By Jeremy Kahn

PHILADELPHIA-Still after eight and a half years, Cole Hamels continues to be a mainstay in the Philadelphia Phillies starting rotation.

Hamels went eight innings, allowing just one run on six hits, walking just one and striking out 10 and the Phillies salvaged the finale of the four-game with a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants before 33,258 at Citizens Bank Park.

By striking out 10 in the game, it was the fourth time this season that Hamels topped the double digit and the 27th time in his career.

Hamels threw 116 pitches on the afternoon, 90 of them were strikes and just 26 balls.

Chase Utley gave the Phillies the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he singled up the middle to score Ben Revere from second base after Revere reached second base after Michael Morse was not able to catch the Revere hit ball for a two base error.

Marlon Byrd drove in the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning, as Jimmy Rollins scored from third base after the former Encinal of Alameda High School star doubled and then advanced to third on a Buster Posey passed ball.

The inning could have been even worse, but Hudson was able to get Grady Sizemore to line into a double play to end the inning.

With a chance to get something going in the top of the fourth inning, as Joaquin Arias came to the plate; however he grounded out to Rollins to end the inning and leave the bases loaded.

After the Giants failed to get on the board in the top of the fourth inning, the Phillies put two on with one out in the bottom of the fourth; however Hudson was able to get Wil Nieves to pop out to Adrianza at second base and then Hamels to strikeout to end the inning.

Adrianza got the Giants on the board in the top of the fifth inning, as he singled up the middle to score Gregor Blanco, who singled and advanced to second on a Hudson sacrifice bunt.

Hudson went pitched six innings, allowing two runs (neither of them earned) on eight hits, walking two and striking out six.

Both of the runs came courtesy of Posey’s passed ball in the bottom of the first inning and then Morse’s two-base fielding error in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Hunter Pence, who was the hero in Wednesday night’s 3-1 victory struck out three times against Hamels.

The last time Pence struck out three times against a starting pitcher was Scott Collmenter of the Arizona Diamondbacks on August 16, 2011, while Pence was playing for the Phillies.