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Major League Baseball
Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 30, 2016
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - David Rackley, 1B - Alfonso Marquez, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Nic Lentz
Attendance: 38236

ATLANTA -- Regardless of whether Philadelphia decides to trade pitcher Jeremy Hellickson before Monday's deadline, the right-hander is certainly in a groove.

Hellickson (8-7) allowed three runs in 5 2/3 innings and drove in two runs in the Phillies' 9-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night at Turner Field. He won for the fourth time in seven starts.

"He's been outstanding," Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin said. "He's got a great work ethic. He's a tremendous pitcher. I'd like to keep him."

Hellickson, rumored to be on the trading block, worked around nine hits and one walk and struck out two. He has allowed only four runs in his last three starts, a span of 19 2/3 innings.

In the fifth inning, Hellickson's two-run double, the first of his career, put the Phillies ahead to stay after he twice failed to lay down a sacrifice bunt.

"The big hit for us was Hellickson's double," Mackanin said.

The losing pitcher was Julio Teheran (3-9), who was making his first start since a sore back caused him to take extra days off between appearances. Teheran had his streak of scoreless innings stopped at 15. He allowed three runs, five hits and walk with four strikeouts in five innings.

"His stuff wasn't as crisp," Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. "His velocity was down. I think it was more fatigue than anything."

The Phillies added two important runs against left-hander Eric O'Flaherty in the sixth. Freddy Galvis drove home two with a bases-loaded single to increase the lead to 5-2.

Atlanta tried to get back in the game in the sixth. A two-out single by Anthony Recker drove in a run and chased Hellickson. Eubray Ramos struck out pinch-hitter Brandon Snyder to end the threat. Ramos struck out three in 1 1/3 innings.

Mackanin said he lifted Hellickson because he had jammed his hand after hitting an awkward foul in the top of the sixth. He said Hellickson's hand was fine after the game.

The Phillies put the game away by scoring four times in eighth against relievers Hunter Cervenka and Ryan Weber during a rally that included a bases-loaded walk and two errors. Philadelphia sent nine men to the plate without a base hit, the first time the club has done that since 1992.

"One inning kind of got away from us," Snitker said. "We could have kept it right there. A couple of tough plays didn't go our way."

Philadelphia's Severino Gonzalez allowed two runs in the eighth on Erick Aybar's sacrifice fly and Recker's double.

Closer Jeanmar Gomez pitched a scoreless ninth to give the Phillies their sixth win in their last seven meetings with the Braves.

Mackanin said he opted to use Gomez in a non-save situation because "I didn't want to take any chances."

Atlanta had 14 hits, including three each by Jace Peterson and Freddie Freeman.

Matt Marksberry, Atlanta's sixth reliever of the night, left the game with an injury with two outs in the ninth. Marksberry was diagnosed with an inflamed rotator cuff. He will be re-evaluated Sunday.

The Phillies took a 1-0 lead in the second inning as Ryan Howard doubled and scored on Cameron Rupp's single.

The Braves scored twice in the third to go ahead 2-1. Nick Markakis and Adonis Garcia each produced an RBI single with two outs to give Atlanta the lead.

Philadelphia regained the lead with two runs in the fifth. Hellickson doubled down the left-field line and the ball wedged under the padding on the wall, allowing Rupp and Cody Asche to score.

It was the first extra-base hit this season for Hellickson and only the second extra-base hit with men on base recorded by the Phillies during the first nine games of their current road trip.

NOTES: The Braves traded 3B Hector Olivera to San Diego for OF Matt Kemp. Olivera, a Cuban defector obtained from the Dodgers a year ago, is just finishing an 82-game suspension for violation of the league's domestic-abuse policy. The Padres immediately designated Olivera for assignment. Kemp is expected to join the Braves for Tuesday’s game against the Pirates. ... C Tyler Flowers, on the disabled list because of a broken hand, hit balls off the tee and said he felt fine. He is expected to be out two more weeks. ... The Phillies will send RHP Jerad Eickhoff (6-12, 3.83) to the mound for Sunday's series finale against Atlanta RHP Joel De La Cruz (0-3, 4.66), who will make his third start of the season.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Philadelphia   Atlanta
Jeremy Hellickson Player Julio Teheran
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 5.0
2 Strikeouts 4
9 Hits 5
4.76 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Philadelphia   Atlanta
Cameron Rupp Player Freddie Freeman
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.600 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Philadelphia 9 0 11 .243 25 6 8 8 2 0
Atlanta 14 0 17 .359 17 7 5 1 0 2