well. he was named series mvp. it s such a blessing to be able to contribute to what we ve been able to do. i really can t explain it. it s just a complete blessing. that s the only way i can describe it. i can t explain why the balls keep going out of ballpark but they do and we keep winning ball games, which is the most important part and the coolest part. the mets are awaiting the winner between the bluejays and the royals. toronto staying alive with a win in game five yesterday. mark estrada, troy tulowitzki, the big three-run double in the sixth to put this one away. game six of the alcs will be back in kansas city tomorrow night. royals lead the series 3-2. the clemson tigers band and cheerleaders held a parade and pep rally for a special young
lebron james will be playing his first regular season game as a cavalier again. some fans paid more than $1,000 to be there to see james wearing number 23 in cleveland. the first time he s been back there wearing that number in four years. he took a little vacation in miami. he s asking his fans to vote on whether he should still do the pregame chalk talk. the vote will be announced some time before the cavs play the knicks tonight. for the third time in five seasons, the san francisco giants are the champions of baseball with the game tied at two in last night s winner take all game seven against the royals. the giants took the lead in the forth inning. their ace madison bumgarner took the mound in the eighth. bumgarner won his third game in this series alone and was named series mvp. that s awesome. you know, we re truly blessed to just have this opportunity to be here and couldn t be any more thankful for it. the traditional
they beat the royals, 3-2, last night. with the series mvp madison bumgarner pitching five scoreless innings. a victory parade in san francisco set for tomorrow. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, october 30th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to you. we begin this half hour on the latest on the investigation into the rocket explosion over virginia. as the search for answers begins, there are questions about the engines used to power the rockets. abc s david kerley is at the scene of the accident. reporter: thousands gathered and we have liftoff of antares. reporter: to watch a spectacular flight as the antares roars toward the space station. but just 11 seconds in, something goes terribly wrong. the 14-story rocket starts
year. oil experts in iraq have been mostly unaffective. it could take a hit as the world demand spikes the center. you can see from this map, attacks by insurgents shut off from oil fields earlier this year. experts from the south, the heart of the oil industry is what people are worried about. if those take a hit, we could see prices skyrocket. aaa sent out a press release saying drivers should brace themselves for up to ten cents a gallon for gasoline because of this. the markets do not like what s happening right now. let s talk about the nba basketball champions, the san antonio spurs with their fifth title in 16 years. they knocked off lebron james and the miami heat. they did it in five games. they made it look easy. one of the emerging stars in the league with the series mvp, look
lady with the baby over here with a cigarette and a drink. and there s nothing in here. call child services. all right. let s get started. let s get started. we ll start with the new world champions, the boston red sox. the boston globe saying it s clearly right now, quote, champions again. the sox beat the cardinals last night wrapping up their third series victory in three years. ten years. big papi, david ortiz, wore a black helmet on the field to celebrate. he was the series mvp. rob nelson in boston. very happy place right now. good morning, rob. good morning, diana and rob. this may be the happiest halloween boston has seen in a long time. they won the tight until 2007. this is the first time they ve won it at home in fenway since 1918. this party has been brewing all night. right now it is definitely getting into full force let s go red sox this has been such a close series but tonight was a delight of a jam packed fenway treated to a night of sports histor