PHILADELPHIA – Austin Riley homered, doubled and drove in three runs in Atlanta’s 10-run second inning, Dansby Swanson also went deep and the Braves held on for a wild 12-10 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night.
Nick Markakis and Marcell Ozuna each added three hits and two RBIs for the first-place Braves, who avoided a three-game sweep and moved three games ahead of the Phillies and the Miami Marlins in the National League East Division. Every player in Atlanta’s starting lineup got at least one hit and scored at least one run.
Didi Gregorius, Rhys Hoskins, Andrew McCutchen and Roman Quinn homered for the Phillies, whose five-game winning streak was snapped. Hoskins went deep for the fourth time in six games.
“Our guys battled,” Phillies manager Joe Girardi said. “We just came up a little short.”
The teams combined for 28 hits in a game that took 4 hours, 13 minutes.