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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-In what was a pitchers duel between David Buchanan and Ryan Vogelsong turned into a hitters affair in the sixth inning for the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants.

Matt Duffy hit a two-run triple in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Giants a come-from-behind 8-5 before a crowd of 41,980, the 373rd consecutive sellout at AT&T Park. The Duffy triple and Angel Pagan two-run double cane just a half-inning after the Phillies took a three-run lead in the top half of the inning.

By pitching 0.1 of an inning, rookie Josh Osich picked up his career major league victory for the Giants.

Ryan Howard hit a solo home run off of Vogelsong with two outs off the top of the wall to give the Phillies a 2-1 lead.

Howard’s home run was his 15th of the season, and it stood after a review by Giants manager Bruce Bochy. After a short review, the play stood as called.

After a walk to Carlos Ruiz, Vogelsong gave up a two-run home run to Cody Asche that landed in McCovey Cove.

It was the 105th time that a home run landed in McCovey Cove on the fly, and the 37th by an opponent. Asche is the first Phillies player to reach McCovey Cove in the 16 years of the ballpark.

The Giants mounted a rally in the bottom of the sixth inning, as Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco each singled with one out, but then Justin Maxwell struck out for the second out of the inning to bring up Angel Pagan to face Luis Garcia.

Pagan hit a two-run double that narrowed the Phillies lead down to 4-3, following a walk to Joe Panik, Matt Duffy came to the plate. Duffy roped a two-run triple into the right-center field alley to give the Giants the lead for good.

Buster Posey then increased the lead to 6-4, as he lashed a single to right field that scored Duffy from third base.

Buchanan pitched enough to get the win; however he received a no-decision, as he went five innings, allowing just one run on five hits, walking no one and striking out three.

Vogelsong lasted 5.2 innings, allowing four runs on just five hits, walking three and striking out five.