Phillies Avoid Sweep With 6-4 Win Over Giants
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Jeff Francoeur drove in two runs with a two-out double in the seventh inning to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 on Sunday and stave off a series sweep.
Freddy Galvis led off the inning with a single. After another hit and a double play, Ben Revere worked a walk to set the stage for Francoeur. He hit a pitch from San Francisco reliever Javier Lopez into the left-field corner, scoring Galvis and Revere.
Right-hander Ken Giles (2-1) earned the victory, getting five outs. He struck out the side in the eighth inning for the Phillies, who ended a three-game losing streak. Jonathan Papelbon allowed a run in the ninth inning, but managed his 12th save in as many opportunities.
Maikel Franco hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, his sixth of the season, to give the Phillies an extra insurance run.
Joe Panik had three hits for the Giants, who had won six consecutive road games. The World Series champions own the National League's best road record, at 16-12. Right-hander Ryan Vogelsong (4-4) took the loss. He allowed five earned runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings.
San Francisco erased an early 2-1 deficit in the third inning. Angel Pagan doubled in Panik, and Pagan scored two batters later on a groundout by Brandon Belt, to give the Giants a 3-2 lead.
Philadelphia rallied back and tied the game a half-inning later, on Odubel Herrera's solo home run to center field.
The score stayed that way until Francoeur's two-run double in the seventh inning. Vogelsong pitched into the seventh and came out of the game with two outs and two runners on. He gave way to Lopez, who promptly surrendered the hit by Francoeur.
Francoeur had six RBIs in nine at-bats in the series with San Francisco, including a grand slam on Saturday. He is batting 5-for-9 with five RBIs this season in pinch-hitting situations.
PANIK STREAKING
Panik's double in the third inning extended his career-best hitting streak to 12 games. In that span, he's batting .387 (19-for-49).
GALVIS SNAPS SLUMP
Galvis ended a 0-for-31 slump with a seventh-inning single to right-center field. The single was Galvis' first hit in eight games, dating to May 26.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: RHP Jake Peavy (back strain) allowed two runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings Saturday with Triple A Sacramento, in his third rehab start. RF Hunter Pence (left wrist tendinitis), who sat out all three games against his former club, remains day to day.
Phillies: LF Darin Ruf drove his left shoulder into the wall while tracking down a flyout by San Francisco's Brandon Belt. Ruf remained in the game.
UP NEXT
Giants: After an off day, San Francisco's second in five days, RHP Chris Heston (5-4, 4.29) gets the ball in Tuesday's opener of a three-game series in New York. Heston, who's never faced the Mets, has three wins in his last four decisions.
Phillies: LHP Cole Hamels (5-4, 2.88) starts for the Phillies on Monday in Cincinnati, opening an eight-game roadtrip. Philadelphia has earned wins in five of the last six starts by Hamels, who entered Sunday leading the NL with 81 1/3 innings.
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