Sep 9, 2014 3 min read

PHILADELPHIA — Maikel Franco hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday night.

Freddy Galvis homered, doubled and scored the go-ahead run after an infield single and a stolen base. Justin De Fratus (3-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Jonathan Papelbon finished for his 36th save in 39 chances.

The Pirates entered the night with a 1 1/2-game lead over Atlanta and Milwaukee for the second NL wild card. The last-place Phillies have won 10 of 15.

Galvis led off the seventh with a grounder to deep shortstop for a single off Justin Wilson (3-4). After a pair of strikeouts, Galvis stole second. He scored on Franco’s hit to right.

Galvis hit a drive way out to right to tie it at 3 in the fifth.

The Pirates lost a run after a video review showed that a fan reached over the fence and touched Starling Marte’s drive to left-center in the fifth. Marte was awarded a double instead of a homer and was stranded at third.

The Phillies took a 1-0 lead in the first on Chase Utley’s RBI single. Franco hit a popup to shallow right that fell for a double when second baseman Neil Walker couldn’t see it in the lights.

Jordy Mercer’s RBI double in the second tied it at 1. Russell Martin hit a two-run double to right, giving the Pirates a 3-2 lead in the third.

Phillies starter David Buchanan helped himself with an RBI single after Galvis hit a double off the right-field wall in the second.

Buchanan allowed three runs – two earned – and four hits in six innings.

Pirates starter Edinson Volquez gave up three runs and six hits in six innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Pirates: RHP Charlie Morton threw a simulated game, but it doesn’t appear he’ll come off the disabled list soon unless the Pirates need a starter. Morton had been pitching with a sports hernia. … INF Josh Harrison returned to the lineup for the first time in four games. Harrison, who aggravated a left ankle injury Saturday, played 3B and led off.

Phillies: SS Jimmy Rollins sat out after injuring his left hamstring running out a one-out triple on Monday night. Manager Ryne Sandberg said Rollins is day to day.

UP NEXT

Pirates: Former Phillies right-hander Vance Worley (6-4, 3.05 ERA) takes the mound Wednesday night. In 2011, Worley was 11-3 with a 3.01 ERA and finished third in NL Rookie of the Year voting while helping the Phillies win a fifth straight division title. He was traded to Minnesota in 2012 in a deal for CF Ben Revere.

Phillies: RHP Jerome Williams (3-0, 2.84) makes his sixth start since joining the team last month. He’s allowed two runs or less in four of five outings.