Justin Verlander hasn't been at his best this season, but perhaps a matchup with the scuffling Philadelphia Phillies could prove to be the cure. Verlander takes the ball for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday when they continue their four-game road set against the Phillies.

Verlander recorded the inning’s second out when Max Kepler hit a line drive to shortstop Willy Adames, bringing Verlander one out away from completing six. On Verlander’s 104th and final pitch, Alec Bohm gave the Phillies a lead they wouldn’t lose with an RBI single to left. The lead gone, Melvin went to his bullpen.

Justin Verlander took the mound in the sixth inning with a one-run lead and a chance to finally get his first win as a Giant. Instead, he saw both slip away. A defensive miscue by left fielder Heliot