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7:05 pm EDT Thu Aug 19, 2010

The Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants are battling for the NL wild card, and the Phillies have a chance to gain a significant edge in the race. Philadelphia will look to complete a three-game sweep of the Giants and win its fifth straight overall Thursday night. The Phillies began this set tied with San Francisco in the wild-card race, but have an opportunity to end it with a three-game lead after beating the Giants 9-3 in the series opener and 8-2 on Wednesday. Philadelphia, which is a major league-best 20-5 since a July 21 loss to St. Louis, trails NL East leader Atlanta by 2 1/2 games. Jimmy Rollins led the way for the Phillies with a three-run homer and a triple in Wednesday’s win while double-play partner Chase Utley got his first hit since returning from thumb surgery, breaking an 0-for-7 slide with a swinging-bunt single.

San Francisco failed to get a win from its starting pitcher for the 14th consecutive game as Matt Cain yielded five runs in six innings. The Giants’ rotation, usually one of the team’s strengths, is 0-9 with a 5.97 ERA during that stretch. Jonathan Sanchez will try and turn things around for the Giants, who have fallen six games behind first-place San Diego in the NL West, their biggest deficit since July 6. Sanchez guaranteed a sweep of the Padres last weekend, but could not deliver on his promise, giving up three runs in 5 1-3 innings of San Francisco’s 3-2, series-opening loss to San Diego on Friday.