PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Endy Rodríguez drove in four runs, including a three-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 11-7 on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park in front of 39,791 fans.

The Pirates erased a five-run deficit with a six-run fifth inning and never trailed again, winning for the third time in four games to improve to 43-42. The Phillies, who had won two straight, fell to 47-38.

Braxton Ashcraft earned the win, allowing five earned runs on five hits over six innings with eight strikeouts. The right-hander improved to 8-3 on the season. Aaron Nola took the loss, dropping to 3-5 after pitching four-plus innings and surrendering seven runs on six hits with six strikeouts.

Philadelphia struck first against Ashcraft. Trea Turner led off the bottom of the first with a solo home run, his eighth of the season. After Kyle Schwarber struck out and Bryce Harper grounded out, Brandon Marsh followed with his 13th homer, a solo shot to left-center, making it 2-0.

The Phillies extended the lead in the third. Justin Crawford singled, then Trea Turner reached on an infield single deflected by third baseman Tyler Callihan. Schwarber lifted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Crawford. Bryce Harper then crushed his 20th homer, a two-run blast to right field, pushing the lead to 5-0.

Pittsburgh answered in the fourth. Bryan Reynolds led off with a double, his 20th of the season, and scored two batters later when Esmerlyn Valdez hit his sixth home run, a shot to left field that cut the deficit to 5-2.

The Pirates erupted in the fifth. Jared Triolo led off with his first home run, a solo shot to center. Jake Mangum doubled, and Konnor Griffin singled to put runners at the corners. Brandon Lowe’s sacrifice fly scored Mangum. Reynolds walked, then Ryan O’Hearn singled to left, scoring Griffin. After Valdez walked to load the bases, Rodríguez walked to force in Reynolds. Tyler Callihan then grounded into a force out, but an error by shortstop Trea Turner allowed O’Hearn and Valdez to score, giving Pittsburgh an 8-5 lead.

Ashcraft settled in after the third inning, retiring nine of the next 11 batters before exiting after six. Mason Montgomery struck out two in a perfect seventh inning. Evan Sisk allowed one hit in a scoreless eighth.

Philadelphia chipped away in the eighth. Brandon Marsh led off with his 14th homer, a solo shot to right-center. Later in the inning, J.T. Realmuto singled home Bryson Stott, who had singled, trimming the Pirates’ lead to 8-7. But Yohan Ramírez entered and struck out Crawford to end the threat.

Pittsburgh responded in the ninth against the Phillies bullpen. With one out, O’Hearn singled off reliever Tim Mayza. Valdez walked, and Rodríguez followed with a three-run homer, his fourth of the season, clearing the wall in right-center. The blast scored O’Hearn and pinch-runner Billy Cook, restoring the Pirates’ four-run lead.

Marsh finished 2-for-5 with two home runs and two RBI for Philadelphia. Harper was 1-for-4 with a homer and two RBI. Bryce Harper struck out three times.

Rodríguez, who entered the game hitting .211 over his previous four contests and had gone 0-for-2 in the June 26 loss, went 2-for-3 with a homer, four RBI and two walks. Valdez added a homer and two RBI, going 2-for-3 with two walks.

For the Pirates, relievers Montgomery, Sisk and Ramírez combined for 2 1/3 innings of one-hit, no-run relief with four strikeouts after Ashcraft departed. Mayza pitched two scoreless innings for the Phillies, striking out two. Seth Johnson struck out four over 1 2/3 hitless frames.

The Pirates outhit the Phillies 11-9. The game lasted 3 hours, 3 minutes.

Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play the second game of this four-game series Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park.

A simulation by Interstat projected a final score of Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 5. An ELO-based model gave the Phillies a 62.40 percent probability of winning. Pittsburgh was a -1.5 run favorite before the game, and the combined 18 runs went under the over-under line of 8.5.