PHILADELPHIA — The Cardinals used the long ball to rally and small ball to win.
Tommy Pham’s second solo homer off Hector Neris in the ninth inning tied it and the St. Louis Cardinals came back from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 in 10 innings Wednesday night.
Jedd Gyorko hit a two-run homer and pinch hitter Jose Martinez also connected for St. Louis.
“Any time you come back like that, it feels real good, shows we have a lot of character,” Pham said.
The game went to extra innings after Freddy Galvis lined a double down the left-field line with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but Odubel Herrera ran through a stop sign, around third-base coach Juan Samuel and was thrown out by 10 feet.