Cardinals 5, Phillies 4
ST. LOUIS -- Headed for their sixth loss in seven games, the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday night to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 at Busch Stadium.
Matt Holliday supplied the game-winning hit, bouncing a single into left field that scored Aledmys Diaz with the winning run.
Stephen Piscotty (3-for-5) tied it with an infield single with the bases loaded, plating Kolten Wong. Pinch runner Carlos Martinez was retired in a rundown between third and home, with Diaz advancing to third.
The rally made a winner of reliever Kevin Siegrist, who struck out three while allowing one hit in the ninth. He improved to 4-0. Philadelphia closer Jeanmar Gomez (2-1) blew a save for the first time in 10 chances this year.
Mike Leake escaped with a no-decision for St. Louis, marking his sixth start without a win for his new team. Leake gave up four runs on four hits in five innings, walking one and fanning three.
Phillies starter Adam Morgan permitted six hits and three runs in four-plus innings, issuing a pair of walks and striking out two.
St. Louis (14-14) won for just the second time in seven games, improving to 3-9 against teams with winning records. Philadelphia (16-12) lost for just the second time in nine games.
Leake retired the first 10 men he faced before running headlong into major trouble in the fourth. After a Freddy Galvis single and a walk to Maikel Franco, Ryan Howard jacked a three-run homer to center, his seventh of the year.
Odubel Herrera increased the Philadelphia advantage to 4-0 with two outs in the fifth, lining a first-pitch homer into the Cardinals' bullpen behind the right-center-field wall. It was the third homer of the year for Herrera.
St. Louis answered back in the fifth, knocking Morgan out before he could garner an out. Diaz's two-run single with the bases loaded started the scoring, and Piscotty's RBI single sent Morgan packing.
Reliever Colton Murray wriggled out of the mess, though, inducing a 4-6-3 double play ball from Holliday and a groundout from Randal Grichuk to keep the Phillies ahead by a run.
NOTES: St. Louis OF Tommy Pham (left oblique strain) started a rehab assignment Wednesday night at Triple-A Memphis, leading off and playing center field. Pham has been on the DL since being injured on Opening Day in Pittsburgh. ... Philadelphia 1B Ryan Howard on Tuesday night became the first player in team history to homer in multiple 1-0 games in a season. ... The Cardinals named Double-A OF Harrison Bader and RHP Andrew Morales as their Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Month for April.