Instant Replay: Phillies 5, Mariners 4

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SEATTLE — The Phillies rallied for two runs in the top of the ninth to pull out a 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners in an interleague game on Wednesday afternoon.

The rally gave the Phillies a sweep of the two-game series against Seattle. It was the Phillies' first road series win in more than two months — since they took two of three from the Mets in New York on April 18-20.

The Phils trailed, 4-3, entering the ninth inning. Tommy Joseph tied the game with a leadoff solo homer against Edwin Diaz. That was the Phils' first hit since the third inning.

Cameron Perkins kept the inning alive by drawing a two-out walk and Andrew Knapp drove in the go-ahead run with a base hit.

All the runs came against Diaz.

Ricardo Pinto earned his first big-league win with three innings of relief.

The Phillies went 1-3 in Phoenix before heading to Seattle. The trip has three games remaining in New York.

The win was just the Phillies' 12th in 43 road games. They are 26-51.

Starting pitching report
Mark Leiter Jr. gave up four runs over five innings and left trailing by a run.

Leiter did not walk a batter and struck out six, but he was tagged for nine hits, including three solo homers. He also allowed a base runner to get a huge jump and steal second base and that turned into a run after an errant throw by catcher Knapp and a base hit.

Seattle's Felix Hernandez held the Phils to three runs over six innings. He walked three and struck out five. He gave up five hits and four of them came in the third inning when he was tagged for a two-run homer by Ty Kelly.

Bullpen report
Pinto kept the Phillies close with three scoreless innings of relief and got the win.

Hector Neris pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.

Diaz got the loss.

At the plate
The Phillies had four hits and scored three of their runs in the third inning. Kelly highlighted the inning with a two-run homer. The Phils may have gotten more runs in the inning if it weren't for poor base running.

Kyle Seager, Danny Valencia and Robinson Cano all homered against Leiter. Nelson Cruz added an RBI single.

Health check
It appears as if Howie Kendrick is bound for the disabled list. Who will come up (see story)?

Vince Velasquez, on the DL with a forearm strain, will make a minor-league rehab start for Triple A Lehigh Valley on Saturday.

Up next
The Phillies are off on Thursday. They will open a three-game series against the Mets in New York on Friday night. Ben Lively (1-2, 3.90) will pitch the series opener against Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom (7-3, 3.71).

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