PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Alec Bohm tripled in the winning runs in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies outlasted the St. Louis Cardinals for a 7-6 victory Friday night at Citizens Bank Park.

Bohm’s two-run triple to center field scored Bryce Harper and Luis Arraez, capping a wild game that featured four lead changes. Bohm finished 3 for 5 with three RBIs. His triple was his first of the season.

The Phillies improved to 71-58, while the Cardinals fell to 66-64. The game drew 44,802 and lasted 3 hours, 8 minutes.

St. Louis jumped on the board in the first inning. Jordan Walker singled with two out and advanced to second on a throwing error by third baseman Bryson Stott. Joshua Báez followed with a two-run homer to right-center field, his fourth of the year, giving the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.

The Cardinals had a chance to add more in the second when José Fermín doubled with one out, but he was stranded at third after a sacrifice bunt and two strikeouts.

Philadelphia answered in the bottom of the second. Bryson Stott walked and scored on Brandon Marsh’s double to left field. J.T. Realmuto then doubled to left, scoring Marsh and tying the game at 2.

The Phillies moved ahead in the third. Luis Arraez doubled to right field, and Bohm singled sharply to right to bring him home. The lead stood at 3-2.

St. Louis starter Hunter Dobbins settled in after that, but he was lifted after four innings. Dobbins allowed three earned runs on five hits while striking out three.

In the fifth, the Phillies threatened and then saw a rally erased. Trea Turner walked with one out, but Bryce Harper grounded into a double play. The Cardinals turned another double play in the third inning, when St. Louis challenged the call at first base and the ruling was overturned, changing Bryson Stott’s grounder into a 3-6-3 double play.

The Cardinals reclaimed the lead in the sixth. Iván Herrera singled to begin the inning, and Walker followed with his 27th home run of the season, a two-run shot to right-center that made it 4-3.

Philadelphia answered immediately. Bohm singled, Brandon Marsh singled, and Realmuto doubled to left-center, scoring Bohm and moving Marsh to third. Justin Crawford’s sacrifice fly to center brought home Marsh, giving the Phillies a 5-4 lead.

In the bottom of the sixth, Bryson Stott challenged the pitch result, but the call on the field was confirmed as a called strikeout.

St. Louis tied the game in the eighth. Alec Burleson singled, advanced to third on a groundout by Blaze Jordan, and scored on Bryan Torres’ single to center. The game remained tied at 5 entering the ninth.

Both bullpens locked in after that. Orion Kerkering worked 1-1/3 scoreless innings for Philadelphia, and Jhoan Duran added a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. Justin Bruihl pitched two scoreless innings for St. Louis, allowing only one hit.

In the 10th, the Cardinals manufactured a run with the automatic runner. Burleson began the inning at second base, and José Fermín singled him home with a line drive to left field. St. Louis led 6-5.

Philadelphia answered in the bottom of the 10th. Harper began the inning as the automatic runner at second. Arraez singled to right, putting runners at the corners. Bohm then drove a fly ball to center field that carried past the outfielder for a triple, scoring both Harper and Arraez and ending the game.

Alex McFarlane earned the win, improving to 2-1. Luis Gastelum took the loss, dropping to 3-3.

Jesús Luzardo started for Philadelphia and allowed four earned runs on six hits over 5-2/3 innings, striking out nine. He exited with the Phillies holding a 5-4 lead, but the bullpen could not preserve it. Realmuto finished 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Arraez also had two hits, including a double.

Walker went 3 for 5 with the home run and two RBIs for the Cardinals. Báez went 1 for 3 with the two-run homer. Fermín was 2 for 5 with an RBI.

The Phillies grounded into two double plays. St. Louis collected 12 hits and Philadelphia had 11.

The teams had split their previous three meetings this season, with St. Louis winning the most recent matchup 7-1 on Aug. 12. Philadelphia took the opener of this four-game series and will face the Cardinals again Saturday night.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 6. The ELO system gave Philadelphia a 58.50 percent probability to win. Philadelphia was installed as a -1.5 favorite on the spread, and the combined total of 13 runs went under the over-under line of 7.5.