Philadelphia 8, San Francisco 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
74°
Umpires:
Home -
Jeff Kellogg, 1B -
Larry Vanover, 2B -
Jeff Nelson, 3B -
Mark Carlson
Attendance:
44410
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Jimmy Rollins belted a three-run homer and Joe Blanton overcame a leadoff home run to toss six-plus strong innings as the Philadelphia Phillies cruised to an 8-2 triumph over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.
Rookie Domonic Brown launched a solo homer, Raul Ibanez blasted an RBI triple and Jayson Werth added a run-scoring double for Philadelphia (68-51), which posted its 20th win in 25 contests to pull two full games ahead of San Francisco (67-54) in the chase for the wild card.
Rollins fell a double short of the cycle and Chase Utley had a double, single and an RBI groundout as the Phillies notched their 17th win in 19 contests at Citizens Bank Park.
Blanton (5-6) overcame his shaky start to settle down quickly. The 29-year-old Tennessee native allowed two runs and eight hits while striking out seven in 6 1/3 innings to pick up the win.
Chad Durbin and Ryan Madson combined to pitch 1 2/3 innings of hitless ball and Jose Contreras retired the side in the ninth to preserve the win.
Andres Torres led off the game with a blast and former Phillie Pat Burrell belted his second straight solo homer for San Francisco, which fell for the fourth time in five games.
Matt Cain (9-10) permitted five runs and seven hits in six innings to take the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| San Francisco |
|
Philadelphia |
|
Matt Cain
|
Player |
Joe Blanton
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.1 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
7 |
Hits |
8 |
|
3.00 |
ERA |
2.84 |
Hitting
| San Francisco |
|
Philadelphia |
|
Jose Guillen | Player |
Jimmy Rollins
|
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
0 |
RBI |
3 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
2 |
TB |
8 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.600 |
Team Stats Summary
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