Trea Turner had a two-run single in the ninth inning that bounced off Camilo Doval's glove and into center field, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.
Philadelphia increased its lead to four games over San Francisco in the National League wild-card race. The Giants have lost 12 of their last 16 games.After a string of Giants relievers frustrated the Phillies, Philadelphia pieced things against Doval , who entered with 33 saves on the season.
Bryson Stott was hit by a pitch, then advanced to third when Brandon Marsh trickled a ball up the middle. After Marsh stole second, Kyle Schwarber was intentionally walked with one out to bring Turner to the plate. With the count 2-2, Turner roped a liner that deflected off Doval's glove, then to the left of Thairo Estrada at second base. Stott scored the tying run and Marsh followed.
Joc Pederson's two run double just past the diving reach of Johan Rojas in the fifth inning looked to be the difference for most of the night. Pederson hit a slicing two-out liner to center field that ticked off the end of Johan Rojas' glove, rolling to the wall to score Estrada and Wilmer Flores to give the Giants the lead.
Bryce Harper hit a two-run homer in the first inning. It was Harper's 11th of the season and second in two nights. He was 2 for 3 with a walk.Giants: OF Mitch Hanigar started a rehab assignment with Triple A Sacramento. Hanigar has been on the injured list since June 14. ... OF Mike Yastrzemski is hitting without restrictions and is continuing his running progress in Arizona.
Phillies: Harper experienced some tightness in his back and served as the DH instead of playing first base. It dates to back spasms first suffered on Aug. 10 Manager Rob Thomson said Harper was fine to hit and “wanted to make sure he stays fine.” Thomson said Harper’s status at first base is day-to-day and he doesn’t want the two-time NL MVP bending at first 150, 160 times a game.In the series finale Wednesday, Phillies RHP Michael Lorenzen was set to face RHP Alex Cobb .
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