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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Angel Pagan's single broke a scoreless tie in the eighth and Jeff Samardzija struck out nine in seven innings for the San Francisco Giants, who beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 on Thursday night to keep pace with the New York Mets for the NL wild card lead. The Mets and Giants took a half-game lead over the idle St. Louis Cardinals in the wild card race. New York beat...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yasiel Puig's three-run homer highlighted a five-run first inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the San Francisco Giants 9-3 on Wednesday night, extending their NL West lead to six games with 10 remaining. The Dodgers pounded out 12 hits in taking two of three from the rival Giants, who remained tied in the NL wild-card race after both the Mets and Cardinals...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Houston Astros remain in the thick of the AL wild-card race, thanks to a pair of big swings from Evan Gattis and a clutch throw by catcher Jason Castro. Gattis homered twice, Castro threw out a runner to end the game and the contending Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Wednesday to complete a sweep.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez hit a game-winning double in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied Monday night for a testy 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants that increased their NL West lead to six games. Two innings after a shoving match broke out when tempers flared between Madison Bumgarner and Yasiel Puig again, the Dodgers' comeback in the ninth began...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Marwin Gonzalez hit a tiebreaking, two-run single off Ryan Madson in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros came from behind to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Monday night. The Astros trailed 2-1 going into the eighth inning but tied it on pinch-hitter Tyler White's RBI-double then scored twice in the ninth to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A plan to build an NFL stadium in Las Vegas and lure the Raiders to Oakland crossed a major hurdle Thursday when a Nevada oversight committee voted unanimously to recommend $750 million in public funding for the project.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals may be angry, but that is not converting into many September victories. Yonder Alonso and Marcus Semien hit two-run doubles as the Oakland Athletics beat Kansas City 8-0 for the third straight game on Wednesday night to further ruin the Royals' postseason chances. The 2015 World Series champion Royals are five games out in the American...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Things have become so bad for the San Francisco Giants that Bruce Bochy is second-guessing his own managerial decisions. Madison Bumgarner is lost for any explanation as to why the San Francisco Giants have been so inconsistent in the second half. Everybody knows one thing: There isn't much time left and there must be an immediate turnaround to become a playoff...

MMA fighters Michael Chandler and Benson Henderson stopped by KTVU the 9 ahead of their big match up...

The first week of the NFL season is in the books, and here is how things look after 60 minutes of football for each team:

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Carlos Hyde ran for 88 yards and two touchdowns and the San Francisco 49ers posted their first season-opening shutout in franchise history to spoil the Rams' first game since moving back to Los Angeles with a 28-0 victory Monday night. Shaun Draughn also ran for a score and Blaine Gabbert threw a touchdown pass to Vance McDonald to help the 49ers win their...

Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid once again kneeled during the national anthem before the San Francisco 49ers' season opener against the Los Angeles Rams.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals catcher Salvador Perez spent Monday evening celebrating the birth of his baby boy. It beat watching his team getting trounced by Oakland. Khris Davis and Marcus Semien hit three-run homers, the Athletics matched a season high with 17 hits while drawing 10 walks, and Oakland rolled to a 16-3 victory in their series opener. Not even Perez would have made a...

A local Bay Area native is now a quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams. Scott Reiss takes a closer look at this "hometown hero"

For Oakland coach Jack Del Rio, calling for a do-or-die, 2-point conversion was less a gamble than a philosophical declaration.