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San Francisco Giants @ Philadelphia Phillies

2018-05-08 · Night game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 22456 · 72°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph R to L · 2:53

Philadelphia Phillies defeated San Francisco Giants 4–2. San Francisco Giants opened the scoring in the 2nd — Brandon Crawford grounds out, second baseman Cesar Hernandez to first baseman Carlos Santana. Brandon Belt scores. Evan Longoria to 3rd. Philadelphia Phillies took the lead in the 3rd — Jorge Alfaro homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Jorge Alfaro homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6
PHI	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		4	8

W: Aaron Nola L: Derek Holland SV: Hector Neris

Umpires — HP: Gerry Davis · 1B: Pat Hoberg · 2B: Mark Carlson · 3B: Brian Knight · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregor Blanco	4	0	1	0	0	2
Andrew McCutchen	3	0	1	0	1	1
Buster Posey	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brandon Belt	4	1	2	0	0	2
Evan Longoria	4	0	1	0	0	2
Brandon Crawford	4	0	0	1	0	2
Alen Hanson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Austin Jackson	3	0	0	0	0	3
Derek Holland	2	0	0	0	0	2
Pablo Sandoval	1	1	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Hernandez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rhys Hoskins	3	0	0	0	1	2
Odubel Herrera	4	0	2	1	0	0
Aaron Altherr	3	1	1	1	1	0
Carlos Santana	4	1	1	1	0	0
Maikel Franco	4	0	1	0	0	1
Scott Kingery	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jorge Alfaro	2	1	1	1	1	1
Aaron Nola	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Derek Holland	5.0	6	2	3
Cory Gearrin	2.0	1	0	2
Will Smith	1.0	1	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Aaron Nola	7.0	5	0	12
Edubray Ramos	0.2	1	1	2
Tommy Hunter	0.2	0	0	1
Hector Neris	0.2	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gregor Blanco: 7/L7LM
Andrew McCutchen: K
Buster Posey: K

Bot 1

Cesar Hernandez: 13/BG34S+
Rhys Hoskins: K
Odubel Herrera: 4/F4-

Top 2

Brandon Belt: S9/L9LS
Evan Longoria: D7/G5+.1-3
Brandon Crawford: 43/G4.3-H;2-3
Alen Hanson: 13/G13
Austin Jackson: K

Bot 2

Aaron Altherr: HR/F78D+
Carlos Santana: 5/L56+
Maikel Franco: 7/F78M
Scott Kingery: K

Top 3

Derek Holland: K
Gregor Blanco: K
Andrew McCutchen: S8/F89M
Buster Posey: K

Bot 3

Jorge Alfaro: HR/F78XD+
Aaron Nola: 9/F9M
Cesar Hernandez: D8/L89D+.B-3(E8)
Rhys Hoskins: K
Odubel Herrera: S8/G4M.3-H
Aaron Altherr: 9/F8RD

Top 4

Brandon Belt: S9/L9LM+
Evan Longoria: K
Brandon Crawford: K+SB2
Alen Hanson: K

Bot 4

Carlos Santana: 8/F8LXD+
Maikel Franco: S7/G56+
Scott Kingery: S8/L8LS+.1-2
Jorge Alfaro: W.2-3;1-2
Aaron Nola: 64(1)3/GDP/G6MS

Top 5

Austin Jackson: K
Derek Holland: K
Gregor Blanco: S8/L8RM
Andrew McCutchen: PO1(13)

Bot 5

Cesar Hernandez: 9/F9M
Rhys Hoskins: W
Odubel Herrera: 8/F8RXD+
Aaron Altherr: 53/G56-

Top 6

Andrew McCutchen: 8/F8LXD+
Buster Posey: 63/G6
Brandon Belt: K

Bot 6

Carlos Santana: HR/F89D+
Maikel Franco: 53/G5L
Scott Kingery: K
Jorge Alfaro: K

Top 7

Evan Longoria: 7/L78M
Brandon Crawford: 63/G4
Alen Hanson: 43/G4+

Bot 7

Nick Williams: HP
Cesar Hernandez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Rhys Hoskins: 6/F6D-

Top 8

Austin Jackson: K
Pablo Sandoval: HR/F78XD+
Gregor Blanco: K
Andrew McCutchen: W
Buster Posey: 53/G56S-

Bot 8

Odubel Herrera: S9/L34D
Aaron Altherr: SB2
Aaron Altherr: W
Carlos Santana: 9/F9M.2-3
Maikel Franco: K
Scott Kingery: 63/G56

Top 9

Brandon Belt: K
Evan Longoria: K
Brandon Crawford: K

Notes & reviews

Phillies challenged call that Blanco was safe at first on pickoff attempt; call was upheld - safe on pickoff attempt, but Blanco was picked off later in at bat
Giants challenged call that Kingery was safe at 1st; call was overturned - ground out

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