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PHILADELPHIA -- Aaron Altherr is glad to be healthy and back helping the Phillies.Altherr had a homer and five RBI, Maikel Franco homered and went 4 for 4 and Philadelphia used a five-run eighth inning to beat the San Francisco Giants 13-8 in a wild game Tuesday night.Altherr broke a tie with a two-run single in the eighth, Cameron Rupp hit a three-run homer and Cesar Hernandez added four hits for the Phillies. They blew a six-run lead before rebounding to hand the NL West-leading Giants their 12th loss in 16 games since the All-Star break.Whatever I can do to help the team win, thats what Im all about, Altherr said. Im just glad I was able to come through there and help the team win.After sitting out the first half of the season with a wrist injury, Altherr homered in his first game last Thursday but had been hitless in his last nine at-bats before homering in the first inning Tuesday. He is 6 for 18 with two homers and eight RBI since his return.Altherrs making a good impression again, manager Pete Mackanin said.Philadelphia, which entered 29th in the majors in runs, set a season high. The Phillies 15 hits were two shy of matching a season high.It was good to see all the fireworks tonight off the bats, Mackanin said.Angel Pagan, Brandon Crawford and Brandon Belt went deep for San Francisco, which opened Tuesday leading the Dodgers by two games in the division. The Giants began this nine-game trip hoping to rebound from their worst month of the season after going 10-13 in July.Will Smith (1-4), who was acquired from Milwaukee on Monday to bolster San Franciscos bullpen, started the eighth with a strikeout before giving up an infield single to pinch-hitter Odubel Herrera and a double off the wall in right to Hernandez. Smith was lifted for Sergio Romo, who surrendered the go-ahead single up the middle to Altherr.Thats not how I wanted the first one to go, Smith said. Hopefully I can get in there tomorrow and do my job.Rupp blew the game open two batters later with his 11th homer of the season.Hector Neris (4-3) pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the victory.The Phillies jumped all Giants ace Madison Bumgarner, taking a 6-0 lead through two innings. After Altherrs two-run homer in the first, Philadelphia tallied four two-out runs in the second after third baseman Eduardo Nunez made an error.Altherr made it 3-0 with an RBI single before Francos three-run homer put the Phillies up six runs.The Giants battled back against Zach Eflin, getting a run in the fourth on Crawfords 10th homer of the season before a five-run fifth tied the game at six.San Francisco scored all five runs with two outs. Crawford hit a two-run single and Belt tied the game with a three-run shot.Eflin left after five innings, having allowed six runs on six hits with four strikeouts and three walks.ALTHERR FOR EXTRASOf Altherrs 39 career hits, 22 of them have gone for extra bases. He has 11 doubles, four triples and seven homers.BUMMED OUTBumgarner had one of his worst outings of the season, but the four-time All-Star didnt factor into the decision. Bumgarner allowed eight runs -- four earned -- on 10 hits in five-plus innings while striking out four and walking two.FAN VS UMPIREAn unruly fan was escorted from his seat in the sixth inning shortly after a verbal confrontation with an umpire.Plate ump Bob Davidson stopped the game, walked toward where the fan was sitting and had words with him after the man was yelling loudly in Davidsons direction. The fan was sitting 15 rows from the field behind the visitors dugout.Davidson said the fan heckled him for two straight batters, but he halted the game with the next hitter up when Davidson felt the fan made a sexual reference and used foul language.You could have your wife, girlfriend, kids; they buy tickets, Davidson told a pool reporter. They dont have to come here and listen to that.Shortly after the spat, a Phillies usher approached the fan, who quieted down. A short time later, another Phillies employee approached the man and escorted him out of his seat.A Phillies spokesperson said during the game that Davidson complained to team security about the fans language and, when approached, the fan agreed to leave on his own.UP NEXTGiants RHP Johnny Cueto (13-3, 2.63) opposes Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (6-9, 4.78) in the second game of a three-game set on Wednesday night. Kentavius Street Super Bowl Jersey . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. KWaun Williams Super Bowl Jersey . Ancelotti says Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring injury but "but he doesnt feel comfortable yet so we wont risk him." Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. http://www.49ersofficialfanshop.com/dante-pettis-jersey-sales.html . John Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early. Steve Young Super Bowl Jersey . Badenhop was 2-3 with a 3.47 ERA in 63 relief appearances for Milwaukee this season. He is 18-20 in his career with three saves and a 3. Y.A. Tittle Super Bowl Jersey . Los Angeles star goalie survived those perilous gymnastics with no problem, and he eventually backstopped the Kings to a skid-snapping win. Quick stopped 27 shots in his return from a 24-game injury absence, Jeff Carter scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:55 to play, and the Kings snapped their five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Flyers used strong goaltending and opportunistic scoring to get just their second win in six games.Michael Raffl and Sean Couturier scored 34 seconds apart in the first period on Philadelphias initial two shots, and the Flyers beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Thursday night.Mark Streit, Wayne Simmonds and Brandon Manning also scored for the Flyers, who had 12 players register points.Our goaltending was good and we scored timely goals, Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said.Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien had the goals for the Jets, who opened a season-high five-game, nine-day road trip with just their second loss in the last six.We missed out on a bunch of really good chances and left some offense on the table, but you have to give them some credit for that, Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. They deserved to win based on their compete level.Couturier got Philadelphia on the board 9:13 in when he capitalized on a Winnipeg turnover and beat Connor Hellebuyck high to the glove side from close range.Raffl doubled the lead just over a half-minute later with his third of the season after a stellar play by Matt Read. Read raced up the right wing and dived past Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey, poking the puck to a wide-open Raffl in the crease and Raffl finished with a shot over Hellebuycks blocker.Just an extra effort play, Hakstol said of the assist. Those are things you have to have. It was a great play. Does that give the bench a shot in the arm? Absolutely.Steve Mason made 30 saves to improve to 6-0-1 in his career against Winnipeg.Mason made some good saves at key times, Hakstol said.Hellebuyck stopped 17 shots.Mason was strong early in the third period when he came up with point-blank stops on Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers two minutes apart.Theyrre big saves and we needed it, Mason said.dddddddddddd That was a hard-working game, start to finish.The Philadelphia goalie rebounded from Tuesdays 3-2 shootout loss to Ottawa in which he let in the tying goal with 1:59 left in regulation and then refused to address the media afterward.Winnipeg outscored the Flyers 2-1 in the second period to pull to 3-2 entering the third.Byfuglien netted his first goal of the season, beating Mason from the short side just under seven minutes into the second. Philadelphia went back up 3-1 with 7:02 remaining on Streits one-timer from the point that ricocheted off Hellebuycks glove.Wheeler brought the Jets back within a goal by finishing a pretty tic-tac-toe passing display with Ehlers and Scheifele.Simmonds scored 5:46 into the third period to give Philadelphia a 4-2 lead. Andrew MacDonalds initial shot from the point deflected off Jets Marko Dano and to Simmonds right in front, and the Flyers winger spun around and shot past a surprised Hellebyuck.Rookie Patrick Laine didnt register a point after coming in leading all players with 12 goals and all rookies with 17 points.Manning scored into the empty net with 48.6 seconds to go.The Flyers won despite getting outshot 32-22. Philadelphia entered leading the NHL in shots and shots per game.You dont get points for outshooting teams, Hakstol said.Game notes Flyers D Shayne Gostisbehere was a healthy scratch. He was replaced by MacDonald. ... The Flyers improved to 1-3-1 against Canadian teams this season. ... Scheifele recorded his 22nd point. He entered tied for the league lead in points.UP NEXTJets: At Boston on Saturday night.Flyers: Host Tampa Bay on Saturday. ' ' '
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