another stellar outing for ryan vogelsong. this comeback story keeps getting better and better, while the a's try to avoid two straight sweeps from teams from the a.l. east. boston making things difficult at fenway. el e a n veestlr ever at roland garros. an outstanding french open final today in paris.t sports is next. >>> and now the xfinity sports desk on nbc bay area news. >> good evening. the giants trying to take sole possession of first place. they will not see their division rivals the colorado rockies again until september. today the finale of this latest series. what can you say about ryan vogelsong other than really nice things. another very strong start. the lone mistake coming top phi on this chris iannetta solo shot, breaking a scoreless tie. the very next inning the giants get right back in it. freddy sanchez with the two-out single scoring andres torres to tie things at one. this game was getting going, and vogelsong was going strong. into the eighth inning, seven strikeouts today. and then torres, the lance to

. >> reporter: they are starting to pile up for ryan vogelsong whose 1.68 e.r.a. could you tell. this guy should be here and through some tough situations he got here and he is doing well. >> reporter: the journeyman's name is already being mentioned in all-star conversation and why not? his numbers are better than both lincecum and cain. >> those guys are workhorses here. they are going to be the horse here. >> center field a base hit. >> reporter: like an tress torres last year, vogelsong is proving baseball can have late bloomers. drafted by the giants in 1998, vogelsong endured major elbow problems with pittsburg and took a three-year detour in japan. he is now forcing giants brass to make a difficult decision on barry zito when he returns from the disabled list. >> you never know what's going to happen. so, you know, it's a little early to try to figure out what exactly we are going to do. >> reporter: okay. alongside right now the best pitcher on the giants staff and ryan, let me ask you, you were 10-22 coming into the season with a career earned run average

ryan vogelsong, 7 inning, 3 hits, one run. foul territory, no.ooks like he made the catch but -- somebody stuck out their hands. they warn everybody. kids, don't. giants win. they are not going to boo him. 5-1. giants snap a 5 game losing streak. and mark cuban said, if indeed the dodgers are not in such a mess that they can't be repaired he would be interested in buying the team. the mccourt, frank and his wife, didn't get the 100 million because of the major league ruling. they will fight this thing. but cuban said i would be interested. the u.s.a. reached reached the gold cup final. this is pretty bad. you will see honduras, man. first stint in two years. we have been running this all night but i can't get enough of the man getting off. just get off. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i have been listening to this all night. i get a kick out of it. just listen. that is good continuous screaming. all right the u.s.a. opponent on saturday night, the winner of mexico versus honduras. scoreless in overtime. something went wrong. mexico won, man. mex

and earlier this morning ryan vogelsong got support in center field. ball was flying out.y keep saying during the daytime the ball travels at wrigley field. pat burrell, 7th home run. vogelsong got another win. 13-7. 13 runs and 1 8 hits. jack -- 88 years of age, the manager for florida, last managed a game at the coliseum in 1978. here's nike stanton making a catch in outfield. matsui scores and that's it. -- is going to represent the as at the all-star game. eight innings. allowed one hit. nine strikeouts. he's going to argue. in the same inning, gonzalez just doing it. he had, again, nine strikeouts, struck out the side in the seventh. 1:23 delay. can't show this enough. athletic move. one of the best first pitches i've ever seen from a circumstance desew lay farmer. and i've seen them all. >> athletic. >> there it is. a beautiful man with his shirt off throwing off the first pitch in san diego. jackie, circumstance desew lay for you. >> i've never seen it. i would like to. >> those are athletic men. >> and women. >> don't get me into a sexist thing. it's mostly men tha

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ryan vogelsong picks up his sixth win.game two, barry zito fresh off the disabled list, making his first start since april 16. it came out big. a four-hit baseball and crawford batting just .198. giants sweep a double header and are 12 games above .500 the first time all year. 30 hits, 18 runs batted in, and two home runs. the giants explode in the windy city. used to manage the a's. that was during the carter administration. tonight he was in town managing the florida marlins. >> i think all you guys make this age factor a big joke. >> the president of the united states is doing a good job. leading the greatest country in the world and what's the big deal? >> gonzalez is the big deal. he struck out the innings of one hit baseball. but could the a's get a run? the fly ball to right, matsui is going to score on that one and that is the game's only run. a's squeaking out, how about omaha? south carolina looking for their second straight national title. sixth inning, the gamecocks an extra insurance run. the number four seed

there was a down moment back of ryan vogelsong, here is freddy sanchez, playing at an all-star level,be out for a while. the giants' best every day player taken from the field in great pain. 2-1 reds bottom five and miguel tejada with sanchez out for a while. it's two apiece. and that's how sergio romo likes it. romo strikes out the side in this the 8th inning and nate schierholtz once again wins it bottom nine, brian wilson gets a win, he pitched a 1-2-3 ninth and schierholtz does it again. for the 9th time, the giants win in their last at-bat, giants up two. bob melvin is 1-1 as an oakland manager. that's all it took. pam's always saying get rid of geren. >> i did not. >> that's what you thought. you think geren got screwed? >> i didn't say any of that. i said they have a new coach. a manager. >> sizemore doubling in the gap, bases-clearing variety, chicago blew the lead in the ninth. bob melvin as pam said, snaps the 10-game losing streak, a new skipper and the aswin 7-5. >>> cal baseball opens versus dallasest, 5:00 tomorrow on the campus of santa clara. stanford will have some ca

. >> tonight's starter, ryan vogelsong was a great story. the man was out of the big leagues more than five years. he's back and appears he's here to say with a 1.81 earned run average. when you saw him pitch this year, did you think he would do this good? >> when we saw him in training, we knew how much of a competitor he would be because he has that reputation. he's been a bulldog ever since we've had him. big contributor. >> your manager will be the manager of the all-star team next month and said he would not hesitate to put his own guys on the roster and he named you. he just needs to think about it a little bit more. what does that say for you? >> it's huge for us and had our back from the get-go and gives us a boost when we get a chance to go in there. i always look forward to that little tap and his signal for me to come in the game. proud to play on the team. >> sergio romo, best of luck tonight.rg i love the beard, man, keep it! >> thank you. it's pretty gnarly. it's all i've got. >> all right. we are only minutes away from the gia

bru ryan vogelsong has given zito a run for his money. uce bochy says when he comes back from the disabled list, he will not replace vogelsong in the lineup. that's because vogelsong put up another gem against the rockies. there goes smith. take us deep carlos gonzalez. vogelsong struck out seven in the game. kreis iannetta, he started walking off the mound, but on the very next pitch, iannetta takes him deep. bruce bochy can't believe it. rockies starter jason hammel couldn't believe it. andres torres fews the game -- ties the game at one. manny burress gives the giant as 2-1 lead. then brian wilson entered in the ninth to lock it down. troy tulowitzki bounces short to end the game. the giants win 2-1 and take two of three from colorado. vogelsong pitches eight innings, improving to 4-1 and has the lowest e.r.a. on the staff. >> just trying to throw strikes. i haven't thought about that. those guys are the horses here. they're going to be the horses here. just trying the go out there and throw strikes when it's my day. >> another epic per

another strong start for ryan vogelsong. two runs in six innings. giants down 2-1 in the 9th.ll hit the line drive. but it's deep enough to score the tieing run. bottom of the 10th, the giants find themselveses on the wrong side of a walkoff. justin upton's 12th homer of the year wins it for the dbacks. the giants have to settle for two out of three. after two starts, barry zito moved up to aaa fresno. his line, six innings, four runs, six strikeouts on 95 pitches. still no word from the giants on when they plan to reactivate zito who is making $18.5 million this season. >>> a's and royals, new manager gets tossed in the third. he missed a solo shot from matsui who now has 499 homers during his career in both japan and the majors. more importantly for the a's, it's his third homer since melvin took over. struck out ten. the a's beat the royals 8-4 and finally win a series just in time for the rematch with the giants. >> we'll try to feed off the energy out there tomorrow and enjoy the crowds and enjoy the weather we've had and so forth and hopefully can build off what seems to

ryan vogelsong allowed more than one run for the first time in seven starts, but he was still prettytwo runs in 6 innings. miguel tejada smokes one down the left field line. tejada reached base four times tonight. then in the bottom of the 9th, makes his only at bat count. the celebration begins. it's the giant's ninth walkoff win of the season. >>> we have seen brian wilson appear as a guest, but have you ever imagined what he would be like as the host? > it's delicious. in fact, one of me wasn't enough to go around, which is why i made tw of me with my mind. phak, fact, this show will have no guests. fact, we are more interesting than anyone else ever. >> it was me doing the quiz show. >> you were the mc and contestant. >> phenomenal when i'm not mad at it. >> just run you sentences, things that don't cooer late but they do. >> that was smote on. super regional, stanford taking on north carolina. 1-0 tarheels whenset gives them a little breathing room. north carolina wins game one of the best of three series 5-2. >> canucks goalie was pulled in game four. he bounced back with his f

. >> reporter: the dream season continues for ryan vogelsong as he picks up his fifth win of the year and the giants snap that five-game losing streak. >> last night the bull pen got taxed pretty good, so i just needed to go out there and stay in the game as long as i could. >> it's a big win for us. we've been scuffling, we know it, and to lose what, five in a row, it's good to break that streak and sometimes it takes a well pitched game. but we not only got that, you know, we had some big hits tonight. >> reporter: sergio romo did hyper extend his knee in 28th, but it's nagged him before. he said he will be good to go tomorrow, if needed. >> a's are trying to extend their six-game winning streak, taking on the mets in new york city. a's with the tying run at third, and crisp scores here. 2-2 and we've got extra baseball. in the 13th, bases loaded, the inside pitch hits justin turner in the leg and the winning run scores. i think he turned into it. mets in 13 win 3-2. i will tell you this, next time you're at at&t, garlic fries on me. >> oh, taunting us with that. thank you. >> we'll

ryan vogelsong continued to sew solidify his. the wrist, he would come out and have x-rays negative. they are calling it a contusion. aubrey huff will be back in the lineup tomorrow. trying to preserve a 3-3 tie, but skip schumaker couldn't get it. cardinals win 4-3. the giants remain one-half game in second place. i have in my hand the tuesday night. at number five in la, uses his daughter to get the baseball. but when the ball comes, he just drops her. at number four, he got the ball. okay. troy first name victor in the near court goes for the winner of the ball boy. wrong place, wrong time. number three, jack hanahan. indians win the game. they have a five-set record. scoring 31 wrongs in the second inning against des moines. they lost the game 40-0. >> bare handed. >> who needs the leather? that is cj wilson. he has to have a welt on that hand. good job by tj wilson. >> what's with the injury bug? it's a good thing that belt did not break his hand on that play. he's okay, but he'll have to sit down a couple days. >> be back i

. >>> helping carry the giants is ryan vogelsong.uge vote of confidence today from his manager after another solid start. we'll talk giants and the continued fallout after gm brian sabean's comments on the radio this week. tim kawakami, columnist for the san jose mercury news joins us in just a bit. we'll also dive into warriors and 49ers talk as well. >>> we start with the pivotal game three of the nba finals in dallas. the heat comes in with the series tied at one. th

ryan vogelsong, another quality start. made one bad pitch, and chris young made him pay.he seats. a two run shot. arizona up 2-0. just those two runs and 6 k's. the giants get a break on an errant throw. the giants tie in the 9th, but in the 10th, justin upton. way out. off santiago casilla and the diamondbacks do salvage one of of the three, with the walkoff. 3-2 in 10. >>> call it whatever you want, but to the a's, it's a two game winning streak going into the series with the giants. it's also a little momentum. a little positive thing starting to pop up here and there. gonzales gave up only five hits, two runs, and struck out ten. weeks adding the shot in the arm. the kid has shown a knack for hitting them in the gap. one run in, and daric barton running over the catcher at the plate. weeks goes into 3rd. three more rbi, then a no doubt about her. hideki with a shot that happens to be the 499th international career home run for him. many were hit in japan, of course. the a's take two out of three from kansas city. >>> nobody connected to the pro golf tour wants to say

ryan vogelsong, another quality start. made one bad pitch, and chris young made him pay.to the seats. a two run shot. arizona up 2-0. just those two runs and 6 k's. the giants get a break on an errant throw. the giants tie in the 9th, but in the 10th, justin upton. way out. off santiago casilla and the diamondbacks do salvage one of of the three, with the walkoff. 3-2 in 10. >>> call it whatever you want, but to the a's, it's a two game winning streak going into the series with the giants. it's also a little momentum. a little positive thing starting to pop up here and there. gonzales gave up only five hits, two runs, and struck out ten. weeks adding the shot in the arm. the kid has shown a knack for hitting them in the gap. one run in, and daric barton running over the catcher at the plate. weeks goes into 3rd. three more rbi, then a no doubt about her. hideki with a shot that happens to be the 499th international career home run for him. many were hit in japan, of course. the a's take two out of three from kansas city. >>> nobody connected to the pro golf tour wants to

two-run homer off ryan vogelsong. cubs tie the game at 3.urrell 7th of the season, giants score three in the 3rd to make it 6-3. then in the 5th, one run already in and aaron rowand with a shot down the third baseline. bill hall scores easily and then catcher chris stewart is right behind, the throw, the slide, he is safe. 13-7 the final. the giants racked up a season- high 18 hits. another season high with 13 runs. pat burrell and aaron rowand came out of the witness protection program. despite the worst hitting of the season, vogelsong wins his sixth gay. barry game. barry zito. bottom of the 6th inning, giants leading 6-2. zito on the way to a victory and giants doubleheader sweep in chicago. >>> the florida marlins raised some eyebrows when they turned 80-year-old jack mckeon -- chose 80-year-old jack mckeon to manage their time. he returned to oakland. >> i think you make it age factor a big joke. you know? joe paterno is going on 84. he is doing a hell of a job. some of these guys, you know, president of the united states doing a great

ryan vogelsong pretty much shut down the twins. check out this guy. if wearing the eye black.i whiteside drills the pitch to the gap in right center. score on a trip it will by the catcher which is rare. vogelsong gets joe mauer looking in the fourth. did not allow an earned run in 7 innings of work. more from whiteside. finds the hole on the left side. 3-0 g men. huff the single to left. here is the offense the giants have been looking for. emanuel scores making it 4-1 and the giants leading it 4-1 in the eighth. >>> taking on the mets. this guy is working it. she is. that is what you do when a game goes past midnight and there are 13 innings. down nothing taking the knuckle ball deep to left. we are tied at one. bottom 8, after a jose reyes triple a base hit to left. in the ninth. a's down to their final strike. connor jackson, base hit off rodriguez. the clutch rbi single ties it up at two. on to the 13th. bases loaded for the mets and ziegler's pitch, you can see it just ripple the fabric on the uniform and that is how the a's lose. a's fall 3-2. game way for an a. six gam

pitcher ryan vogelsong began a 12 year journey through the big leagues and around the world on his waye last year when i got released by the phillies around the all-star break. >> he thought his career was over at that point after playing for the giants, pirates, phillies and three years in japan. the giants re-signed him in the spring. when barry zito went down he got his first start with the giants on michael jordan six and a third shutouthaelmotg innings. >> to have it be the first game here as a staryt and to get the standing ovation it was unbelievable. >> after 12 years in the bigs ryan is still learning from his teammates. his improved mental focus turned his career around and now he is an all-star candidate witcandidate. >> if i can have an all-star tag to my name it would be amazing. >> never give up on your dreams. >>> if you were at wimbledon nine out of ten people you ask would not have picked six time champion roger federer to be out. how about this seating chart. jack nicholas and greg. >> does his best boris becker dive. take a two sets to none lead. the freshman bombing

ryan vogelsong with an earned run average of 1.6.le sensitive about things like that these days. tejada with a nice play. and row huff catches an elbow in the face from tulowitzki and the giants in no mood for contact intentional or otherwise when it comes to their fielders. ianetta finds the seats in left- center after he stayed alive in a 2-strike pitch called a ball. vogelsong matched up with jason hammel gianting getting the inning going and to matt lidstrom and this time they score burris. the giants once again make the formula work and they take the sears with the 2-1 win. vogelsong has allowed one round or fewner his last simple starts. no sunrise, the fans have taken to him. >> you know, if you are struggling and the fans aren't behind you, you are probably going to do worse. it's awesome. it's awesome. and i mean, i keep saying it's the best thing you can ever experience. i wish everyone could have a chance to experience what i'm going through right now. it's awesome. i can't say enough about them. >> in the midwest this is

ryan vogelsong picked up the win now six and one. barry zito made his return in game two.hed for the first time since mid april and gets the win. scored six more runs in the night cap. giants win that one 6-3. now they have won seven games in a row. 5:50, "the voice" coming to the bay area. when and where auditions for season two will take place. >>> you've heard pout entrepreneurs losing their shirtd, we'll take you to a guy who lost his pants. >> wow, a lot of company here, cars change from green to yellow. that means slowing into rm what else is changing in the commute and overcast skies. my mother has the kids tonight. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say boursin? >>> this ought to wake you up, a beautiful shot of the bay bridge this morning on this overcast morning. 5:53, nbc's hit show "the voice" ends tonight. ♪ >>> the four finalists rocked the house last night, each performing an original song with their duet coach. voting open until 7:00, then winner crowned here in the nbc bay area. they will be awarded a contract and $100,000. they are casting, crews will be "th

brian vogelsong gets him in the first. ryan hanigan ties is up.hez, the diving stop. appears to injure his right shoulder. in all kinds. pain. they call it a dislocated shoulder. he will be out for a while. miguel tejada, second double of the night. chris steward many scores and tied at 2. here crawford phillips to second. that's an amazing play. it's hard to do that if you are trying. and the single to left here, nate the great does it again. game over, drive home safely. giants with their ninth walk off win of the season, 3-2. he's and white sox. godfrey in his major league debut. two-run homer, 16th of the year, 2-1, sox. the ninth. a's down 5-3. down to last out. later bases loaded and scott sizemore, deep to left, off the wall, clears the bases. 7-5, athletics. after ten straight losses, the a's comeback in dramatic fashion to win it, 7-5. college baseball, stanford and north carolina, best of three in the seventh. unc up 1-0 and add to go the lead. seth baldwin a two - run blast. baldwin 3 rbis on the day as carolina takes game one of this s

brian vogelsong gets jay swinging in the first. two runs. ryantt rolen. scary moment here, top of five, the diving stop and freddy sanchez appears to injure his light shoulder. in all kinds of pain. they call it a dislocated shoulder. he will be out for a while. miguel tejada in the fifth. his second double of the night. chris stew war scores remember tied at 2. and here a rocket ricochets off and right to crawford who phillips to second. that's an amazing play. hard to do that if you are trying. and schierholtz pinch-hitting. single to left. nate the great does it again. good night, game over drive home safely. giants with their ninth walk off win of the season 3-2. a's and white sox. graham godfrey in his major league debut. bottom of the first and paul konerko said welcome to the show, young man. two-run homer. and aves down 5-3. bases loaded. scott sizemore deep to left. off the wall clears the bases. 7-5, athletics. and after ten straight losses the a's comeback in dramatic fashion to win it, 7-5. college baseball super regional inaction. st