Phillies 12, Braves 2
PHILADELPHIA -- Catcher Cameron Rupp and shortstop Freddy Galvis hit three-run homers as the resurgent Philadelphia Phillies battered the Atlanta Braves 12-2 on Saturday night.
Center fielder Odubel Herrera added a solo homer among his three hits. First baseman Ryan Howard also had three hits and an RBI for Philadelphia.
The Phillies generated 15 hits in all, en route to a season-high run total. They have beaten Atlanta three straight days and are a major league-best 12-2 since the All-Star break but remain baseball's worst team at 41-64.
Right fielder Nick Markakis homered for Atlanta, which dropped its sixth straight. It is the Braves' longest losing streak since an 0-8 road trip from July 29-Aug. 6, 2014.
Atlanta also lost for the ninth time in its last 10 games.
Phillies rookie right-hander Aaron Nola, making his third major league start, improved to 2-1, going five innings and allowing two runs and five hits. Nola, who retired the last eight hitters he faced, struck out three without walking a batter.
Atlanta managed just three hits over the last eight innings against Nola and three relievers. Phillies pitchers retired 20 of the last 21 hitters they faced.
Braves starter Matt Wisler (5-2) saw a personal four-game winning streak come to an end, going 4 2/3 innings and allowing seven runs and eight hits, while striking out three and walking one.
Markakis hit Nola's second pitch of the game, a fastball, into the Phillies' bullpen in center field, his first leadoff homer of the season and the third of his career.
Catcher A.J. Pierzynski added an RBI single later in the first, giving Atlanta a 2-0 lead.
Philadelphia third baseman Maikel Franco drove in the Phillies' first run of the night with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first, and led off the fourth with a double.
First baseman Ryan Howard followed with an RBI single, and two outs later left fielder Cody Asche walked.
Rupp then launched Wisler's first pitch into the seats in center field. It was Rupp's second home run of the season, and gave the Phillies a 5-2 lead.
Herrera added a one-out solo home run in the fifth, and with two down Howard doubled. Right fielder Domonic Brown blooped a single to left, and Howard scored when Pierzynski dropped the throw to the plate from left fielder Eury Perez, making it 7-2.
Galvis' homer, his fifth of the season, came off reliever David Aardsma in the Phillies' five-run sixth inning and made it 12-2. Franco and Brown drove in runs earlier the inning, Franco with a double and Brown on a fielder's choice.
NOTES: Phillies LHP Matt Harrison, placed on the disabled list Friday because of lower back inflammation after being acquired in a trade from the Texas Rangers, also has been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, according to the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Doctors believe that has led to a steady weight loss, and Harrison told the Star Telegram that there is a theory that the condition has resulted in a weakening of his core muscles. That might have led to the back problems that have limited him to nine starts over the last three seasons. ... With his appearance Friday, LHP Matt Marksberry became the 52nd player to play for Atlanta this season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is a franchise record. ... Also according to Elias, the four-RBI game by Phillies 1B Ryan Howard on Friday against the Braves was his 40th such game since 2006, his first full season. That is second in the major leagues in that span to Miguel Cabrera of Detroit, who has 44.