Morgan, Phillies drop Braves to 1-16 at home
ATLANTA -- Left-hander Adam Morgan allowed one run over seven innings and won for the first time in his hometown as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Tuesday at Turner Field for their third straight victory.
Morgan, who grew up in the northwest Atlanta suburb of Marietta, allowed four hits, walked one and struck out four. Morgan (1-0) had lost his three previous starts against the Braves.
It was the fifth straight loss for Atlanta, which dropped to 1-16 at home after its 11th consecutive setback at Turner Field.
Philadelphia's last seven wins have been by one run, the first time that's happened since 1942.
Phillies closer Jeanmar Gomez allowed a solo home run to Freddie Freeman -- his fifth and -- to lead off the ninth inning and a two-out pinch hit to Kelly Johnson before retiring pinch-hitter Reid Brignac on a fly ball to end the game and secure his league-leading 12th save.
The Phillies offense was led by third baseman Maikel Franco, who arrived at the park early for extra batting practice. He was 3-for-4 including his seventh homer, a long solo shot in the eighth inning, and scored two runs.
Atlanta starter Matt Wisler (1-3) pitched eight innings for the second consecutive start. He allowed three runs on eight hits and two walks, with two strikeouts.
Philadelphia took a 2-1 lead in the fifth when Cesar Hernandez singled with two outs to score Peter Bourjos, who led off the inning with a double.
The Phillies scored a run in the fourth inning. Franco singled and went to third on a hit-and-run single by Carlos Ruiz. Freddy Galvis got the run home with a sacrifice fly to right field that didn't draw a throw from Nick Markakis.
The Braves got the run back in the bottom of the fourth. Ender Inciarte and Freeman were on the corners with no outs with consecutive singles, and Inciarte scored when Tyler Flowers hit into a double play.
NOTES: Atlanta recalled LHP Ian Krol from Triple-A Gwinnett and activated INF Gordon Beckham (hamstring) from the disabled list. Beckham was in the starting lineup. The Braves designated OF Matt Tuiasosopo for assignment and placed RHP Jim Johnson (right groin strain) on the 15-day DL. The Braves made two acquisitions, getting C Anthony Recker from the Indians and OF Mel Rojas Jr. from the Pirates for cash. Recker was assigned to Gwinnett and Rojas to Double-A Mississippi. ... The Phillies announced that RHP Michael Mariot (right ankle strain) will start a rehab assignment with Double-A Reading, while LHP Mario Hollands (Tommy John surgery in April 2015) will join Class A Clearwater. ... Starting pitchers for Wednesday are Atlanta RHP Jhoulys Chacin (1-2, 5.40 ERA) vs. Philadelphia RHP Jerad Eickhoff (1-4, 4.21).