San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies Live Streaming
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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The Philadelphia Phillies have plenty of work to do to get to first place in the NL East, but their excellent play over the past month is still paying dividends. The Phillies seized the wild-card lead from the San Francisco Giants in their series opener, and they’ll look to add to that cushion Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park. Philadelphia was seven games behind Atlanta as of July 21, but has since put together a torrid stretch befitting the two-time reigning NL champions. The Phillies have gone 19-5 over their last 24 games to pull within 2 1/2 games of the Braves. While catching Atlanta remains the goal, Philadelphia’s hot streak - much of which has been accomplished without Ryan Howard, Shane Victorino and Chase Utley - started to pay off Tuesday. Utley went 0 for 5 in his return from the disabled list, but his teammates pounded out 13 hits in a 9-3 rout of the Giants to grab the wild-card lead.
Philadelphia leads the Giants by a game and St. Louis by 1 1/2. Not that manager Charlie Manuel seems to give that race much thought. San Francisco might have no choice but to care considering its fading position in the NL West. The loss, combined with San Diego’s third straight win, put the Giants five games behind the division-leading Padres. If Bruce Bochy’s club doesn’t start getting better starting pitching, it won’t be catching anyone. San Francisco’s rotation is 0-8 with a 5.97 ERA in its last 13 games since Jonathan Sanchez won at Colorado on Aug. 3. Matt Cain tries to end the drought, and he’ll be looking for his sixth quality start in seven outings. He gave up three runs and struck out nine over six innings Thursday against the Cubs, but left without a decision in an 8-7 win.
