Giants 7, Phillies 2: Brandon Crawford blasted a grand slam in the sixth inning and Tim Lincecum tossed seven solid frames as visiting San Francisco posted its sixth win in seven outings.
After Pablo Sandoval's sacrifice fly snapped a 1-1 tie, Crawford provided quite the cushion just two batters later. The light-hitting shortstop deposited an inside fastball from Vance Worley (5-6) into the seats in right-center field for his third homer of the season and the fifth of his career.
Ryan Theriot had four hits and Crawford capped his five-RBI night with a run-scoring single in the eighth inning for the National League West-leading Giants, who handed the Phillies their second straight loss following a four-game winning streak.
After a brutal first half of the season, Lincecum (4-10) avenged an April 16 loss to Philadelphia by allowing just two runs on five hits. The two-time National League Cy Young Award winner improved to 5-2 in his career versus the Phillies.
Ryan Howard belted his second homer since returning from a serious Achilles injury and Shane Victorino scored on a balk for Philadelphia.
Worley yielded six runs on as many hits in six innings to take the loss.
GAME NOTEBOOK: San Francisco's Melky Cabrera saw his consecutive multi-hit games streak end at four after going 1-for-5. Cabrera has seven such contests in his last 11 outings. ... Prior to the game, Phillies C Carlos Ruiz was honored with the MLBPA Heart and Hustle Award. ... Worley tossed a career-high 119 pitches.
San Francisco | Philadelphia | |
Tim Lincecum | Player | Vance Worley |
Win | W/L | Loss |
7.0 | IP | 6.0 |
6 | Strikeouts | 9 |
5 | Hits | 6 |
2.57 | ERA | 9.00 |
San Francisco | Philadelphia | |
Ryan Theriot | Player | Ryan Howard |
4 | Hits | 1 |
0 | RBI | 1 |
0 | HR | 1 |
5 | TB | 4 |
.800 | Avg | .333 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
San Francisco | 10 | 1 | 16 | .286 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Philadelphia | 6 | 1 | 11 | .182 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |