PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Edmundo Sosa hit a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning, Adolis García homered and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Athletics 6-3 on Wednesday night.

Brandon Marsh had a triple among his three hits for Philadelphia, which improved to 8-1 under interim manager Don Mattingly. Brad Keller pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save after Orion Kerkering got the final out of the eighth.

The Athletics dropped to 18-18, while the Phillies climbed to 17-20. The game drew 36,474 to Citizens Bank Park and lasted 2 hours, 40 minutes.

Athletics left-hander Jeffrey Springs and Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler each turned in strong starts. Springs worked 5 1/3 innings, allowing eight hits and two earned runs while striking out four. Wheeler went 6 1/3 innings, surrendering five hits and three earned runs with four strikeouts.

The Athletics struck first in the third inning. Lawrence Butler walked, moved to second on a groundout and scored on a single to right by Jacob Wilson. The Athletics added a run in the fifth when Zack Gelof doubled and scored on Nick Kurtz’s sharp single to right.

Philadelphia answered in the bottom of the fifth. Marsh led off with a triple to center, and after a popout, Felix Reyes grounded out to short to bring Marsh home, cutting the lead to 2-1.

The Athletics restored their two-run advantage in the sixth when Tyler Soderstrom hit his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot to left field off Wheeler. The Phillies responded immediately in the bottom half. García connected for his fourth homer, a solo drive to center field off Springs, making the score 3-2.

Both bullpens took over from there. The Athletics’ Justin Sterner worked 2/3 of a scoreless inning, and Hogan Harris followed with 2/3 of an inning, allowing two hits but no runs. For the Phillies, Tim Mayza pitched 2/3 of a hitless inning with one strikeout, and José Alvarado contributed 2/3 of an inning, giving up one hit and striking out two.

The game turned in the eighth. With the Athletics still leading 3-2, Kyle Schwarber drew a walk against Athletics reliever Jack Perkins. Bryce Harper reached on a fielder’s choice, with Schwarber advancing to second when second baseman Jeff McNeil threw the ball away on the play. García singled sharply to center, loading the bases. Sosa then delivered a two-run single to center, scoring Schwarber and Harper to put Philadelphia ahead 4-3.

J.T. Realmuto lined out to right, but Marsh singled to center to drive in García. Bryson Stott followed with a single to right to load the bases again. Justin Crawford grounded out to first, allowing another run to score, giving the Phillies a 6-3 lead.

Kerkering entered and retired the final batter of the eighth. Keller worked around a single and two walks in the ninth, striking out Zack Gelof and inducing a game-ending groundout from Jacob Wilson.

Perkins took the loss, falling to 2-1. Kerkering earned his first win of the season.

Key performances beyond the starting pitchers included Keller’s save, Marsh’s three-hit game, García’s two-hit night including the home run, and scoreless relief from Kerkering, Alvarado and Mayza. For the Athletics, Justin Sterner and Hogan Harris each provided scoreless innings.

The Athletics had seven hits and left seven runners on base. The Phillies collected 12 hits and stranded nine.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia Phillies 6, Athletics 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave Philadelphia a 60.60 percent probability to win. The Phillies had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of nine runs went under the over-under line of eight.