Tonight at 7:05 p.m. ET, the San Francisco Giants (56-44) and Philadelphia Phillies (43-57) play the third contest of a four-game set live from Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The game can be live streamed for free here. San Francisco fans can hear all of the action on KNBR 680 while Philadelphia fans can do the same on 1210 WPHT.
San Francisco continues a seven-game road trip it is currently 4-1 on while Philadelphia continues a seven-game homestand it is 0-2 on thus far. The Giants topped the Phillies in the first two games of the series with a 7-4 win Monday and 9-6 triumph Tuesday.
San Francisco enters play in first place in the National League West while Philadelphia is in last place in the NL East, 13 games behind the division-leading Washington Nationals.
Madison Bumgarner (11-7, 3.38 ERA) takes the ball for the Giants while the Phillies counter with A.J. Burnett, who is 6-9 with a 4.08 ERA.
Burnett, who has a limited no-trade clause, could very well be making his final start as a member of the Phillies with the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline looming, but he isn't looking for a change of scenery.
"I signed here to play here," Burnett, who is 6-3 with a 2.30 ERA in nine career starts against the Giants, said via MLB.com. "I'm not a guy who looks for an out or wants to get out because things aren't going the right way. If that happens, then it happens, but I'm not looking to move on."
Bumgarner is coming off of a solid start where he allowed just one run against the Miami Marlins.
"He was on top of his game," manager Bruce Bochy told MLB.com. "With the position we had him, it allowed me to give him a break, because he was really the one guy going without any added rest."
San Francisco outfielder Hunter Pence leads the MLB with 73 runs and the NL with 124 hits thus far while he also ranks fourth in the NL with 195 total bases and leads the Giants with a .305 batting average. Shortstop Brandon Crawford is second in the league with eight triples.
Philadelphia outfielder Marlon Byrd -- who is also the subject of trade rumors -- ranks fifth in the NL with 19 homers and is hitting .266 with a team-high 57 RBI while fellow outfielder Ben Revere is third in the league with 28 stolen bases and leads the team with a .296 batting average.
The Giants and Phillies continue their four-game set when they take the field at Citizens Bank Park tonight in Philadelphia.
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