Franco hit a two-out, two-run single in the eighth off Giants starter Johnny Cueto to tie the score at 4 and complete Philadelphia’s comeback from a 4-0 deficit.
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Peavy made the pitch he wanted but Eduardo Nuñez bobbled Aaron Altherr’s grounder to load the bases, then Franco sent the Giants to their 13 loss in 17 games since the All-Star break.
“I’ve always thought that kind of behaviour comes from a place of the worst kind of fan entitlement, where we believe that just because we’ve bought a seat and a beer, and because players get paid incredible amounts of money, we have a right to call them names and publicly demoralize them”.
“He did OK”, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. The right-hander entered Wednesday’s start with a 5.46 ERA in 10 starts against Philadelpha, Cueto’s highest ERA against any team he’s faced five-plus times. Their 15 hits were two shy of matching a season high. But Odubel Herrera electrified the ballpark when he beat out a bunt single and Hernandez, batting from his stronger right side, followed with a line drive double hit too hard for Pence to track down near the right field wall. Smith was lifted for Sergio Romo, who surrendered the go-ahead single up the middle to Aaron Altherr.
Bullpen report: Will Smith’s second appearance went much better than the first one.
Brett Oberholtzer, Michael Mariot, Hector Neris, Edubray Ramos, David Hernandez, and Garcia pieced together seven scoreless innings to keep the Phillies within striking distance.
Angel Pagan s two-run homer in the sixth gave the Giants their first lead of the game, but it was short lived. The Phillies are 0-4 in their last four home games versus a right-handed starter and are 0-4 in their last four games after scoring five runs or more in their previous game. Eflin didn’t get in the fifth when the Giants scored five runs. San Francisco totaled ten hits and walked twice with Buster Posey going 2-5 with three RBI’s and a run.
ROYALS 3, RAYS 2: Salvador Perez hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning that carried the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. Moore has been throwing well with back to back wins with three earned runs allowed over 13.2 innings.
The Giants benefited from their second crew chief-instituted replay review in the 11, when Brandon Belt started a 3-6-1 double play and George Kontos received the throw at first base.
Giants ace Madison Bumgarner had one of his worst outings of the season but didn’t factor into the decision.
Making his fourth career start, Bundy allowed one hit and a walk over seven sparkling innings against a potent lineup featuring newcomers Carlos Beltran and Jonathan Lucroy.
Major League Baseball umpire Bob Davidson ejected a Philadelphia Phillies fan on Tuesday for inviting the umpire to perform oral sex on him.
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Davidson stopped the game Tuesday night, walked toward where the fan was sitting and had words with him after the man was yelling loudly in Davidson’s direction.
