lester the a's add one of the best pitchers in baseball to team with jeff samrdzija sonny gray and scott kazmiro forn perhaps the best starting rotation in baseball here's a's general manager billy beane talking about the trade and even having some fun with the fact saturday is "cespedes t-shirt" day at the coliseum > > it's part of the marketing thing. he is now a collector's item is more bark marketable. the deal is to lay it out in bold print that says this was never going to stay with a's. he has the charisma and is worth more than that a's budget. the same goes for lester. he could make 75 million 200 million on his new deal. he is not going to stay with the '80--as. oakland at the very least looks like they're going for the world series. the tampa bay rays traded ace david price to the detroit tigers. the trade joins price with max scherzer and justin verlander, the past three al cy young award winners in the al central-leading tigers rotation. it was a 3-way deal involving the tigers, rays and mariners price is 11-8 with a 3.11 era this season clayton kershaw did give up 9 hits but went

a's were cruising 6-0, but scott kazmir gave up five runs in the seventh. melee, a fair ball down the line. despite the meltdown, kazmir would get the win to go 13-4. sean doolittle in the ninth gets farmingham looking. that's a wrap on morning sports, have a great weekend, everybody, i'm larry biehl. >>> the south bay's annual summer jazz fest. how organizers are making this year's summer ev there you go. it at us. so it's kfc night. [cheering] last week we hosted. yes, this week the kids invited us to their place. sorry i was late. i had a little trouble with the rope ladder. he fell twice. but look at all this food we've got. yeah we got this delicious kfc meal and they threw in 2 extra sides for free. for free! and i love what you've done with the drapes. are those your bedsheets? [laughing] ♪ >>> here are the winning numbers from last night $115 million megamillions draw, 9, 16, 61, 70, 75 and the meganumber 7. tuesday night's jackpot grows to $128 million. >>> well this is a big weekend for jazz connoisseurs here in the bay area. san jose jazz summer f

josh reddick and eric sogard score a bases- clearing triple for crisp 4-1 a's top 6th/ 4-1 a's scott kazmirp from alberto callaspo who makes the diving stop of travis d'arnaud's grounder and throws him out at first bottom 8th / 4-2 a's josh reddick hits a towering 2- run home run to right off gonzalez germen 6-2 a's that a's get good pitching and good hitting and good defense final: 6-2 a's a's snap their 5-game losing streak the angels won so oakland remains 1/2 game back in the a.l. west a bizarre and incredibly long rain delay the story on the north side of chicago for the giants-cubs game. windy conditions - but no rain to start the game. the grounds crew could not get the tarp on correctly so the ground got waterlog. they tried everything from squeegees to at fans and the game was delayed for more than four and half hours. they only just called the game about five minutes ago. the giants lose to to nothing. nobody is happy about how that game turned out. the 49ers have given injured defensive tackle glenn dorsey a 2-year contract extension. michael crabtree was not at practice today. t

royal scored all four runs off scott kazmir in the fifth. kazmir will take his fourth loss of the year. josh reddick showing often his complete game. aoki deep to right. reddick makes the great grab and perfect throw to first to double out escobar and also provided the a's' only two runs. this one in the eight made it 4-2 kansas city, but greg holland getsor donaldson swinging to win the game. >> our bats aren't where we want them right now, in the last week or so, coming back from houston or texas, we're not swinging the bat as well as we could be. we're all tired of waiting, and we're a better than what we have shown the last week or so. >> head over to stanford, bank of the best finals in tennis, serena williams facing angelique kerber who has serena on the ropes in the first set. serena down 1-5 in the first, but rallied to win the tiebreaker, kerber just watching here. serena wins heir third bank of the west title in three sets least tee it up, bridgestone invitational, and tiger is now a question mark as he pulled out of today's event.

laughter ] >> lester presumably the eighth of the rotation followed by sonny gray, jeff samardzija, scott kazmirnot so fast, the tigers had something to say about that. they acquired former cy young winner david price from the rays in a three-team deal. he is one of the three cy young winners in that rotation. max sherzer and justin verlander were the others. team ceo jed york and the coach agreed to table negotiations. harbaugh is making 5 million a year. >>> venus williams down at stanford. just two aces in the match. but she still has one of the fastest serves in the game. she won the first half. and then thennished azarenka off. she will play andrea pecavic in the finals. >>> mike redmond not happy tonight. >> we lost the game on the technicality. this [bleep]. what a joke. what a [bleep] joke. >> remember lou gehrig's retirement speech? well an autographed ticket by him for that game sold at auction for almost $100,000. you know your dog is excited to see you when he forgets about the fence. down he goes. number two, dodgers second baseman, d gordon is having a great season. remember last n

retired the 1st 15 hitters he faced including this strike out of brandon moss in the 3rd as for scott kazmir the 5th inning was his undoing nickochika aoki with the rbi single past josh donaldson 1-0 royals next batter omar infante doubles to left 2-runs score 3-0 royals next batter salvador perez another rbi single 4-0 royals bottom 6th shields. still working on a no- hitter until josh reddick hits this solo home run his 4th since coming off the disabled list july 22nd 4-1 royals top 7th/ 4-1 royals reddick makes a leaping catch on aoki's drive to right then makes a great throw to double up alcindes escobar at 1st lets take another look at that great double play bip bottom 9th 4-2 royals 2 outs josh donaldson strikes out to end the game courtesy of greg holland who gets his 31st save final: 4-2 royals they take 2 of 3 games from the a's the angels won so the a's lead in the a.l. west is cut again to 1 game the giants offense woke up this afternoon in new york. although they didn't really need all the runs. that's because madison bumgarner had one of the best outings of his career today agai

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scoreless in the third until scott kazmir pitching to omar enfante who said i don't know why you say hello. i say good-bye. the as offense was nowhere. jason vargas struck out four. he retired the last 23 batter of the game. royals win 3-0 and the as had to take the long winding road back to the hotel. >> his key has always been knee high command. >> here comes the son for jake peavy. joe panic hits a ground ball to jose abreu. he is out by a mile. but the new rules the catcher cannot call out the plate without the baseball. he wasn't buying it. neither did the white sox announcer. >> this rule is bs, that's what it is. pure simple bs. this is like they tried to do some of the things in football. are they going to make that a little girl's game? >> the giants score seven runs in the inning and beat chicago 7-1. >>> i have to admit it is getting better in regards to parking at levi stadium. we are just four days away. there is no shortage of food items inside restaurants. turns out the gourmet cuisine is helping the players get to playing weight. >> they make whatever you want. if you

jon lester, sonny gray, scott kazmir and jason hammel or jesse chavez. this is arguably the best this baseball right now. >>> back to the soap opera theme and the beautiful according to detroit tiger fans would be the acquisition of david price from the rays in a three-team deal. detroit sends drew smily is and a minor leaguer to tampa while center fielder austin jackson heads to seattle. the mariners send nick franklin to the rays. >>> all of baseball knows the giants have issues at second base and in the outfield. but gm brian sabean found no deals that felt solid enough to pull the trigger on. >> our focus or our specific need we thought was second base. and having said that, the two targets and the two players that we wanted to acquire not only did we not get something done, but they weren't traded. we just couldn't execute what we needed to get done. and decided not to make a bad deal. that's what we, you know, viewed the landscape to be. there were only bad deals to be made. >>> finally, pitcher matt cain will not require tommy john surgery on his

omar infante launchinging a two-run shot off scott kazmir.ason vargas on the hill making that run support count. josh reddick down swinging. on to the ninth. two out, sam foles grounds out. a shut-out as he retires the final 23 hitters. royals win 3-0. >>> well, the intensity in oxnard between the raiders and cowboys not die do you think in day two. after yesterday's fight, more testing of one another's manhood. darren mcfadden not a fan of the boys' extracurricular activity after the whistle. and here we good again. big bodies on top of big bodies. no injuries reported, just a whole lot of aggression. >> i just thought the atmosphere was great. i thought both teams handled it really, really well. we talked about scratch, claw, fight from snap to whistle. a couple of times pulled over after the whistle. but i thought the teams did a good job just separating and getting back to work. >>> finally, nba schedules released today. must see tv circles. in sacramento, the home opener, the following saturday when the lakers come to oracle. four days l

scott kazmir made a little too good for omar infante. he deposits it. a two run homer.r drops to 13-5. 3-0 your final. jason vargas, just stingy. a three hit shutout against the a's. he retired the last 23. the angels, by the way, winners. cutting the a's lead to 2.5. if you're paying attention at all to the giants, even if you're not a real big fan of theirs, you've got to admit, this is a team that hasn't had any breaks at all lately. at least for the day, all of that changes for the white sox this afternoon. example, down in the 7th. runners and first and third. a little tapper, blancor out at the plate. but bruce bochy wants a replay. after further review, ruled safe, the run scores. robin ventura then challenges billy martin. that's great to see again. 1-1 game. now angel pagan, a little soft serve into left field. base hit, they'll take it. two run score. 3-1. didn't hit it hard, but you know what? either did pablo here. the inning continues. fly ball. you've got it. i'll take it. ouch. garcia with the big oops. jake peavy pitched very well for the giants. his fir

in sports, this afternoon the a's sent scott kazmir to the mound in the virus finale against the royalsh is at 1:05. that happens today. yesterday the a's evened the series with one big inning of offense in jon lester's first start with the team. here's mike shumann with the highlights and this morning's sports. >>> good morning. the a's recently acquired pitcher jon lester. he got his first win yesterday for the green and gold against the royals. picked up from the red sox in a trade wednesday, he's probably now the ace of the staff. he was traded for yoenis cespedes so he had to win over some a's fans. he struggled early. looking for more. the fly to center. sam fuld, acquired from the twins, and then the perfect throw to get alex gordon at the plate. 1-0. then lester settled down. he went 6 2/3. struck out three. he will get the win. meanwhile jays 8 hits. jonny gomes game over from the red sox with lester. singles with the bases loaded. bounces away from gordon and everyone scores. a's in their of -- they end their two game slide with the victory. >>> pitchers duel for the giants mo

a's were cruising 6-0 but scott kazmir gave up five runs in the seventh.. chazmer would get the win and go 13-4. sean doolittle little gets shawn willingham, looking to end it. 6-5, the final. a's four on the angels who lost. >>> and the quakes. look at wando. from the sharp angle. shoots and scores! the quakes and galaxy would play to a 2-2 tie. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next, jazzing up the south bay's annual summer jazz fest. how organizers are making this year's music >> here are the winning numbers from last night's $115 million meg million dollars draw. nobody picked all six numbers. tuesday night's jackpot grows to $128 million. >>> this is a big weekend for jazz connoisseurs here in the bay area. the san jose jazz summer fest kicked off. last night part of the grammy winning pacific mambo pacific orchestra. they will play on twelve stages around downtown san jose. this is the 25th anniversary of the festival. organizers say they put together their best yet. >> because we are getting ready f

in sports, this afternoon the a's sent scott kazmir to the mound in the virus finale against the royalsh is at 1:05. that happens today. yesterday the a's evened the series with one big inning of offense in jon lester's first start with the team. here's mike shumann with the highlights and this morning's sports. >>> good morning. the a's recently acquired pitcher jon lester. he got his first win yesterday for the green and gold against the royals. picked up from the red sox in a trade on thursday, lefter is is probably now the ace of this staff. he was traded for yoenis cespedes so he had to win over some a's fans. he struggled early. 1-0 royals in the fourth. looking for more. the fly to center. sam fuld, acquired from the twins, and then the perfect throw to get alex gordon at the plate. 1-0. then lester settled down. he went 6 2/3. allowed 3 runs, 9 hits, struck out three. he will get the win. meanwhile jays vargas, 8 runs on 8 hits. the a's bats explode in the fifth. everyone getting involved. the big blow came from the pride of petaluma. jonny gomes game over from the red sox with

a's were cruising 6-0, but scott kazmir gave up five runs in the seventh.fireball down the line. kazmir would get the win and go 13-4. sean doolittle little gets shawn willingham, looking to end it. 6-5, the final. a's four on the angels who lost. hawaii have a great weekend, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> the jazz fest and how organizers are making this year's music will you be a sound sleeper, or a mouth breather? a mouth breather! [ whimpers ] how do you sleep like that? well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. allergy medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more. so you can breathe and do the one thing you want to do -- sleep. add breathe right to your allergy medicine. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. xcited ales? add breathe right to your allergy medicine. the moms?gs at staples? the moms? or the dads? with guaranteed low prices on colored pencils, it's definitely the dads. staples. make more happen for less. >>> this is a big weekend for jazz connoi

scoreless in the third, scott kazmir taking to infante, told kazmir i don't know why you say hello, i good-bye. 2-0 royals. the a's offense was nowhere man. vargas gave up three hits. he retired the last 23 batters of the game. royals win 3-0. a's had to take the long and winding road back to the hotel. >>> here comes the sun for jake peavey who held the white sox to one run in 7 innings. joe panik hits a ground ball to jose abreu. he throws home to tyler flowers who tags out blanco who is out by a mile but wait. the new rules that a catcher cannot block the plate without the baseball. the giants challenged the call and it was overturned. the umpire told robin ventura, we can work it out. he wasn't buying it. neither did the white sox announcer. >> this rule is bs. that's what it is. pure, simple bs! just like they are trying to do some of the things in football. what are they going to make that a little girl's game? >> wow. the giants score 7 runs in the inning. and they beat chicago 7-1. >>> a little help from my friends, thank you, dennis. play of the day, we got a little major lea

cy young winners in the american league and the a's are so deep in the rotation, that all-star scott kazmirth starter. wow. what a day. >>> the pacifica american league little legal team hit the road yesterday for a week in san bernardino for the west regionals. the partest any team from fog city has ever gone. if they win, they will advance to the little league world series in williamsport. >> the bay area represents san bernadino the last couple of years it's exciting. for us to be part of it i mean, for our small community, it's, you know, we are kind of the talk of the town right now. it's really cool for the kids and for the coaches and families. >> i got a tiger woods update, everybody. still trying to get back in the swing of things following back surgery. looked good today. his approach on the 8th hole stopped inches short of the cup. woods shot a 2-under 68 at bridgestone. he is 4 strokes behind the leader, mark leishman. >>> golf's up and coming players are here in hayward this weekend for the stonebrae classic and one guy on the field probably won't be giving lessons anytime soon

omar infante doubled off scott kazmir to score two runs. the royals win 4-2.land's lead in the west down to one game now over the angels. >>> tiger woods withdrew from the final round of the bridgestone invitational. he reinjured his back on this shot on the second hole. the injury could end his season. as for the tournament rory wins it and shot a 66 and beat sergio by two shots and takes over the number one ranking in the world. >>> 49ers practice on the turf of levi's stadium for the first time this afternoon. we'll have that for you at 6:00. the good thing is, there won't be any traffic. i'm dennis o'donnell, have a great day. >> i see two cars there. >> might be. >> they got to get there too. play of the day from baseball. we got plays and -- got a great catch first baseman freddie freeman the lefty going out and watch the fan reach in to make the catch. nearly one hands it and look at that. freddie brings it back into the ballpark. one more time. reaching, grabbing. getting. and -- in the end the padres emerge victorious. but -- right there your play of

infante doubled off scott kazmir to score two runs.'s lead in the west down to one game now over the angels. >>> tiger woods withdrew from the final round of the bridgestone invitational. he reinjured his back on the second hole. the injury could end his season. as for the tournament rory wins it and shot a 66 and beat sergio by two shots and takes over the number one ranking in the world. >>> 49ers practice on the turf of levi's stadium for the first time this afternoon. we'll have that for you at 6:00. the good thing is, there won't be any traffic. i'm dennis o'donnell, have a great day. >> there's going to be a few fans there and might be a couple cars. play of damager league baseball, we've got rays and padres and -- freeman went out of his way into the stands and going to pull this baby back into the park. a little leaner with the left hand. okay. i'll take that sir. yeah that's an out. mighty impressive one more time. look at that. steals it right from the fan. barely got it but the padres emerge victorious 4-3 for the nice play