right at mccovey cove outside of the heay area. back in a moment for more giants coverage. >>> hi, again. scott reiss in the comcast newsroom. it would be hard to duplicate the magic of the 2010 world series at at&t park. but this game came close. matt cain going something that hasn't been done in more than a century of giants baseball. he got some help here in the seventh inning. gregor blanco, tremendous catch to rob jordan schafer. from then, it seems like destiny. two out in the ninth. your last batter, jason castro. he grounds to joaquin arias. a little hop across the diamond. it gets in. giants win 10-0. amy gutierrez live at at&t park with more. >> it certainly was magical tonight. as you say, destiny. the and in the seventh, you kind of knew something very special was going to happen. matt cain, keeping his composure the entire time, was able to let loose afterwards. here's what he had to say. >> it's settling in a little bit. i'm able to celebrate with the guys in the clubhouse a little bit. and that was something -- obvio

. >> there's also a group that hilt golf balls into mccovey cove.e did have to get permission from brian sabian. reporting from at&t park, i'm jamie styles for nbc bay area. >> last week's winner on the pga tour in memphis was a stroking them with ease into mccovey cove so maybe the giant hitters will follow suit, obviously hitting home runs hasn't been their forte this season, but if a golfer could do it, surely the hitters should be able to do it as well. we'll have the u.s. open report tomorrow and friday at 2:00 right here on nbc bay area, for now, from the olympic club, scott reece, nbc bay area sports. >> that is a nice setup there. >> beautiful. very fancy. >> for more local coverage, you can watch sports net central tonight on comcast bay area at 10:30. >> we'll be back in a moment. >>> a group of college students are usualing social media to make social change. >> do we still have time to do a startup story in. >> now? >> let's start up saying goodbye. >> we'll see you at 11:00. >> bye-bye. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they

it started out hitting golf balls in mccovey cove. that was fun.ooks like they are hitting golf balls too. cabrera with a two-run shot. his fifth of the year. that was all matt cain needed. he struck out 14 as astro after astro after astro went down. you will get nothing and like it. the closest to a base hit was in the seventh inning. jordan schaefer drills one toward triples alley. have no fear blanco is here. he stretched out incredibly to save the no-no. the stanford man and grounds to third and aries gets it there in time as brandon belt squeezes it for the final out. the giants with wife chelsea looking on. now more from big daddy cai. >> it felt like the world series, but it felt louder. every strike they were going nuts for. it was truly amazing. i never had that much excitement in every strike, every pitch, every swing. >> he has had some hard luck in the past. he has been close. he even makes it that much more special because he has been a giant his whole career. >> how about the a's? they are making it rain in colorado. the bottom of the

it started out hitting golf balls in mccovey cove. that was fun. the giants' offense looks like they are hitting golf balls too. cabrera with a two-run shot. his fifth of the year. that was all matt cain needed. he struck out 14 as astro after astro after astro went down. you will get nothing and like it. the closest to a base hit was in the seventh inning. jordan schaefer drills one toward triples alley. have no fear blanco is here. he stretched out incredibly to save the no-no. the stanford man and grounds to third and aries gets it there in time as brandon belt squeezes it for the final out. the giants with wife chelsea looking on. now more from big daddy cai. >> it felt like the world series, but it felt louder. every strike they were going nuts for. it was truly amazing. i never had that much excitement in every strike, every pitch, every swing. >> he has had some hard luck in the past. he has been close. he even makes it that much more special because he has been a giant his whole career. >> how about the a's? they are making it rain in color

aloha into mccovey cove. a's starting a three-game inner league series with the rockies.colorado jumped on them in the first and then the a's respond. six runs in the third. this guy can rate. monstrous to the upper deck. oakland on top 5-4. more from moss in the fifth. he was just called up from triple-a and you can see why. it takes guthrie just below the upper deck. the second of the game. pennington and he had already hit one homer and going for his second. got it. the play of the night. they win it 8-5. that's your abc7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> excellent. >> excited about the open this week. >> it will be fun. >> don't bring your cell phone. >> you are not getting it in. >> "nightline" is next. >> thanks for joining us. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. of course we are always available at abc7news.com and facebook and twitter and abc7 news bay area. >> thanks for watching.

it started out hittingballs golf balls in mccovey cove. that was fun. looks like they are hitting golf balls too. cabrera with a two-run shot. his fifth of the year. that was all matt cain needed. he struck out 14 as astro after astro after astro went down. you will get nothing and like it. the closest to a base hit was in the seventh inning. jordan schaefer drills one toward triples alley. have no blanco is here. he stretched out incredibly to save the no-no. the stanford man and grounds to third and aries gets it there in time as brandon belt squeezes it for the final out. the giants with wife chelsea looking on. now more from big daddy cai. >> it felt like the world series, but it felt louder. every strike they were goingfor. it for. it was truly amazing. i never had that muchexcitement, every pitch, every swing. >> he has had some in the past. he has been close. he even makes it that much more special because he has been a giant his whole career. >> how about the a's? they are making it rain in colorado. the bottom of the first, the angels' todd hel

cain joined a few teammates to hit balls into mccovey cove. only one ball, that's all he needed. >> look at that. he has the follow-through. everything going cain's way last night. good for him. >> love it. >> we're going to see a lot more long drives like that today as the 2012 u.s. open gets under way at the olympic club in a few hours. >> how about this. tiger woods, bubba watson, phil mickelson teeing off in hours. fans hoping to get a glimpse during the practice round. the golfing greats in their final practice tune-up. tiger woods, he's a popular guy, had to be escorted by two police officers. tournament play starts with the first group at 7:00 a.m. woods, mickelson and bubba watson at 7:33. and of course we'll be all over this. we'll cover the u.s. open throughout the morning and the weekend. marla tellez will be live coming in our next hour and we'll have continuing coverage on air and of course on line at nbcbayarea.com. >> if you are lucky to have tickets to head out there today, what will the weather hold for us? want to check win m

johnson will step up to home pleat and tee off some golf balls and drive them into mccovey cove. >> that's >> not kidding. not the only pro golfer to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. rory mcilroy showing off his skills on the mound. on the same night they had that bobblehead doll. a little high there. >> and needs a little mousse for the hair. >>> a baseball mascot getting sued. a woman says phillie phanatic threw her into a pool two years ago leaving her with severe injuries. the mascot has been sued for hugging someone too hard and injuring an arthritic woman's legs. hate when that happens. >> got to chill out. take it easy. just cheer, big guy. done be squeezing so hard. >>> up next, bacon, not just for burgers anymore. not only for burgers. >> no. it's for burgers. and sothg else.it jon kelley wants one. >>> welcome back. now 11:26. taking a live look over the bay bridge where the cloud cover has cleared. we still have some fog hugging the coastal mountains. that will likely be the case as we head through the next couple hours, but it, too, will burn off. san jose, beautiful condi

aloha into mccovey cove. a's starting a three-game inner leagueith series with the rockies.spond. six runs in the third. this guy can rate. monstrous to the upper deck. oakland on top 5-4. more from moss in the fifth. he was just called up from triple-a and you can see why. it takes guthrie just below the upper deck. the second of the game. pennington and he had already hit one homer and going for his second. got it. the play of the night. they win it 8-5. that's your abc7 sports report brought to you by rivecasino.oce casino. >> excellent. >> excited about the open this week. >> it will be fun. >> don't bring your cell phone. >> you are not getting it in. >> "nightl >> next. >> thanks for joining us. abc7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. of course we are always available at abc7news.com and facebook and twitter and abc7 news bay area. shot up more than 1,000% in less than a day. that is welcome news of course to thousands of americans awaiting a transplant. you know she called during the show her morning megaphone. that is -- what it is. the power of the show. and t

we could see that ball krar out of the west-northwest 10 to 15 miles per hour straight out to mccovey cove. they take on the giants yet again hopefully pulling out back-to-back wins. let's beat l.a. tomorrow, warmer but not by much, about 5 to 8 hotter than today. we'll stay just about as warm hovering right around average for this time of year. the receive day shout outlook shows you even as we head through this weekend staying nice and comfortable, 78 degrees saturday, 75 on sunday. you can't beat it, guys. >> no, you can't. i'm in the giants' theme today. i didn't even intend to. >>> up next, scrambling for a backup plan. what's happening today in the saga over a sudden loss of funding for the new 49ers stadium. jo and the new pitch for funds. what firefighters of one bay area county want from voters and how public safety could be impacted. [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. c

way out into mccovey cove. >> matt cain also stepped up. out in the water.bout a counties fan taking to the new heights. >> look at this. >> john, are you serious? >> a late arrival trying to figure out how to beat that traffic out there. >> yeah, strike up the elton john rocket man. blowing the minds of the announcers. the man used a jet back. only in the bay area. good advertisement. >> huge. take a ride. 5:51. i want to see how he lands. pass off that take-out as your own cooking? serving up gourmet meals with a sight of dirty dishes. >> is the economy getting better or kmint it. >> we give you a live look from our chopper a. three-alarm fire, flames were blasting into the air. the firefighter trying to make sure it's out. that affect it b.a.r.t. service from oakland. we'll update you as we progress. [ male announcer ] every day, your car takes you to work, school, practice, dance class, shopping, and more. so do something nice for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. so do something nice for it. the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, th

northwest wind 10 to 15 miles per hour could come into play taking that ball out to right center or mccovey cove'll watch for that. all the action starts at noon. something else happening around town. want to point this out. in pleasanton, the alameda county fair is under way. today is phenomenal. nice and clear even at 8:00 p.m. holding onto the low 70s. gorgeous fair weather for today. great way to take the kids out there. if you do apply that spf 30. 86 degrees in livermore, 85 degrees in san jose. as we head through tomorrow, shaving off 4 to 6 degrees on average. by friday the low 80s return, upper 70s this weekend. another gorgeous one before we heat up next week. here's mike on the drive. >> we look at a slower drive for the south bay folks, nobody 101 past capitol. speeding into the 30s and 20s. 30s and 40s, not yet to 20s up towards 880. here we have slowing from capitol expressway for highway 87 into downtown and continuing up just north of 280. expect 280 and 85 to follow suit. probably over the next half hour just after 7:15 is when we expect to see slowing and a lighter, easier buil

could take that ball out to mccovey cove.e head through tomorrow. we level off heading into the weekend. back to the 70s. here's mike with the drive. >> looking to the bay bridge, close to its regular speed on the span, but eastbound getting to the lower deck and also northbound 101, we have slowing because of the earlier accidents, plural, and the sand spill, which have cleared. just cleared in the last few minutes, westbound 92 across the san mateo bridge, very slow there, the dumbarton the alternate. a live look at san mateo bridge shows you the westbound on the right still gummed up at the toll plaza. starting to move better, though. oakland jamming up past the coliseum, two incidents have cleared. >>> thank you for joining us. another local update in one half hour. >>> the law says you cannot touch. but i think i see a lot of law breakers up in this house. >> well, he's no stranger to showing off his six-pack. that's matthew mcconaughey as the owner of a dallas male strip joint in director stevensonenberg's newest movie.

to the highlights in san francisco, we start with this because we had to show you, a fan in mccovey coveet pack, why not, during the first inning of the game. bottom of the first, giants get on the board. they get cain pad, two-run homer for melky cabrera. giants put ten runs on the board. all matt cain, perfect through five. j.d. martinez down looking. this is the play of the game, though, in the sixth inning, chris snyder drives one deep to left, this is one of the plays of the game i should say. melky cabrera tracks it down. this is the play of the game in the seventh, still perfect, full count. >> oh! >> what a catch! >> good job. >> gregor blanco with a long run, makes a beautiful diving catch. saves the perfect game. look at cain. he hugged him in the dugout. to the eighth cain with another full count, is he going to walk him? gives him the inside corner rings him up. his wife looking on. 14th strikeout of the night for cain. perfect game still intact. jason castro, turn it over to the giants announcer. >> one ball and two strikes. on the ground, from deep third! got him! and that'