San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (40) delivering in the first inning, during a MLB game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. Valerie Shoaps/CSM (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-One could imagine if Madison Bumgarner did not injured and missed the two months that he missed due to his shoulder injury, where would the San Francisco Giants be in the National League West.

Unfortunately, the lead that Bumgarner left with disappeared, as the Philadelphia Phillies scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning on their way to a 5-2 victory over the Giants before a crowd of 39,921 at AT&T Park.

With the loss, the Giants are the first team to be officially eliminated from the division race.

The Phillies got five consecutive singles that turned a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead, as all the runs and hits came off of Hunter Strickland.

Former Sacramento State star Rhys Hoskins started the rally with his first hit of the inning, then Maikel Franco, Jorge Alfaro, Nick Williams and Pedro Florimon each singled.

It was the Florimon single that eventually gave the Phillies the lead for good, as they were able to salvage a series split against the Giants.

The score could have been worse, but Gorkys Hernandez threw out Williams at the plate for the second out of the inning.

After falling behind by two runs, and with two outs, the Giants began to mount a rally, as Kelby Tomlinson singled, as did Jarrett Parker to bring Buster Posey up with two on and two out. Phillies reliever Hector Neris then nailed Posey in the ribs, and in a rare show of emotion, Posey began to jaw with Neris as he walked down the first base line.

Bumgarner went six innings, allowing one run on just two hits, while walking one and striking out seven.

In his seven starts since returning from the disabled list, Bumgarner is 3-2 during that stretch, with two no-decision against the Los Angeles Dodgers at July 30 and on Sunday.

Not only did Bumgarner pitch well, he also drove in a huge run as he singled in Ryder Jones, who doubled down the right field line with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Bumgarner’s battery mate, Buster Posey drove in the only other Giants run, as he singled in Kelby Tomlinson, who walked to lead-off the bottom of the fourth inning.

The Phillies took an 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning, as Florimon doubled to left field to score Nick Williams, after he singled with two outs.

Florimon also came up with a big throw in the bottom of the second inning, as he threw out Posey at the plate on a Brandon Crawford single.

The Florimon throw was not the only big time defensive play by a left fielder in the game, as Jarrett Parker threw out Cameron Perkins trying to score the eventual tying run in the top of the seventh inning.

Hoskins put the finishing touches on the scoring, as he hit a solo home run off of Kyle Crick in the top of the ninth inning.

The Sacramento native is the first Phillies player in team history (since 1913) to hit five home runs in his first 11 games.

Hoskins went 5-for-13 with two home runs and four RBIs in the four-game series.

NOTES: Chris Stratton takes the mound on Monday night, as the Giants open up a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Zach Davies looks for his 15th win of the season, as he takes the ball in the opener for the Brewers.

With his two hits on the afternoon, Posey extended his hitting streak against the Phillies up to 22 games, the longest hitting streak against any team in his major-league career.