PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Aaron Nola pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning, Freddy Galvis and Tommy Joseph homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 Thursday to stop a five-game losing streak.
Joseph drove in three runs as Philadelphia, a major league-worst 23-48, won for just the second time in 15 games.
Nola (4-5) allowed one run, four hits and two walks in 7 1/3 innings and struck out eight.
Paul DeJong homered on a hanging curveball leading off the eighth, pulling the Cardinals to 3-1, and Matt Carpenter walked with one out. Pat Neshek relieved and got Tommy Pham to ground into an inning-ending double play, and Luis Garcia followed with a perfect ninth.
St. Louis returns home Friday night as they host Pittsburgh this weekend. Adam Wainwright (7-5) starts for the Cardinals while the Pirates send Jameson Taillon (3-2) to the hill. Game time is 7:15 with the pre-game at 6:20 on KTLO-AM.
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