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MLB The Show podcast Charlie O: Dodgers and Muncy on a run; Pitching injuries strike Astros, Braves, and Jays; plus more news

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Los Angeles Dodgers Max Muncy hits a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Fri Apr 10, 2026 (AP News photo)

MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:

#1 How did Max Muncy’s three-home-run Friday night power the Los Angeles Dodgers to a dramatic walk-off win?

#2 Are early-season pitching injuries putting contenders like the Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, and Toronto Blue Jays in danger?

#3 The Sacramento A’s starter Jeffery Springs took a no hitter into the seventh inning on Thursday the A’s defeated the New York Yankees 1-0. The A’s turned around and won two in a row from the New York Mets and won five straight games Wednesday through Sunday and moved into a first place tie with the Texas Rangers.

#4 What impact will Craig Kimbrel’s call-up have on the Mets’ bullpen moving forward? Kimbrel pitch an inning giving up a hit and striking out two on Saturday despite the Mets getting beat by the A’s 11-6.

#5 Did the Phillies’ back-to-back homers from Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper signal a turnaround defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3. The Phils had lost two out of three in San Francisco before returning to Citizens Bank Friday.

Join Charlie O for MLB The Show podcasts Sundays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

SF Giants game wrap: Back-to-back shutouts nets Giants series win over Phillies; SF’s Mahle blanks Phils 5-0 at Oracle Wednesday

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San Francisco Giants Rafael Devers slugs an RBI single agianst the Philadelphia Phillies in the bottom eighth at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Apr 8, 2026 (AP News photo)

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Philadelphia Phillies 0 (6-6)

San Francisco Giants 5 (5-8)

Win: Matt Gage (1-0)

Loss: Aaron Nola (1-1)

Time: 2:29

Attendance: 36,106

By Stephen Ruderman

SAN FRANCISCO–After the Giants’ bullpen blew late leads on Sunday and Monday, the Giants shut out the Phillies in back-to-back games to get a massive series win against one of the best teams in Baseball. Wednesday, Tyler Mahle and the Giants’ bullpen shut out the Phillies 5-0.

The Giants suffered a devastating loss to open the series Monday night, as the bullpen blew a 4-0 lead, and the offense only got two hits in the final five innings of the game. They then bounced back nicely Tuesday night with a big 6-0 win behind a strong start by Robbie Ray. I get that it was only April 7, and that there is really no such thing as a must-win game this time of the year, but the Giants truly needed that win last night.

Tyler Mahle took the ball on another gorgeous day at Oracle Park, and survived a jam in the top of the first inning. Aaron Nola went for the Phillies, and the game quickly turned into a pitcher’s duel.

Mahle wasn’t dominant, as he had to work out of another jam in the top of the third, but he was still solid, as he gave up just three hits over five and two-thirds shutout innings. Nola, on the other hand, was dominant, though he had to work through a jam in the bottom of the fourth.

The Giants had runners at first and second with two outs in the bottom of the sixth for Rafael Devers. To be honest, I didn’t have much faith that Devers would come through. He froze like a statue on a fastball right on the inside corner in the bottom of the fourth, and grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to end the bottom of the fourth. Just before I was able to tell Sportstalk podcaster Bruce Magowan, who was sitting next to me in the press box, that Devers would pop up all over himself, he hit a three-run home run to straightaway center.

Now, it was up to the Giants’ bullpen to hold the lead. Matt Gage, who finished the top of the sixth, was back out for the seventh. Gage retired the first man he faced, but after Otto Kemp lined a pinch-hit single to right, Tony pulled Gage for Caleb Kilian.

I didn’t particularly like the move, and when Kilian walked Trea Turner on four pitches to get Schwarber up to the plate as the tying run, I was certain that we would see a Schwar-bomb end up somewhere in the South Bay. I was already wrong about Devers in the sixth. Much to my pleasant surprise, Schwarber struck out, and Harper grounded out to second. Kilian did his job. The inning was over, and the shutout was still intact.

Blade Tidwell threw a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the eighth, and the Giants tacked on two more runs against Jose Alvarado in the bottom of the eighth. Erik Miller was the guy for the top of the ninth, and he threw a 1-2-3 inning to close it out.

Matt Gage got his first big league win, and Aaron Nola took the loss.

The Giants improve to 5-8, and considering the fact that I expected them to be 3-10 after these first two weeks, I am ecstatic.

The Giants will now head back on the road for a three-city swing through Baltimore, Cincinnati and Washington, D.C. I have no clue why they are going to another metropolitan area in between their two series in the Beltway. I have tried making my own Major League Baseball schedules in the past, but it is one of the most difficult jigsaw puzzles to solve.

Anyway, the Giants begin a three-game series against the Orioles at Camden Yards on Friday. RHP Landen Roupp (1-1 ERA 4.22) will go for the Giants, and RHP Shane Baz (0-0 ERA 4.09) will go for the Orioles.

First pitch will be at 7:15 p.m EDT. in Baltimore, 4:15 p.m PDT in San Francisco

San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman: Ray pitching with a lot of consistancy for SF

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San Francisco Giants starter Robbie Ray had a great outing pitching shutout ball for six plus innings giving up three hits and seven strikeouts against the Philadelphia Phillies at Oracle Park in San Francisco Wed Apr 8, 2026 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman:

#1 The Giants got a pitching performance once again from starter Robbie Ray who went 6.2 innings, three hits, three walks, and seven strikeouts in the Giants shutout of the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.

#2 It seems like when Ray is starting a lot of the guys really perform a little extra behind Ray not to say they don’t that for the other starters.

#3 Talk about how concerned manager Tony Vitello is about the starting rotation and the bullpen?

#4 Also talk about the bullpen and with Ryan Boruki, Erik Miller, Matt Gage, JT Brubaker, Caleb Killan, Blade Tidwell, Keaton Winn and Ryan Walker.

#5 Matt Chapman and Willy Adames has swung the bat better. They’ve swinging hitting the ball the opposite way which they have been doing constantly which they need to be doing,

Stephen Ruderman is a San Francisco Giants staff writer at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants shut out Phillies 6-0 on the backs of Robbie Ray and Daniel Susac

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San Francisco Giants’ Daniel Susac, right, hits a two-run triple next to Philadelphia Phillies catcher Rafael Marchan, left, during the eighth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

By Lincoln Juarez

SAN FRANCISCO – Robbie Ray shut down the powerful Philadelphia lineup in his 6.2 inning line of work. Daniel Susac led the Giants’ offense with his 3-for-4, 2 RBI performance becoming the first player to go 5-for-5 in their first five Major League at-bats since Ted Cox with the Red Sox in 1977. Walker and Winn held down the fort out of the bullpen in 6-0 shutout win. 

The Giants, looking to avoid a fifth straight loss, hosted the Phillies for game two of a three game series Tuesday night at Oracle Park. San Francisco’s bullpen blew another late-game lead, allowing four runs in the seventh inning after Adrian Houser got through six innings with minimal trouble. It was the second game in a row the bullpen had given up costly runs in a late frame, after allowing four runs to score in the eighth inning of Sunday’s series finale with the New York Mets. 

Robbie Ray entered Tuesday’s matchup with a chip on his shoulder to put an end to the abysmal losing stretch. Behind his 3.38 ERA through 10.2 innings in two starts, Ray went the deepest into a game he’s gone so far holding the Phillies scoreless with just three hits through 6.2 innings.  

Willy Adames got the offense started early with a leadoff double against Phillies’ starter Cristopher Sanchez. A Matt Chapman single moved him to third and Luis Arraez dribbled one down the first base line to bring Adames home. It was the first time the Giants scored a run in the first inning since last Thursday against the Mets and it would end up being all they needed.

Arraez drove in two of the four runs in the win putting him one behind Matt Chapman(7) for the team RBI lead. 

Daniel Susac got the start behind the plate for the first time since his outstanding debut in the starting lineup last Thursday. He went 3-for-3 and reached base in all four of his plate appearances. He was included in a short rally when he singled in the second inning becoming the first Giant since Willy McCovey to record a hit in each of his first four Major League at-bats. He recorded two more hits including a two-run triple in the eighth inning to put the game out of reach. 

Ryan Walker relieved Ray of his duties continuing the shutout, throwing 1.1 innings of one-hit baseball while striking out one. 

Keaton Winn secured the win with his scoreless ninth inning. Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, and Bryce Harper went a combined 3-for-10 while being shutout by a dominant performance by Giants pitching, the first shutout victory since September 28, 2025. 

The rubber match of the three game set will take place Wednesday afternoon with a 12:45pm first pitch at Oracle Park. The Giants will try for their second series win of the season.

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Giants bullpen blows another late-inning lead in 6-4 loss to the Phillies

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Photo: Giants relief pitcher Ryan Borucki exits the mound in the 7th inning after giving up two runs (Jay Choi/SF Bay News Lab)

By Vince Cestone

SAN FRANCISCO–For the second day in a row, the San Francisco Giants blew a late-inning lead as the Philadelphia Phillies rally from 4-0 down to win 6-4 at Oracle Park.

After starting pitcher Adrian Houser gave up back-to-back singles to start the seventh inning, Giants manager Tony Vitello brought in lefty Ryan Borucki to try and get through Phillies sluggers Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. That did not go well, as Schwarber walked and Harper hit the game-tying single. The next batter Alec Bohm hit a ground-ball single that gave the Phillies a 5-4 lead, one they would not give back. The Phillies tacked on another run later in the inning on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Marsh.

Some may question Vitello’s decision to bring in Borucki in a leverage spot against two of the best hitters in the game. Borucki is a journeyman pitcher who had a 4.63 ERA in 35 innings with both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays. Fellow lefty Matt Gage, who has yet to give up an earned run this season, was not used in the high leverage spot and the Giants paid for it. Gage would go on to pitch a scoreless eighth inning, with the Giants down 6-4.

This latest bullpen blow up comes after Keaton Winn and Erik Miller gave up four runs combined in the eighth inning on Sunday against the New York Mets, giving the Mets a 5-2 come-from-behind victory. The Giants were up 2-1 at the start of the eighth inning on Sunday afternoon.

On Monday night, the Giants finally showed some offense in the third inning, where they scored three runs against Phillies starter Andrew Painter. Painter came into the year 1-0, with a 1.69 ERA. After Willy Adames starting the inning with a double, Luis Arraez followed with an RBI double of his own to give the Giants an early 1-0 lead. Giants third baseman Matt Chapman then tripled in another run. Two batters later, Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos singled in Chapman to give the Giants a 3-0 lead.

The Giants tacked on another run in the fourth inning on a Luis Arraez sacrifice fly. The Giants were up 4-0 and feeling good, but the Phillies got on the board in the fifth inning with two runs of their own. Two singles from the eighth and ninth spots in the batting order ended up scoring in that inning off of Houser.

The Giants did not score another run after the fourth inning. In fact, they only had 2 hits after the fourth inning–a single by Jung Hoo Lee in the eighth and a double by Adames in the ninth.

Houser ended up pitching well, better than his line score indicated. He ended up going six innings, giving up four runs on nine hits and two walks. He struck out three batters.

The Giants are now 3-8 on the year, not the start that Vitello wanted to begin his Giants career. In 2000, the Giants did start the year 3-9 and ended up winning the National League West with 97 wins, but that team had Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent in the middle of their order and Felix Rodriguez and Robb Nen on the back end of the bullpen. The Giants will hope to turn things around quickly, or they can find themselves buried quite early in the season.

Up next, the Giants will try again on Tuesday to get right as they take on the Phillies again in Game 2 of the series. Robbie Ray (1-1, 3.38 ERA) will take the mound for the Giants against lefty Cristopher Sanchez (1-0, 0.79 ERA). Game time is at 6:45 p.m.

San Jose Sharks podcast Lincoln Juarez: Struggling Sharks face hot handed Flyers Saturday at SAP

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Washington Capitals Rasmus Sadin (38) tries to get the puck past the Philadelphia Flyers Travis Konechy (11) in the first period at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Wed Mar 11, 2026. As of Sat Mar 21, 2026 Konechy leads the Flyers in goals with 24 (AP News photo)

San Jose Sharks podcast Lincoln Juarez:

#1 Can the Sharks snap their losing streak at home? San Jose enters the game having dropped multiple straight contests, including recent defensive struggles.

#2 Will the Flyers’ strong recent form continue on the road? Philadelphia has gone 7-2-1 in their last ten games, showing consistency despite a relatively modest scoring rate.

#3 How impactful will top players like Macklin Celebrini and Trevor Zegras be? Celebrini (Sharks) and Zegras (Flyers) are key offensive drivers and could determine the pace and outcome.

#4 Can the Sharks tighten up defensively after conceding heavily in recent games? San Jose has allowed a high number of goals recently, including a five goal loss in their last outing.

#5 Will special teams or goaltending make the difference? With both teams dealing with injuries and lineup changes, goalie performance (Dan Vladar for Philly) and power-play efficiency could be decisive.

Join Lincoln Juarez for the San Jose Sharks podcasts Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants game wrap: Seymour struggles early, and Giants fall short of sweep in 5-3 loss to Diamondbacks

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San Francisco Giants Willy Adames (middle left) is caught in a run down before being tagged out by the Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno (14) in the bottom of the seventh inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Wed Sep 10, 2025 (AP News photo)

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025

Oracle Park

San Francisco, California

Arizona Diamondbacks 5 (73-74)

San Francisco Giants 3 (74-72)

Win: Eduardo Rodriguez (9-8)

Loss: Carson Seymour (1-3)

Time: 2:48

Attendance: 33,810

By Stephen Ruderman

SAN FRANCISCO–Carson Seymour didn’t make it out of the second inning, as the Diamondbacks tagged him for four runs, and though the Giants made a game of it late, Arizona held on for a 5-3 win to salvage a game in this series on Wednesday.

The Giants have won 13 of their last 16 games. After another big win Tuesday night, which put the Giants just two games back of the Mets for the third wild card in the National League, the Giants had a chance at a sweep of the Diamondbacks on a peaceful, mostly-cloudy afternoon under the monsoonal skies at Oracle Park.

Carson Seymour would be tasked with the start on Wednesday. Seymour was coming off his first major league win in St. Louis last Friday, in which he allowed just a run and two hits over five innings. Unfortunately, Seymour’s outing would be much different, and last nowhere near as long.

Geraldo Perdomo led off the game with a home run to right field to give the Diamondbacks an early 1-0 lead. While that would be the only run Arizona would get in the top of the first inning, things got rapidly worse for Seymour in the top of the second.

Blaze Alexander and Alek Thomas each got base-hits to start the inning. The Diamondbacks had runners at the corners with nobody out for Tim Tawa, who lined a base-hit to left to make it 2-0. Jake McCarthy sacrificed the runners over to second and third base, and after Perdomo knocked in a run with a base-hit to right, Seymour was done.

Spencer Bivens was brought in to steady the tide, just as he has many times this season. Katel Marte knocked in Tawa with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0, and walks to Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno loaded the bases. The Diamondbacks were about to make it a laugher early, Bivens got Adrian Del Castillo to ground out to second, and the score stayed 4-0.

The good news was that there was plenty of time for the Giants to come back, and they were down 3-0 in the second inning on Monday. However, the bad news was that Diamondbacks’ starter Eduardo Rodriguez was dealing.

Rodriguez took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. Matt Chapman finally broke it up with a doink single to left with one out in the bottom of the fifth, but the Giants were unable to make anything of it.

Bivens got the Giants through the top of the fifth, but the Diamondbacks touched Keaton Winn for a run in the top of the sixth to make it 5-0.

The Giants finally got something going in the bottom of the seventh. Willy Adames walked to lead off the inning, and Matt Chapman singled him over to third. After Wilmer Flores popped out, Rodgriguez was lifted for Jake Woodford.

Unfortunately, Casey Schmitt struck out swinging. To make things worse, when Chapman took off for second on the pitch, Willy Adames was caught in a rundown between third and home plate, and was tagged out to end the inning. The Giants came up empty, and it seemed like it was not going to be their day.

However, the Giants still didn’t give up. JT Brubaker threw a one, two, three inning in the top of the eighth, and while Woodford retired the first two men he faced in the bottom of the eighth, the Giants had some two-out feistiness in them. Patrick Bailey and Heltiot Ramos each got base-hits, and Torey Lovullo brought in the left-hander, Andrew Saalfrank, to face Rafael Devers.

Devers drove one deep to right-center field that hit off the 24-foot-high brick wall above Triple’s Alley. In almost every other ballpark in baseball, it would have been a three-run home run, but here at Oracle Park, it would only be a two-run double. That would prove to be costly, as the score would remain 5-2 going to the ninth.

Jose Butto pitched through a jam for a scoreless top of the ninth, but the Giants still fought until the very end. Chapman walked to lead off the bottom of the ninth, and Schmitt doubled him to third with one out.

The tying run in Jung Hoo Lee now came to the plate, but he grounded out to second for the second out. While Chapman came in to score to make it 5-3, Luis Matos grounded out to short to end, and the Diamondbacks held on to win it.

Eduargo Rodriguez got the win, and Carson Seymour took the loss.

The Giants fall to 74-72, and now all eyes will turn to Philadelphia, where the Phillies take on the Mets for the third game of a four-game series. As of this very second, the Giants are two and a half games behind the Mets for the third wild card spot in the National League.

The Giants will have a day off Thursday, and then their hated rivals from down south, the Los Angeles Dodgers, will come in for a massive three-game series starting Friday night.

RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-8 ERA 2.72) will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Justin Verlander (3-10, 4.10 ERA) will start the opener for the Giants Friday night.

First pitch will be at 7:15 p.m.

MLB The Show podcast Jerimiah Salmonson Wed Jul 15, 2025: Rays playoffs possible in Minor League park; Manfred and Players Union considering Olympic Games during All Star Break; plus more news

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Logo for the 2028 Summer Olympics where MLB plans to have players compete and represent their respective countries at the 2028 All Star break (image from Cronkite News Arizona)

MLB The Show podcast Jeremiah Salmonson Wed Jul 15, 2015

#1 MLB ok’d the possibility for the Tampa Bay Rays to play at their temporary home park George M Steinbrenner Field in Tampa Bay if the Rays were to get into the post season. The park seats 10,000 fans and is sure to be sold out if the Rays make the post season. The other alternate was to have the Rays play at LoanDepot Park in Miami at big league park but the Rays and MLB will have the Rays play at the Minor League park.

#2 MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and the Players Association union head Tony Clark are exploring the idea of having MLB players in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. If agreed upon by both sides and the Olympic Committee the game would be an extension of the All Star break. Manfred said it would be a great opportunity for baseball to be on the global stage.

#3 Jeremiah, all the talk in baseball is surrounding the 2025 All Star Game in Atlanta where the National League’s Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies hit three home runs in the newly formatted Swing Off instead of playing extra innings it’s a home run derby to decide the winner of the All Star game.

#4 MLB and the All Star Game paid tribute to the late home run king Henry Aaron show a play by play video on the Truist Field baseball diamond of Aaron at the plate needing one more home to break Babe Ruth’s home run record. Aaron on a 1-0 count facing the Los Angles Dodgers Al Downing slugged a pitch that went into the Atlanta Braves bullpen at Fulton County Stadium April 8, 1974. It was a celebration that included pyrotechnics effects it lasted one minute and left you wanting more.

#5 Jeremiah, all the controversy surrounding Milwaukee Brewers sensation Jacob Misiorowski (4-1) with complaints that he pitched only five games and he gets an All Star selection and there were Philadelphia Phillies pitchers who pitched much more and had more wins. It was pointed out that by Phillies players that pitchers Ranger Suarez and Chris Sanchez were left out in favor of Misiorowski. Phillies Trea Turner said the idea was “terrible”, Nick Castellanos said the All Star Game is turning into the “Savannah Bananas”, and catcher JT Realmuto said “Nothing against the Misiorowski kid. But [Suarez and Sanchez] are deserving of being on the team in the first place. There’s no doubt.”

Jeremiah is a podcast contributor and podcasts A’s baseball analysis Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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⚡Craft cocktails? Check.
🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah.
🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.

Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.

Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.

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Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm

Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in. 

San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Villanueva: Giants hoping to rebound from Phillies thrashing; SF opens series with Dodgers Friday

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San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski has had success at the plate as he and the Giants prepare to open a three game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Fri Jul 11, 2025 (AP News file)

San Francisco Giants podcast Michael Villanueva:

#1 Philadelphia Phillies Bryce Harper hit home run and hit for three doubles on Wednesday afternoon as the Phillies upended the San Francisco Giants 13-0 at Oracle Park.

#2 The Phillies Jesus Luzardo struck out seven batters and gave up three hits in seven innings of work as the Giants starter Justin Verlander continues to search for his first win of the season takes the loss.

#3 Verlander now (0-7) at 42 years old pitching in his first season with the Giants had a rough outing his line for the afternoon, four runs (two earned), seven hits, and seven strikeouts, no walks in six innings of work. Verlander who won the Cy Young Award three times just continues to battle to pick up his first win.

#4 The Phils scored an unearned run in the second inning and Harper in the top of the fourth inning crushed his tenth home run to left field as the Phillies poured it on all afternoon.

#5 Friday the Los Angeles Dodgers come to Oracle Park for three games against the Giants. Starting pitcher for the Dodgers RHP Dustin May (5-5 ERA 4.52) for the Giants RHP Logan Webb (8-6, ERA 2.62) first pitch 7:15pm PT.

Join Michael Villanueva for the San Francisco Giants podcast each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants Morris Phillips podcast: Giants open rivalry series with Dodgers Friday night

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San Francisco Giants starter Justin Verlander still in search of that first win of the season lost to the Philadelphia Phillies on Wed Jul 9, 2025 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (AP News photo)

San Francisco Giants Morris Phillips podcast:

#1 Philadelphia Phillies Bryce Harper hit home run and hit for three doubles on Wednesday afternoon as the Phillies upended the San Francisco Giants 13-0 at Oracle Park.

#2 The Phillies Jesus Luzardo struck out seven batters and gave up three hits in seven innings of work as the Giants starter Justin Verlander continues to search for his first win of the season takes the loss.

#3 Verlander now (0-7) at 42 years old pitching in his first season with the Giants had a rough outing his line for the afternoon, four runs (two earned), seven hits, and seven strikeouts, no walks in six innings of work. Verlander who won the Cy Young Award three times just continues to battle to pick up his first win.

#4 The Phils scored an unearned run in the second inning and Harper in the top of the fourth inning crushed his tenth home run to left field as the Phillies poured it on all afternoon.

#5 Friday the Los Angeles Dodgers come to Oracle Park for three games against the Giants. Starting pitcher for the Dodgers RHP Dustin May (5-5 ERA 4.52) for the Giants RHP Logan Webb (8-6, ERA 2.62) first pitch 7:15pm PT.

Join Morris Phillips for the San Francisco Giants podcast each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com