The win came largely due to a big solo home run, but was also aided by a Phillies baserunning gaffe in the bottom of the 9th inning. Cameron Rupp was up next, and he drove the very next pitch deep to center for back-to-back home runs. With Johnny Cueto set to oppose Aaron Nola in the pitching matchup, the over/under sits at 7.5 for tonight’s game.
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Will Smith (1-4), who was acquired from Milwaukee on Monday to bolster San Francisco’s bullpen, started the eighth with a strikeout before giving up an infield single to pinch-hitter Odubel Herrera and a double off the wall in right to Hernandez. Giants right fielder Hunter Pence picked up the ball and fired to catcher Buster Posey, who was covering second, for an apparent forceout. Posey scored the second run of the inning on a Brandon Belt sac fly and gave the Giants a 4-0 advantage.
One crossed the line during Tuesday night’s 13-8 Giants loss to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park and was ejected – by home-plate umpire Bob Davidson.
It was the first back-to-back wins for the Phillies since July 6.
“I felt normal”, Cueto said through a translator.
Altherr said he would buy Franco dinner if the mistake cost his teammate a hit, but after a long delay following the game, the official scorer credited Franco with a single. “When you’re coming in you have to do the job, you have to try to win the ballgame, that’s what was most important”. They keep fighting and the first two games, we had opportunities to win.
“I didn’t realize his curveball was that good”, said Span, who had a direct view from center field.
Altherr made it 3-0 with an RBI single before Franco’s three-run homer put the Phillies up six runs. He went to second on Luis Garcia’s sacrifice bunt and Philadelphia had runners on first and second with one out after Kontos walked Cesar Hernandez. Left hander Matt Moore makes his first start in a San Francisco uniform Thursday. He got a grounder to third, but Eduardo Nunez couldn’t handle it or get a throw off, loading the bases. Conor Gillaspie got the second out of the inning with a diving stop-and-throw, but Maikel Franco followed with a liner to right-center, scoring two. “When you lose, it’s bad”. Lucroy homered in the second inning, Carlos Beltran singled in a run in the fifth and Jeremy Jeffress pitched a scoreless seventh.
“We had a tough night”, Bochy said. “Their ‘pen shut us down completely”.
Angel Pagan’s two-run homer in the sixth gave the Giants their first lead of the game, but it was shortlived.
The four-time All-Star allowed 10 hits in five-plus innings while striking out four and walking two, and the NL West-leading Giants lost their 12th in 16 games since the All-Star break.
Casilla entered with the winning run on third base and one out in the ninth inning after Sergio Romo allowed a hit and Javier Lopez issued a walk.
“That’s the guy I wanted out there”, Bochy said. “The only thing I can say is they beat me”. Phils starter Phil Klein gave up all four runs on eight hits through five innings with six relievers putting up zeros.
The Philadelphia Phillies have scratched right-hander Aaron Nola from his scheduled start Wednesday night and placed him on the 15-day disabled list with a strained elbow. He was a 30th-round selection by the Rangers in 2011.
Klein was optioned back to Triple-A following the game. “I really didn’t envision how it would play out. “(I) kind of aggravated it a little bit toward the end.
The 23-year-old has been struggling for almost two months and has a 9.82 ERA in his last eight starts. He topped out at 96.3 miles per hour and he threw 24 of 33 curveballs for strikes, generating 21 swings and just one hit.
Shortly after the spat, a Phillies usher approached the fan, who quieted down.
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The teams conclude their three-game series Thursday afternoon when Phillies RHP Vince Velasquez (8-3, 3.32 ERA) opposes Moore (7-7, 4.08).
