SANDY SPRINGS (Interstat) — Alec Bohm hit a two-out home run in the 10th inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon at Truist Park to even their National League Wild Card Series at one game apiece. The Phillies forced a decisive third game in the best-of-three playoff series. Philadelphia finished with 12 hits, and Atlanta had nine. The game lasted 3 hours, 3 minutes and drew 37,150 fans.

Philadelphia struck first in the top of the first. Trea Turner doubled to center, moved to third on Kyle Schwarber’s groundout and scored on Bryce Harper’s single to left. Alec Bohm then singled, and Bryson Stott reached on a fielder’s choice that cut down Harper at home. Brandon Marsh struck out to end the inning. Atlanta answered in the bottom half when Ronald Acuña Jr. walked, stole second and scored on Matt Olson’s single to right. Mauricio Dubón lined out to shortstop to end the inning, leaving the score tied 1-1.

The middle innings belonged mostly to the pitchers. Philadelphia’s J.T. Realmuto singled in the second, Justin Crawford singled in the fourth, and Bohm walked in the third, but the Phillies could not string together another rally against Tyler Mahle. Atlanta put runners on in the third and fifth but failed to score. Sean Murphy doubled in the fifth and later reached on a walk in the seventh. In the sixth, Ozzie Albies singled, Dubón singled and Austin Riley singled to load the bases, but Michael Harris II grounded into a double play that ended the threat. Mahle completed seven innings, allowing one earned run on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts.

Atlanta broke the tie in the seventh. Murphy walked, Ha-Seong Kim reached on a sacrifice bunt, and Drake Baldwin doubled to right to score Murphy. After an intentional walk to Albies, Olson hit a sacrifice fly to center that scored Kim for a 3-1 Atlanta lead. Philadelphia answered in the eighth. Schwarber led off with a home run to right-center, and Harper followed with another homer to right-center to tie the game. Harper finished 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs. Schwarber went 1-for-5 with a home run and an RBI. Bohm flew out, Stott struck out and Bryan De La Cruz lined out sharply to center to end the eighth.

Philadelphia threatened in the ninth when Edmundo Sosa singled, but Crawford’s forceout and popouts by Realmuto and Turner kept the game tied. Atlanta also went quietly in the ninth, with Mike Yastrzemski flying out, Acuña grounding out and Baldwin singling before Albies flew out. In the 10th, Schwarber struck out and Harper grounded out before Bohm hit a two-out homer to right against Didier Fuentes. Stott and De La Cruz followed with singles, but Derek Hill struck out to end the inning.

Andrew Painter, a starter in the regular season, closed the game with three scoreless innings of relief. He allowed three hits, walked one and struck out three, earning the win and improving to 4-10. In the bottom of the 10th, Painter retired Olson on a called third strike that was confirmed by a challenge. Dubón singled, Riley struck out and Harris singled to put two runners aboard. Painter then struck out Dominic Smith on a called third strike that was overturned after a Philadelphia challenge, ending the game. Fuentes took the loss and fell to 7-3 after pitching 1 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and one earned run with two strikeouts.

Cristopher Sánchez started for Philadelphia and pitched 6 2/3 innings, yielding three earned runs on six hits with five walks and six strikeouts. Bohm went 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI. Baldwin went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI for Atlanta. Raisel Iglesias pitched a scoreless inning for the Braves, and Alex McFarlane recorded the final out of the 10th for Philadelphia. Atlanta grounded into two double plays. Philadelphia pitchers combined for 19 strikes, 41 balls and 19 balls in play. Atlanta pitchers combined for 19 strikes, 48 balls and 19 balls in play. Philadelphia’s season record is 89-75, and Atlanta’s is 95-69. The series is tied 1-1.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 8. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Atlanta with a 52.4 percent probability to win. Philadelphia had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5.