ATLANTA - The Philadelphia Phillies got the ninth-inning elixir they needed after a tough outcome a night earlier against the Atlanta Braves.
"There's a lot that went on that could've pushed us to not give the kind of effort that we gave," manager Gabe Kapler said. "A really impressive, heartfelt win by our club, a cohesive team win today. It was great."
César Hernández singled in two runs off Luke Jackson in the ninth inning, and Philadelphia rallied from a one-run deficit to snap the Braves' eight-game winning streak with a 6-5 victory Saturday night.
It was a big comeback for the Phillies, who looked poised to lose for the fifth time in six games and fall 3 1/2 games behind their rivals in the National League's East Division race. Philadelphia has dealt with rampant injuries this season and had starters Jay Bruce and J.T. Realmuto leave during this game.
Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb had his own scary moment in the third when he was struck on the back of the head by Realmuto's ground-rule double. He walked off the field under his own power.
"Right away I felt pretty good," Newcomb said. "I was with it the whole time. I remember the whole play and all that kind of stuff. I knew I was pretty good as far as that went. Obviously I got squared up in the head. A little sore."
Jackson (3-2) blew his sixth save in 16 chances this year as Scott Kingery singled and advanced to third when the closer fielded Sean Rodríguez's sacrifice bunt and errantly threw to first. Both runners scored easily on Hernández's single into left.
Hernández hit his seventh homer of 2019 to put the Phillies up 4-2 in the fourth.
Josh Donaldson hit a three-run homer in the fifth off Phillies starter Aaron Nola to put Atlanta up 5-4. The Braves were getting big cheers from the sellout crowd of 43,593, the largest yet in three seasons at SunTrust Park, until the ninth.
Héctor Neris, who took the loss on Brian McCann's two-run single Friday night, earned his 15th save in 16 chances this year in the bottom half of the inning, retiring Ronald Acuña Jr., Dansby Swanson and Freddie Freeman in order.
"It kind of shows you what our team is capable of doing," Bruce said. "We have a chance to win the series tomorrow, so it was a big win for us and good bounce-back game."
Edubray Ramos (1-0) faced four batters in the eighth to earn the victory.
The Phillies scored three times to take a 3-1 lead in the third against Touki Toussaint before Atlanta made it 3-2 in the third when Acuña singled, advanced to second on right fielder Bryce Harper's fielding error and scored from third on a groundout.
Nola allowed five runs, six hits, two walks and struck out four in 4 1/3 innings. He has a 7.71 ERA over his past three starts.
Atlanta led 1-0 on Austin Riley's 11th homer in 29 career games in the second.