bob melvin's team going into play to win 10 straight on the road. 2-1 angels when brandon moss goes deep. his 6th home run in the lost 12. 3-2 oakland. coko crisp, down the right field line, tory hunter kicks it around. six-3 in the 9th -- 6-3 in the 9th. now the angels come back with nobody out. albert pujols, boom! for all his trouble, he's got 29 home runs right now. 90 rbis, going to go 30-100 this year. >>> 1st and -- >> the angels get 2 in the 9th, but bob melvin's team wins 6-5. they lead the wildcard by 2 games and trail texas by 3. a great, great finish tonight. the major story here that trumps all this, brandon mccarthy is home. maybe we can put this video to rest after tonight. it was just a terrible line drive less than a week ago. he was operated on that evening. and the word is now he's making a full recovery. >>> games in colorado more times than not are wild offensive affairs. madison bumgarner, wasn't so hot on the mound tonight. but this home run, his second of the year sa 3-run -- is a 3-run job. and the san francisco giants hold onto win 9-8. dodgers lose to arizona,

kate longwood spoke with bob melvin's about the team's great depth and has more from the coliseum. >> reporter: the a's are a season-high 17 games over .500 and as they turn the calendar to a new month, many of the young players are entering uncharted territory as they play meaningful baseball in september. but whether it's the second week of the season, back in april, or the final weeks of the season here in september, bob melvin's message to his players remains the same. >> when we have our advance meetings, i'll say some things, and i think the important thing for us is to continue to go with the same thoughts that we've had that's gotten us to this point. >> obviously it means a little bit and i'll look at scores personally every night just to see how things go. but if you get caught up in too many things, it clouds your mind. and you just got to focus on the number one, which our game tonight. >> reporter: and with september come the call-ups, both brandon hicks and colvin cowville have joined the athletics and brandon inge has been activated from the disabled list. >> thank you,

every game the rest of the way is important for bob melvin and his club. fourth inning and 2-0. saunders goes deep and a two-run shot. he went four innings and three strike outs and 4-0 mariners. a's down in the 9th. a man on and takes care of that. a two-run shot to tie the game. the amazing a's do it again. brandon moss and two men on and see ya. three-run shot and the a's walkoff with their league leading 14th time this year winning 7-4. they are two and a halfback of the rangers in the american league west and two and a half ahead of the angels for the final wild card spot. giants and padres in san diego. the blue man group wearing their fall colors. board first. hunter penz and three-run shot. his 23rd of the year. he is catching fire just in time. 3-0g-men. next pitch and nady goes deep to center. mabin has a beat on it. will he get it? oh my. look at that replay. takes a chunk out of the wall in the process. i don't think he will have to pay for that though. bumgardner got rocked. chase headley and gave up five runs and two k's and four walks and giants lose it 7-3. this

every game the rest of the way is important for bob melvin and his club. fourth inning and 2-0. saunders goes deep and a two-run shot. he went four innings and three strike outs and 4-0 mariners. a's down in the 9th. a man on and takes care of that. a two-run shot to tie the game. the amazing a's do it again. brandon moss and two men on and see ya. three-run shot and the a's walkoff with their league leading 14th time this year winning 7-4. they are two and a halfback of the rangers in the american league west and two and a half ahead of the angels for the final wild card spot. giants and padres in san diego. the blue man group wearing their fall colors. giants get on the board first. hunter penz and three-run shot. his 23rd of the year. he is catching fire just in time. 3-0g-men. next pitch and nady goes deep to center. mabin has a beat on it. will he get it? oh my. look at that replay. takes a chunk out of the wall in the process. i don't think he will have to pay for that though. bumgardner got rocked. chase headley and gave up five runs and two k's and four walks and giants

detroit, the '80s and now, bob melvin's team, the first-place texas rangers. when you are down to the few games in the season, you have to win. bell dramatize the game at 4. oakland is trying to hang on. there are two games ahead of the angels. they are a game and a half behind baltimore which is a tough wild-card spot and now, they're five games back from texas in the divisional race. it's it has been a great season for the oakland a's but they need to buckle up and see if they can hang on for this final week and a half. the giants enjoyed the day off. >>gary: @ darren mcfadden got loose yesterday. >> and is a confidence booster for everyone. >>gary: here is a frightening moment. >> he is a fighter and a warrior. >>gary: harbaugh, before they go to the york has training in ohio. >> you are not better than anyone else unless you prove it. 16 esperance. we do not subscribe to the marathon.. >>gary: >>gary: somehow this seattle player got in there and the referees are calling it a touchdown. there are still on the field, everyone is discussing it. at this point,

a's and rangers bob melvin hopes another rookie pitcher polls them through. one inning allowed two home runs makes it 5 nothing texas, the a's belted two home runs than josh rhetoric makes it patrick was 9-7 oakland, the rally fell short, the a's lose 9-7. four games behind the rangers in the division: maintains a two game lead in the wild-card standings. barry zito goes for his 14th win as a giant, the new kids helped him get at hunter pence with his 14th home run and marcos could grow gone, giants went 7-4 and the annual ritual the rookies are forced to dress up you could not see their faces. buster posey was subjected to the hazing not long ago. >>> i had a short skirt that's another said >>> former met keith hernandez had his famous moustache for 25 years but shaved it today to rise $10,000 for alzheimer's. the regular officials are back in the crowd in baltimore acted like they were the rolling stones maybe fans will get satisfaction. >>> down goes frazier. the hit by canal ellerbee he walked off. the number one play, he brought it back >>> that was trav

bob melvin and the a's looking to avoid a sweep in new york. cliff pennington launches a two-run shot. it gave the a's a 3-0 lead. tied at four and when pennington singles to left. donaldson gets the green light. a's grab a 5-4 lead. no yankees rallied today. a's go on to win it and they trail for the top wild card spot. the number one putter and he drains the long birdie to go eight under. it is on-line and nothing but net. a four-voc lead. a four-stroke lead. it is a combined total payout. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. >> thank you so much, shu. >>> and justed just ahead, the workout sending good vibrations. we'll take a final look. >> and the final creation for independentrpesap >>> i'm ama dates. >> and i'm alan wong. the principal in santa clara is facing drug possession charges. state narcotic agents arrested eric dean lewis on friday. they say he tried to sell methamphetamine to an undercover agent over the internet. >>> police believe they arrested the man suspected it of kid p thatting a nine-year-old

bob melvin and the a's looking to avoid a sweep in new york. cliff pennington launches a two-run shot. it gave the a's a 3-0 lead. tied at four and when pennington singles to left. donaldson gets the green light. a's grab a 5-4 lead. no yankees rallied today. a's go on to win it and they trail for the top wild card spot. the number one putter and he drains the long birdie to go eight under. it is on-line and nothing but net. a four-voc lead. a four-stroke lead. it is a combined total payout. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. >> thank you so much, shu. >>> and justed just ahead, the workout sending good vibrations. we'll take a final look. >> and the final creation for independent >>> i'm ama dates. >> and i'm alan wong. the principal in santa clara is facing drug possession charges. state narcotic agents arrested eric dean lewis on friday. they say he tried to sell methamphetamine to an undercover agent over the internet. >>> police believe they arrested the man suspected it of kid p thatting a nine-year-old girl.

on the other side of the bay bridge, the oakland as know a few things about dramatic victories, bob melvin and company lead the majors with 13 walk-off wins. >> although the as snapped their season high winning streak yesterday, the -- in fact oakland has the best record in the majors dating back to june 2, so in talking with the players, they're confidence they had the offense and the pitching to back it up to get this started for tonight. >> sometimes if we're down early, we never really give up because we seem to put something together. even if we're down early, we start pushing and look forward to the latter innings to score some runs. >> it's big for us, especially for our pitchers more than anything,. >> from june on we have won quite a few games late, so i think that gives you the mindset and the attitude that, you know, if you're down a little bit, you aren't out of games and i that's a great attribute to have. >> scott sizemore is back, he took bp with the team for the first time since injuring his knee back at spring training. i'm kate long worth, nbc bay area news. >> one final

every game important for bob melvin and his club. saunders deep. trailing, 4 innings left. 4-0, mariners, as down 4-2 in the ninth, until this one. with a man, two-run shot, ties it up and the amazing as do it again. extras, brandon moss -- see ya! two men on, three-run shot and the as walk off the 14th time, winning, 2 1/2 back of texas. angels and rangers near a rain dlai. as did it again. alabama and michigan on deck right here. stay tuned for after the game with us, afterwards, as we break down the day in college football. >> and the as -- wow. they are a team that made strange trades in the mid-season. >> young pitchers and they continue to be amazing. we thought testify over, 4-2. and they tie it and win t. they will be in the playoffs. i guarantee. you don't want to faze face them in the first round. >> that's it. thank you for joining us. college football is next. we want to remind to you get our new alarm clock app from the

every game is important for bob melvin and his boys. fourth inning, 2-0. michael saunders goes deep. straily went four, allowed 4 runs. 3-0 mariners. donaldson with a man on. outta here. two-run shot to tie the game. amazing a's do it again. we head to extras. bottom of the ten, brandon moss with two men on. see ya. three run shot and the team walks off for the fourth time this year. they are 2 1/2 back of the rangers in the west and 2 1/2 ahead of the angels for the final wildcard. >>> giants and padres in san diego. giants get on the board first in the first. hunter pence, three-run shot off eric stults. his 23rd of the year. just like that 3-0, g-men. next pitch. xavier out of cal, goes deep to center. cameron may be has a leap continue. great catch. took a chunk out of the wall in the process. madison bumgarner on the mound and he got rocked. third inning, chase headley two-run shot. padres take the 4-3 lead. bumgarner for innings. giants go on to lose it 7-3. all right. who has the bsst record in bay area college football right now? that would be san

every game is important for bob melvin and his boys. fourth inning, 2-0. michael saunders goes deep. straily went four, allowed 4 runs. had three strikeouts. 4-0, mariners. donaldson with a man on. outta here. two-run shot to tie the game. amazing a's do it again. we head to extras. bottom of the tenth, brandon moss with two men on. see ya! three-run shot and the team walks off for the fourth time this year. winning 7-4. they are 2 1/2 back of the rangers in the west and 2 1/2 ahead of the angels for the final wildcard. >>> giants and padres in san diego. the blue man group wearing their fall colors, i guess. giants get on the board first in the first. hunter pence, three-run shot off eric stults. his 23rd of the year. just like that 3-0, g-men. next pitch. xavier nady out of cal, goes deep to center. cameron maybe has a leap continue. great catch. took a chunk out of the wall in the process. madison bumgarner on the mound and he got rocked. third inning, chase headley two-run shot. padres take the 4-3 lead. bumgarner 4 innings. giants go on to lose it 7-3

there's bob melvin manager 86 wins with a $55 million payroll not bad. taken on texas with a hundred and $20 million payroll. top of the third with a solo home run a's go up 321 tie at 4 in the bottom of the ninth inning. and the rangers with the wind with a rebel tray with a base hit raiders win this 15 to four. the a's still have a lead in the wild card. >> following the cats from last night was a touchdown or was an interception. before weighing in on our first facebook page on the replacement rest. we'll be right back with the kron 4 morning news. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. is she for real? your generation has it made. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver. only from at&t u-verse. get a free wireless recei

i wasn't being funny, bob. i know. >>> a good saturday afternoon to you. i'm craig melvin. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. 38 days until election day. four days until the first presidential debate. but these are the numbers that are really bearing down on the gop nominee. these are mitt romney's likability numbers in six key battleground stat states. topping our political headlines, mitt romney going after president obama on foreign policy today. in his weekly podcast, romney said the president is fumbling his response to events in the middle east. >> this week, when president obama was asked about the recent disruption and chaos and violence in the middle east, he said that these were merely

monday on the show virginia governor bob mcdonald is speaking for mitt romney. follow the show online and on twitter. only a few days left to the details. craig melvin has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> with days to go until that first presidential debate, we have the results of new battleground state polls shoez president obama with big leads over mitt romney now. president clinton's former staff secretary will join me like. i'll talk to steve kornacki who said romney is not the one to blame for his campaign struggles. who is? the rnc cuts tieing with ale consulting firm over allegations of major voter fraud in florida. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with tay