now, last night, i'd say grant balfour was an automatic. call it a sports caster jings. matt dominguez takes him to tie the game. balfour's first blown save since april of last year. no fooling. here's how the game ended. norris knocks down a wile peg. he's got the runner off first base and threw it away. a winning run scored. the a's were sloppy. they committed three errors. they suffer their first loss to houston in ten games, five to four is the final. >> after one and 11 last season, kansas jay hawks coach charlie white starts top five with a message to his incoming recruits. >> so i said have you looked at that pile of crap out there so if you don't think you can play here, where do you think you can play. >> no. 4, daren rough for the phillies. have a nice trip see you next fall. st. louis over philadelphia. at no. 3, oxnard, california. cowboys turning dez bryant signing not a football but a baby. ken, does this happen to you often. >> if i have a sharpie, yes. >> thank you. >>> no. 2, yankees rangers nelson cruz full extension. elizabeth, did he catch the ball or

balfour still in trouble. and on a wild pitch derek knocked it down with the runner on first base but throws it away so the winning run rounds third and scores. the as played sloppy 3 errors. they lose to the astros first time in ten games 5-4 the final. they still have a three-game league in the american league west. that's it. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> the play of the day this morning is a little gross. hopefully you're not eating breakfast yet. it's a dung throwing contest in russia. they have been collecting and drying cow pie for months to have enough for the competition. they were inspired by a similar contest i oklahoma. the winner a bottle of champagne. >>> 26 minutes after 5:00 on this wednesday morning. two state workers arrested fo bribery. what they are accused of doing to receive $30,000 under the table. >> developing news from santa clara word of a break-in at the bay area's largest indoor gun range. what officers discovered when they arrived on the scene. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,

balfour still in trouble. and on a wild pitch derek knocked it down with the runner on first base but throws it away so the winning run rounds third and scores. the as played sloppy 3 errors. they lose to the astros first time in ten games 5-4 the final. they still have a three-game league in the american league west. that's it. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> the play of the day this morning is a little gross. hopefully you're not eating breakfast yet. it's a dung throwing contest in russia. they have been collecting and drying cow pie for months to have enough for the competition. they were inspired by a similar contest in oklahoma. the winner gets a bottle of champagne. i was going to say, good thing we don't have a tight shot of that. >> let's see them try to throw a fresh one. that would be more challenging. >>> it's now 6:26. i think that's quite enough of that. a southwest jet skids across the runway now we are getting a passenger's perspective from inside the plane. >> google's gift to san f

tonight in oakland, a comma performance.. 20,468 tonight saw grant balfour honored before the for being an all-star.. 4th inning, wilson bounces one the catcher can keep in frof him. yoenis cespedes does his best ricky henderson impression and ti the game at 1. they would a another run to take the lea but dan straily couldn't ho it. josh hamilton lines oner jed lowrie's head to give t angels a 3-2. they score 4 the 5th inning and 3 in the. and with the lead, wilson attacked the a's hitters. he struck out 6 on 123 pitches7 innings. angels win 8-3, bue a's maintain a 3 game lead r the rangers in the west. staying in oakland, the rai signed first round pick dj hayden the day before their first practice in napa.. he signs a 4-year deal... pretty good for a g who suffered a life threatening chest injury in college. he likely won't be on the field tomorrow.. the 49ers had their first fl practice of the year, but j harbaugh was in midseason fm in front of the microphone.. " " harbaugh didn't reveal muchn day one about the team but apparently would rather talk away from facility - at least - ab

and grand balfour gets soriano to fly out to left. the a's win 1-0. balfour one save shy of the record of consecutive saves held by dennis eckersley at 39. oakland impresses. >>> sabin lisicki taking on -- this will be the point of the match. this is exhausting to watch. the two split the first two sets. came down to the tie breaker. and on match point, lisicki with the serve. she took the tie breaker 9-7. the 23rd seed advances to saturday's final. she will take on marion bartoli of france. she had an easy time defeating kirsten flickens. you might see these women play in stanford on jewel lie 22nd. >>> meantime, winner and still champ. >> from san jose, joey chestnut. >> yeah. joey chestnut going for his 7th straight hot dog crown and they are off. how many dogs can they down in 10 minutes? matt the mega stone had a brief lead but in the end, it is the master, joey chestnut downing 69 dogs in 10 minutes. a new world record, shattering his old mark of 62 that he set last year. >> i was hungry. >> how does the cookout feeling right now? >> that's dinn

ryan cook gets mark trumbo in the 8th and then the right field faithful summon in the closer grant balfour who pitches a 1-2-3 9th inning for. his 29th save of the year. 3-1 as the final. tommy milone is 9-8 on the season. oakland is 4.5 games over the rangers in the american league west. the rangers just lost to cleveland. >>> on the ground, i don't believe it. >> yeah. nobody believes it. the giants are just finding different ways to lose these days after last night's defeat to the cubs, they fell a season low 10 games below .500 and 8 back in the west. the numbers don't lie. their e.r.a. is tied for second worst in the nl. they have also committed the most errors in the league and only the brewers and padres have allowed more runs.and when angel pagan hit his inside-the- park homerun the giants were 5 games above .5500. since he went on the dl they are 19-34. jeff grantly attributes the ingredients' struggles to missing -- the giants' struggles to missing the key piece at the top of the order. >> i think a lot of the giants' issue right now is putting runs on the board. and they had a d

ryan cook gets mark trumbo in the 8th and then the right field, grant balfour who pitches a 1-2-3-9 for his 28th save of the year. 3-1 as the final. tommy milone is 9-8 on the season. oakland is 4.5 games over the rangers in the american league west. >>> on the ground, i don't believe it. >> yeah. nobody believes it. the giants are just finding different ways to lose these days after last night's defeat to the cubs, they fell a season low 10 games below .500 and 8 back in the west. the numbers don't lie. their e.r.a. is tied for second worst in the nl. they have also committed the moser. >> reporter: in the league and only the brewers and padres have allowed more runs. and when angel pagan hit his inside-the-park homerun the angels were above .500. since he went out with an injury they are 19-34. former giants pitcher and current reds broadcaster brantly attributes it to them missing the key piece at the top of the order. >> i think a lot of the giants issue right now is putting runs on the board. and they had a difficult time last year doing that up until really the last month, month a

grant balfour picks up 24th straight save. the a's have now woun 10 of 13. >>> the warriors reportedly signed former all star center germane o kneel. averaged over 8 points and 5 rebounds in 55 games with the suns. they also signed tony douglas to replace jarrett jack. >>> it is time for the tuesday night top five. colin kaepernick undresses defense all last year so we got a taste of his own medicine for the espn. no. 4, shades of jose conseco left fielder caught the popup with his face. that's going to leave a mark. rays beat the twins. >>> no. 3, we've all been here. this guy wasn't mraerly happy with his tee shot. he breaks his driver and throws a club right at his buddy holding the camera. >>> no. 2, fans have long known how good chris is. tonight he had a monster game on the international stage. the gold cup against belize. u.s. win 6 to 1. >>> and no. 1, back to the giants. his major league debut and had a spectacular catch at the wall to rob andrew brown of a possible homer. career second baseman in the japanese league.

balfour with his 28th save of the year. the a's beat the angels 3-1. the a's gain ground in the west. yu darvish and the rangers in cleveland. michael bourn with the lead-off home run. 1-0 indians. and like bumgarner, he pitched well and got no run support. jason giambi. the rangers are struggling. 2 and 8 in their last ten games. mitch moreland grounds out to end it. the indians win. so that means the a's extend their lead to five games in the west. still to come a special saturday night edition of the top five and a track record is set at sonoma. more sports, next. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% you're o♪ ♪meout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. stanford...top seed agniesz (ag-nesh-ka) radwanska play like the top seed american e hampton no match for this an set point... . >>> bank of the west. the top seeded played like the top seed. jamie was no match for this ace onset point. she takes set one. 6-3. and then on match point, another ac

grant balfour the day off so it was ryan cook in for the save. he got the final four out. the as win 4-3 i thought this was one of their worst series of the year but they win it. they are now 11-1 against houston this series. >>> alex rodriguez is expected to be baseball's next big name suspended for using performance- enhancing drugs and as always with a-rod there's drama. rodriguez has been on the dl all season. and just as he was ready to return last weekend, he was diagnosed with a "quad strain." but a-rod says the yankees made up the injury to prevent him from playing with a suspension looming. so rodriguez hires a private doctor who disputed the findings of the team's medical staff. >> oh. >> i look at his mri this morning. he asked me to look at it. and i spent about 20 minutes going over that. i looked particularly at his quadracep muscle. to be honest i don't see any sort of injury there. >> stay tuned. >>> we showed you this last week. mattingly romanan got hit on the landing. the 20-year-old shortstop we have learned will miss the rest of the season with a concu

grant balfour the as closer will be the team's lone representative on the active roster of the all-star team replacing teammate bartolo colon who pitched sunday. that leaves josh donaldson as the team's only all-star snub. he made a statement about it yesterday. he hit a game tying home run and won it in the 11th with this rbi base hit. they beat the red sox and a two- game lead in the a.l. west. well deserved day off for tim lincecum after last night's 148- pitch no-hitter. different story yesterday. the padres offense pounded out 12 hits including three home runs off barry zito who is winless on the road. san diego a 10-1 winner. >>> nascar new hampshire joey logano not making any friends. brian vickers won for the first time since 2009. >>> and finally, pga final round john deere classic 19- year-old jordan speeds holds out on the bunker on 18 to get into a play-off and wins becoming the tour's youngest winner since the hoover administration. i know frank, i know, that game against the series against the as is killing you. that's it, everybody. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight.