let's look at steve botes. the a's just so versatile. a guy like botes he can play the outfield. he talks about the overall oakland a's philosophy that has brought him to this point. >> we do whatever we have to do today to win and that's preached too us by the coaching staff. that's what we do as a team. we preach it to us amongst the team as well. whatever we do today is what we do to win. we don't look at tomorrow or yesterday. we literally just play for today and that's it. >>> the giants have a little trouble getting it down in philadelphia. although they still have hunter pence working for them. say what you will about this team and their troubles. not hunter pence another home run and this gave the giants a 3-2 lead in the top of the 5th inning. and the bottom half of the inning against pettit it's oakland's own jimmy rollings. 5-3 but still plenty of time to catch up. that's the sporting life for right now. >> mark, thank you. >>> and thank you for joining us tonight. we're back tonight at 10:00 with more news. >> have a good evening everyone. good night. >> good night. w

then after hudson loaded the bases, javier lopez comes in and gets tagged by steve bote.ey outscore the giants. bote had three rbis thanks to a two out single. >> two outs you have to get a hit in order to score a run. so they're awesome. >> we strung together quite a few hits off of a guy known to get pretty weak contact. i thought our approach was good for him today considering how big this ballpark is. i thought we did a good job sticking with it. >>> the giants host arizona. and will they start that series in first or second place? the dodgers and kershaw determines all that, next. >>> oakland a's may have the best record in baseball but they still can't shed the angels. l.a. remains 3-1/2 games back in the american league. and the dodgers take sole position of the national league west while kershaw extends the lead until the visiting padres chase hundley ties with a home run. but kershaw hits a 3-run game. >>> as nba lebron james heads to brazil, we all stay home wondering where he next takes his talent. steve blake is leaving the warriors for portland. blake agrees