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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. Wholesale Jerseys China .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. Jerseys From China Cheap . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good. http://www.cheapjerseysoverchina.us/ .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Wholesale Jerseys Cheap . 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A Colorado loss to No. 20 Washington State would have USC rooting for the Buffaloes to defeat Utah the following week, holding the head-to-head tiebreaker over Colorado after a 21-17 win at the Coliseum in October.That puts USC players and coaches in the awkward position of whether or not to watch the scoreboard, with coach Clay Helton admitting he would.Ill look at the score and see where we are at, Helton said.Defensive end Porter Gustin wont actively be keeping tabs on Utah and Colorado, but figures he will know where USC stands anyway.Ill probably hear about it. Were all going to be interested, Gustin said. If they lose, of course its going to be nice. I think it will help get us up, get the energy up. Either way the energy is going to be up though.Though USC is coming off a win at No. 7 Washington and has won six games in a row, its longest streak since 2008 when it last won a conference title, everyone in the program insists there is no risk of a letdown this week against struggling UCLLA.dddddddddddd.Our backs are against the wall, safety Chris Hawkins said. We felt like that from Game 1, but it just didnt work in our favor early on. Now it has turned around and our hard work is really showing.That is especially true for the defensive front, which sacked Huskies quarterback Jake Browning three times in the upset win. Gustin has four tackles for loss in USCs last three games and sacked Browning twice, which he credits to more rigorous film study.I thought I was preparing as much as I needed to and then something wasnt going my way, so I knew I needed to step something up, Gustin said.If Gustin and his cohorts can maintain that pressure against UCLA, it could be a long night for Bruins quarterback Mike Fafaul. The former walk-on completed only 3 of 11 passes for 33 yards under duress in UCLAs 38-24 win over Oregon State.Getting after Fafaul would help keep up USCs end of the bargain to play for the Pac-12 title, and Hawkins insists he wont take a look at the outcomes involving Utah and Colorado until that happens.Ill find out afterwards because if you are worried about other people then you are not focused on what you have to do, Hawkins said. Our goal was to make the Pac-12 championship and thats still in sight right now, so we havent really moved past that. Were focused on UCLA. This is our last Pac-12 game. Hopefully we win and let everything else take care of itself. ' ' '