san francisco giants keep playing leapfrog with san diego and otoday in denver, their workhorse matt cain put them on their back. they could just about eliminate colorado today. the two-run homer gave cain a cushion. he was both starter and closer. he took a no-hitter into the 8th and symptoms for

matt cain, off balance, in a pent race, you are concentrating, the dig by huff.e fontenot, bochy started three guys that made you raise your eyes. what is he doing? fontenot came through, 1-0. sandoval, huff makes it home, 2- 1 giants. in good shape. >> available experience for them to play in these type games, every pitch, every play, every at bat means so much. that's our style. [ñindiscernibleñ] the way we do things. >> cain 7 shut out innings. giants a half game back in the division and wildcard races. same two clubs tomorrow night. sandoval will sit. podries and rockies. tulowitzki is becoming king. two of homers yesterday, here he goes again. boy he is on fire. let me catch myself. this guy, boom, couple of 3-run home runners today. 9-6 rockies. when you don't sleep, occasionally slip of the tongue will happen. >> talking about jackie. anyway, the rockies trail the giants by one game. a's playing in kansas, major rain delay. after an hour and 27 minutes, cahill got tagged here. coco crisp, a'ss lose 6-3. coco crisp he is going to make -- my favorite deal, a

national league pennant race is giving giant fans an ulcer, matt cain was money.lirted with a no-hitter. sanchez, drills one deep to left. see ya. second straight game with a home run. 2-0 giants. cain was dealing in the sixth. blows away eric young, jr. carries the no-hitter into the 8 am. one out in the 8th. uribe double-clutches, ruled an infield sing single so the no-no is gone. 4-2 giants win. coupled with a padres loss. >> a's were eliminated yesterday. a rare poor outing for cahill. gave up seven runs on 12 hits in four innings, the rangers win a shootout, 16-9. women's professional soccer championship, gold pride hosting philly. sinclair gets the rebound and converts, has a pair of goals today. 29th minute. wilson just inside the box. buries it in the back of the net. gold pride wins 4-0. went from worst to first in one season. congratulations to our former colleague, who is taking over as gm for the gold pride. a good move. golf coming up at 6:00 and i'll still be grumpy. >> carolyn: you have things to be happy about with the gold pride. we'll be right ba

he was matched in this game by matt cain.a shot off a bat of buster posey deep to center and gone. solo shot. that was it. the final was 1-0 giants. >>> colvin may be getting out of the hospital tomorrow. part of a shattered back punctured his chest in florida. >> hope he's going good. he get out of there soon and everything okay. i talked to him and he sounded good. i said i'm sorry. because that happened in baseball. >> he's doing good. his spirits are good. he's sad his season is over with. i talked to him. they took the tube out and i think he'll go home tomorrow. he's lucky but unlucky. >>> now the white sox play on oakland or mars? kurt suzuki a double to left. will not be in time. this one gives the a's a 2-0 lead. and sox headed for their eighth straight loss. nothing going right in this streak including the defense. double into left field. runner scores. sox giving it up. they lose again 7-2. >>> the twins won their sixth division title. launches his 25th of the year. tied the game in the 2nd against the indians. spa

matt cain on the bump tonight. a three-run blast. and the dodgers take the lead.were resilient. in the seventh, postie finally breaks through against ted lilly. a soaring blast into the raft. 4-1 dodgers. in the eight, after a renteria blast, burrell follows with a home run of his own. here come the giants. in the ninth, one out, uribe, a dramatic two-run blast. giants take the 5-4 lead. then brian wilson win i with runners on the corners gets out of the jam. giants are now two back in the west after the 5-4 victory. >>> trevor cahill becomes the first 15-game win for the a's since 2007 shutting down the angels. pentington, davis scores, 2-0a's. cahill quietly putting up a cy young type season. strikes out four in six shutout innings, proving to 17-6. they knock off the halos 3-1. >> alan: that concludes another broadcast of abc-7 news. thanks for staying up late with us. you can see

for the giant they will try to bounce back with the help of one of their most consistent starters, matt cain. san francisco is three games behind the padres. by the end of the day the end could be two. san diego's free fall continued thanks to the rockies. carlos gonzalez. scores two off lou gregorson. 6-2 cardinals. the padres lose their ninth in a row. this is a team it didn't seem could be beaten. now they really can. >> not so much. cal won, stanford is on its way. and we've got san jose state. going to be a hard one. thanks, laura. >>> still ahead, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake caught on camera. >>> it will make your skin crawl. bed bugs are back from coast-to-coast. bay area homes are infested as well. we take you under the covers. new information on the investigation into thatra cshed lagoon this week.

matt cain as effective. bochy, after 82 pitches, pinch hits for cain.have to try to score when they can. and indeed, buster posey, the bullpen, three perfect and i can see they're a winner when posey, rookie of the year candidate goes deep in the 8th inning, and that was it. bryan wilson comes on to finish, giants win 1-0. they stay a half game up in the national league west on the san diego padres. dawned mattingly ready to take over for tori. clayton richard of the padres dominated. eight innings, six strikeouts, bellingsly gives up the r.b.i. single. 6-0 padres. they're right there with the giants, one half game back. the colorado rockies, baseball's hottest team until the last two contests. they are now two and a half games back of san francisco. jim tracy's team couldn't stop kelly johnson, two-run homer. arizona beat the -- beat the rockies tonight, final of 3-1. sitting out in the rain, pam, i'm a boy of about ten years old. went to the east-west college all-star football game, all excited, and it started to rain. so you know when you're a kid an

plenty for matt cain who took a no hitter into the 8th.iants win. >>> padres took one on the chin to the reds. cincinnati knocked the padres around for a 12-2 win. the giants lead by a half game. >>> in the desert, little over a minute left in the game, raiders down one, bruce leading his team down field. hit the hp on a critical 4th down play setting up the game winning field goal. problem is he miss from 32- yards and the raiders loose 24- 23. >>> this morning the niners were still asleep. they were blown out for the second time on the road this season. this time at the hands of kansas city. that -- 49ers now 0-3. they lost 31-10. >>> the bay area with a championship to celebrate. the gold pride win their first wps championship. putting in the back of the net closing seconds, 4-0 is the final. >>> we have a busy night on game day tonight. >> good. >> on our sister station. the niners loss, raider is have won, the ninerses were horrible. >> and -- he will get the game back. >> yeah. he is to good not to but it's frustrating. he missed thr

for the highlights, matt cain pitched seven shutout innings and they broke a scoreless out there.wo-out rbi single. giants beat the dodgers 2-1, the giants tenth win in 14 games. the phillies increase their n.l. east lead. philadelphia whacked florida, 10-5. tampa bay back in first place in the a.l. east. dan johnson hit a pair of two-run homers off hughes. rays beat the yanks. 4-3. joe mauer has three hits including a three-run homer right here. and minnesota goes to a 9-3 win over the white sox. the twins now up in the a.l. central by eight games. >>> when we return, another look at the top stories and broken promises. victims of the gulf oil spill still waiting to be compensated. ♪ [ female announcer ] kids who don't eat breakfast may not be getting the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. ♪ a nutritious start to the day is essential. that's why carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast. so kids get the protein and calcium they need to help build strong muscles and healthy bones. carnation instant breakfast essentials. goo

matt cain had never beat the dodgers until last monthment tonight, looking to make it two in a row.es up a three run homer to jay gibbons in the 4th. ted lilly held them, but the bats slowly woke up in the late innings. posey, renteria and burrell hit home run and juan uribe, a chance to be the hee hoe in the 9th. >> he hits it hard, he hits it deep. out of here! >> it's the seventh go ahead homer for uribe this season. and the giants get maybe their biggest win of the year. they beat the dodgers 5-4. >> uribe, you know wasn't exactly having one of the best games and he got his pitch and he stayed on it and now he's got a great game. a game winning homer. so my mentality going in that is like it's always been. it's a must-win. >> so the giants are now two games behind the padres in the west who have lost nine straight and three back of the phillies in the wild card. >>> a's and angels, bolts of the 1st, jack cust bloops the single to right. hunter's throw is offline. daric barton scores and 1-0 a's. with cahill on mound, he tosses six shutout innings and picked up his 15th win. the

what lies ahead for matt cain and giants. are back in the bay area late tonight. >>> and we have two guests tonight. jim harbaugh, the stanford head coach, stanford ranked ninth in the nation. pretty sweet. and brandi chastain. a big day for women's soccer in the bay area. whether we start with the 49ers.

like barry zito last night matt cain allowing just three hits. close to one for mike fontenot but this bud's for you? no. jay gibbons makes the catch while falling down against the wall. no score in the 7th. fontenot bloops a two-out base hit off chad billingsley. the giants score a run, critical play in the 8th. pablo grounds it to second, aubrey huff beats it makesser it a 2-0 game. why -- makes it a 2-0 game. why was that run so huge? because brian wilson comes in to try and close it out. andre ethier smashes a solo shot, the lead cut in half. next batter jay gibbons at the plate to tie it. no. swings gets nothing. giants will a nail biter 2-1. >>> troy tulowitzki is single handedly keeping colorado in the race. in the last 13 games the sunnyvale kid has 19 hits, 11 home runs. he scored 17 runs and driven in 25. he drove in seven today alone. colorado defeated san diego 9- 6. this was his second homer of the day. so here's how it all shakes down. giants are 1/2 game back in both the division and wildcard, rockies just two back of the giants. b

matt cain for the giants. 3-1 blast and dodgers take the 4-0 lead.osey breaks through and soaring blast into the seventh. in the eighth, todd follows with a home run on his own. his 13th, now it's 4-3 dodgers. head to the ninth with one out. juan uribe, completes the blast. giants take the lead 5-4 and brian wilson with runners on the corners will get out of a jam in the ninth for a 39th save. giants are now just two back of the padres in the west after the 5-4 victory. >> trevor cahill backs winner as he shuts down the angels. bottom of the 2, two out r.b.i. single, one scores and 2-0 a's. he strikes auto four. lowering his era to 2.72, a's knock them off 3-1. u.s. open including roger federer was a mackey. we'll see you again at 5:00. have a great day. >> overcrowd inning one marin county school district pushes students out of their neighborhood schools. and san francisco's muni workers losing a big bonus for the most powerful half-ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. chevy silverado half-ton a consumers digest best buy an

last night in denver the giants used eight different pitchers and today matt cain decided just everybodyck off and let me do my thing. giant's starters, 8/82 back and freddy sanchez off jorge de la rosa. he gaves matt a nice cushion. crain took a no-hiter in the 8th and settles for a complete game three heighter. cody ross adds inshawn with the joel homerun in the 7th. giants win the final rode game 4-2 and come thome play their final six. >> padres lost big today, so the giants leapfrog over san diego and take .5 game lead in the wild west standings. san francisco is off tomorrow and plays six more home-games. oakland a's playing their final home gazillion of the season and it wasn't pretty. trevor kaye hill gets shelled for seven hits. department of defense rangers win and a's need to win four of its final seven games to finish an even .500 for the season. >> last week the radar nation called for a quarterback change and now they may start barking for a new kicker. tom cable and the raiders in arizona today to play the cardinals and oakland would look like, how about a do-over on the o

san francisco giants keep playing leapfrog with san diego and otoday in denver, their workhorse matt cainn their back. they could just about eliminate colorado today. the two-run homer gave cain a cushion. he was both starter and closer. he took a no-hitter into the 8th and symptoms for a deplete game 3 hitter. giant's cody ross adds insurance with the run in the 7th. san francisco wins their regular season rode game and now come home to play their final six games. >> the reds took a number on the padres in san diego. chris heisey doubles. cincinnati's magic number is now one. >>> padres fall .5 game behind san francisco in the wild west standings. san francisco is off tomorrow. then play six more home-games and the last three, against those second-place padres. >>> oakland a's pleaed their last home-game of the season and not a good day for 17-game- winner trevor cahill. tex has seven hits and mixmoreland homers and rangers win 16-9. a's need to win for of their final seven games to finish an even .500 for the season. all of them on the road. >> if it's not one thing, it's northern. last

matt cain took the mound and gave l.a. a 4-0 lead, which forced the giants to play catch-up.ow 4-2. the next batter after a solo shot is pat burrow, and what does he do in his pinch hitting situation? sends another solo home run. giants going back-to-back. it's 4-3, l.a. top nine, same score, broston trying to close things out, but aribe has other plans. the giants score unanswered home runs, stunning the dodgers 5-4, now two games behind the padres. >>> and yesterday afternoon at the coliseum, the a's and angels. cahill trying to become the first oakland pitchner three years to win 15 games in a season. bottom two, 1-0 a's. cahill gets his 15th win, the a's get the w, 3-1. >>> last year was toby gearhart, this year, andrew luck. the cardinals cannot keep themselves out of the heisman trophy talk this season. it's all about number 12, and nfl scouts already checking him out. yesterday, though, scouts saw a pretty good show as the cardinals kicked off the season by hosting sacramento state at stanford stadium. first quarter, 7-0 stanford. luck airing it out, baldwin in stride

giants fans are getting an ulcerment matt cane on the hill today against the rockies and was money. cain was able. went the distance and flirted with a no-hitter. freddie sanchez, top one. see ya. second straight game with a home run. 2-0 giants. meanwhile, cain was doling. in the sixth, blows away young. carries the no-hitter into the 8th. one up the middle. the double clutch, it's beaten out, ruled an infield single so the no-hitter is gone. cain gets giambi looking. strikes out eight. 4-2 win. coupled with the padres' loss, the g-men are back in first place with six to go all at home. >> a's were eliminated from the postseason yesterday. back to work today against the rangers. francoeur, two-one blast. cahill gave up seven runs and the rangers win a shootout. >> women's professional soccer, gold pride in hayward. marta, another shot blocked. then sinclair gets the rebound and converts. gold pride up 1-nil. in the 29th minute, wilson inside the box. count it. gold pride wins their first championship, 4-0. went from worst to first in one season. >>> a rainy final reasonable of the tour

matt on the bump for the giants. in the 4th cain giving up the big fly.st courtesy of jake gibbons. the giants resilient. in the 7th buster pocze finally breaks through against lili. a soaring blast into left. 4-1 dodgers. in the 8th after rentrhea made it 4. one out. completes the comeback. a dramatic two-run blast. giants take the lead 5-4. runners on the corner will get out of the jam in the 9th for a save. giants two back from the padres after the victory. trevor cahill becomes the 15th game winner for the a's at 2007. cahill with run support. the two-out r.b.i. single. strikes out four in six shut-out innings. improving to 15-6 as the a's knock off the halos 3-1. all the top seeds are fans of the u.s. open yesterday, including roger federer. that's the way the ball bounces. see you tonight at 5:00. have a great day. >> up next at 6:30, the federal stimulus program that's put thousands of bay area people to work. and a major new push to prevent it from running out. also new signs of life in technology. the jobs of that come to >>> welcome back, everyo

matt on the bump for the giants. in the 4th, cain giving up the big fly. three-run fly. gibbons.pocze finally breaks through. a soaring blast into left. 4-1 dodgers. then in the 8th after rent rhea made a blast. now it's 4-3 dodgers. heads to the 9th with one out. completes the comeback. takes the lead 5-4. then brian wilson with runners on the corner will get out of the jam in the 9th for his 39th save. the giants two back the padres and the west. trevor cahill becomes the first game winner for the a's for 2007 as he shuts down the a's, those bottom two. penny with the two-out r.b.i. single. scores, 2-0 a's. putting up sy young's numbers. six shut-out innings. lowering his era to 2 hin 72 as the a's knock off the halos 3-1. at the u.s. open, roger federer and carolina was the mackky. see you tonight at 5:00. have great day. >> up next, the federal stimulus program that's put thousands of bay area to work and the major drive to prestrength from running out. new signs of life in the technology. the jobs of that come mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy

matt cane. jose guine meets the offense head first. 6innings of shut out play for cain.ket to ride buster posey solo homer. providing a 1-0 win. brian wison with his 44th save. padres would not budge as the dodgers again plead not guilty down south. san diego easily ryan ludwick with a two run single. clayton richard an eight hit complete shut out for the padres who remain a half game back of the giants in the west. as for the a's here in oakland just continue to swing easy, play hard as the calendar winds down. and it's hard to resist. 23-7 gets manny on a phase. another youngster as juan pierre not so lucky pierre right there as he bangs into the wall. 2-1 score, and the crew 7-2, super bowl champs get out of candle stick park. reggie bush last week he loses thheisman trophy. bush injured his right leg in a scramble for a lose ball someone fell on his leg fracturing it in the process. >> well from the brink of disaster and now back to starting quarterback back in the nfl that would be michael vick named today as the quarterback for the eagles when kevin kobb was entere

matt cane. jose guine meets the offense head first. 6innings of shut out play for cain.o ride buster posey solo homer. providing a 1-0 win. brian wison with his 44th save. padres would not budge as the dodgers again plead not guilty down south. san diego easily ryan ludwick with a two run single. clayton richard an eight hit complete shut out for the padres who remain a half game back of the giants in the west. as for the a's here in oakland just continue to swing easy, play hard as the calendar winds down. and it's hard to resist. 23-7 gets manny on a phase. another youngster as juan pierre not so lucky pierre right there as he bangs into the wall. 2-1 score, and the crew 7-2, super bowl champs get out of candle stick park. reggie bush last week he loses thheisman trophy. bush injured his right leg in a scramble for a lose ball someone fell on his leg fracturing it in the process. >> well from the brink of disaster and now back to starting quarterback back in the nfl that would be michael vick named today as the quarterback for the eagles when kevin kobb was entered a f