talk about. again, he goes deep against his former -- former classmate. they got the rookie downtown brown, look at that home run. monster shot and the giants find themselves after another loss, six games back from san diego and the west. it al

. >>> mark ibanez is here with sports.oth of the baseball teams did good today. >> don't say that very obvious. start with the giants. kind of a mysterious thing happened to them. able to look up at the out of town scoreboard sign see that the padres actually lost a game tonight. it wouldn't be right if they didn't pounce on that opportunity and they did. this guy is a pretty go ahead hitting pitcher. bounces one to center. and we have a 1-0 lead. does it seem like buster posey shows up in the highlights every single night? he does again. the kid with the shot to right center-field. he has got himself a double and an rbi. the giants led this way all the way. aubrey huff in a bit of a slump took last night off. and he look rejuvenated with a two run shot. picture to ride. the 21st of the year. the giants are five back of the padres in the west. >>> the as team not laden with superstars exactly. in fact, they don't have any. about you a guy is playing like one. over the past several day shortstop cliff pennington gets the no

. >>> mark ibanez is here with sports.th of the baseball teams did good today. >> don't say that very obvious. start with the giants. kind of a mysterious thing happened to them. able to look up at the out of town scoreboard sign see that the padres actually lost a game tonight. it wouldn't be right if they didn't pounce on that opportunity and they did. this guy is a pretty go ahead hitting pitcher. bounces one to center. and we have a 1-0 lead. does it seem like buster posey shows up in the highlights every single night? he does again. the kid with the shot to right center-field. he has got himself a double and an rbi. the giants led this way all the way. aubrey huff in a bit of a slump took last night off. and he look rejuvenated with a two run shot. picture to ride. the 21st of the year. the giants are five back of the padres in the west. >>> the as team not laden with superstars exactly. in fact, they don't have any. about you a guy is playing like one. over the past several day shortstop cliff pennington gets the nod