Braves rally before falling to Phillies in 9th

PHILADELPHIA — Andrelton Simmons wanted one more chance. Freddy Galvis didn’t give it to him.

Galvis hit a game-ending homer with one out in the ninth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-5 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.

Atlanta trailed 5-3 going into the ninth, but Simmons hit a two-out two-run homer off Jonathan Papelbon (5-1), who blew his seventh save in 32 opportunities.

“He made some tough pitches and I was looking for a mistake,” Simmons said. “He gave me a good pitch to hit. Fortunately it went out. At least we battled back into the game. If we played any more innings, we might have won it.”

Galvis, who had four hits, got Papelbon the win by connecting on a 1-0 pitch from Freddy Garcia ( 0-1) into the seats in right field. It was the first four-hit game for Galvis, who had been 0-for-7 since being recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Sept. 3. It was his fifth homer of the season.

“My approach was to stay to the middle, to be on base,” Galvis said. “That pitch was a hanger and I made a good swing. Thank God I hit a homer. It feels really good to hit a walkoff homer - the best feeling.”

It was the second career walkoff homer for Galvis, who also connected off Reds closer Aroldis Chapman on May 19.

“He just reacted to a pitch and got a hold of it, resulting in the home run without a big home- run swing,” Philadelphia interim manager Ryne Sandberg said. “I think the hits leading up to the home-run swing all worked. That’s his game, for me, is staying on top of the ball and using the whole field with the linedrive stroke.”

Carlos Ruiz singled, doubled and drove in three runs, and Cesar Hernandez and Kevin Frandsen each had three hits for the Phillies.

Freddie Freeman had two hits and two RBIs for NL East-leading Atlanta, which dropped its third straight.