SAN FRANCISCO — There’s no cure quite like a weekend with the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Giants hammered the Phillies’ poor pitching staff for a second straight night, winning 8-5 at AT&T Park. The lineup got off to a slow start but scored seven runs in the sixth and seventh innings.
A night after tagging Phillies ace Cole Hamels for a career-high nine earned runs, the Giants managed just one off of righty David Buchanan, who entered with an 0-5 record and 8.76 ERA. When Buchanan and Ryan Vogelsong exited in the sixth, the Giants trailed 4-1.
The game was tied at one when Ryan Howard hit a solo homer to right with two outs in the sixth.