By Jeremy Harness

AP photo: San Francisco Giants starter Johnny Cueto delivers against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Ball Park on Wednesday night

It’s pretty safe to say that the Giants have entered into a sort of a panic mode at this point.

The Giants (60-46) are now 4-13 since the All-Star break, and even though they still have the lead in the National League West, that advantage is only two games ahead of the second-place Los Angeles Dodgers, who just made a big trade to bolster their lineup, adding outfielder Josh Reddick and starter Rich Hill.

The latest installment of the melting-down process came Wednesday night, as they found themselves with a 4-0 lead but ended up surrendering that lead and could not get it back, falling to the lowly Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, at Citizens Bank Park in 12 innings.

Starter Johnny Cueto carried a 4-2 lead into the eighth inning, but the Phillies (50-59) got to the tiring righty, to the point where they tied the game on a two-run single by Maikel Franco, which finally chased Cueto from the game.

The bullpen, which has been spotty at best for much of this season, held up pretty well until the 12^th inning. At that point, the Phillies got to reliever George Kontos, loading the bases on him and forcing manager Bruce Bochy to go to former starter Jake Peavy out of the bullpen.

It did not go very well. The very first batter he faced was Franco, and he did not waste any time seizing the opportunity, ripping a single up the middle to win the game and take the second game in a row from the Giants.

If there was a positive that came out of Wednesday, it was that Will Smith, the reliever whom the Giants acquired from Milwaukee at the trade deadline, faced one batter in the eighth inning and struck him out.

The Giants will test out another recent trade acquisition, left-handed starter Matt Moore, who will take the ball Thursday in an attempt to salvage at least one game from the three-game series in Philadelphia before heading to Washington for a three-game series against the Nationals that starts Friday