PHILADELPHIA _ The Braves got two home runs and three RBIs Saturday night from Adonis Garcia, and even if they didn't get a lot from the rest of their hot-hitting lineup, they got enough.
After the Phillies issued an intentional walk to Nick Markakis to load the bases with one out in the 10th inning, the Braves got a fielder's choice grounder from Tyler Flowers to drive in one run and a ground out from Jace Peterson to bring in another for a 6-4 win against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
The Braves extended their winning streak to five games and this was their lowest scoring output in that stretch. They've won nine of their past 13 games and averaged just over six runs per game in that stretch. Since trading for Matt Kemp the Braves are 16-15 with 163 runs scored _ second-most in the NL in that period.
Garcia also scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning after leading off with a walk against Edubray Ramos. Freddie Freeman followed with a single, and one out later the Phillies walked Markakis with first base open.
Flowers hit a ground ball up the first-base line that looked like it might go foul, but Ryan Howard fielded it and threw to the plate late, allowing the go-ahead run. Peterson then grounded to Howard's right and the aging first baseman fielded it while nearly colliding with Flowers. Howard's only play was to first base and another run scored.
Rookie Mauricio Cabrera pitched a perfect 10th inning for his fourth save.
Garcia had solo homers in the first and sixth innings off right-hander Vince Velasquez and a game-tying RBI groundout in the eighth. The third baseman has five consecutive multi-hit games and is making a case to keep a starting job in 2017: He's hit .299 with 20 doubles, 12 homers and 40 RBIs in his past 70 games.
Braves rookie John Gant, making his first major league start in more than two months, retired eight of the first nine batters before Cesar Hernandez's two-out homer in the third tied the score, 1-all. Gant hit the next batter with a pitch, then gave up a single and a walk to load the bases before Cameron Rupp's two-run double.
Gant was charged with five hits, four runs (three earned) and one walk with six strikeouts in five innings. It was his first start since June 27, when he strained his left oblique pitching against Cleveland and went on the DL for nearly eight weeks.
Left-hander Jed Bradley, a former Georgia Tech standout, made his major league debut _ the when he entered the ninth inning with the score tied. He struck out pinch-hitter Tyler Goeddel, induced a ground out from Freddy Galvis (after a fly ball sailed just outside the left-field foul pole) and got Tommy Joseph on a fly out to end the inning.
The Braves had a chance to move ahead 2-0 in the third inning before a safe call at third base was overturned after being challenged by the Phillies. Dansby Swanson had led off with a single, advanced on a sacrifice bunt and went to third on Ender Inciarte's fielder's choice.
Swanson appeared to avoid Maikel Franco's tag by several inches on the play at third base, but the call was overturned upon review after the Phillies challenged. Instead of runners on the corners with one out and Garcia up, the Braves had a runner at first base and two out. Garcia grounded out to end the inning.
After the Phillies' three-run third inning, the Braves got a run in the fourth when Matt Kemp doubled, advanced on a passed ball and scored on Nick Markakis' sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 3-2. The Phillies got a run in the fifth after Aaron Altherr reached on an error by Swanson, the shortstop's fourth in 13 games in the field.
Garcia's one-out home run in the sixth inning gave him his second career two-homer game, the other against the Cardinals on the final day of the 2015 season.
The Braves tied the score in the eighth against reliever Hector Neris after a leadoff walk by Chase D'Arnaud and a double by Ender Inciarte, who extended his hitting streak to 14 games. With runners on second and third, Garcia's groundout scored d'Arnaud to tie.
Gant has worn out the figurative shuttle between Triple-A and the majors, this being his seventh different stint with the major league team. Saturday was his first game for Atlanta since being optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett Aug. 27, then being recalled three days later when reliever Arodys Vizcaino went on the DL.
