PHILADELPHIA -- Freddy Galvis is getting his chance this September. Already set to receive sprinkled starts with the Phillies out of contention and evaluating their roster for 2015, his playing time got an even bigger boost with Jimmy Rollins day to day due to a left hamstring strain. On Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park, Galvis delivered, powering the Philadelphia offense from the eighth-spot in the lineup.Entering the game 5-for-59 (.085) this season, Galvis went 3-for-3 with a homer and three runs scored, including the go-ahead run that gave the Phillies a 4-3 victory over the Pirates. 
Maikel Franco set the table in the first with some help from the Citizens Bank Park lights. He hit a towering popup to shallow right field that both second baseman Neil Walker and right fielder Gregory Polanco lost in the lights, allowing the ball to land between the two and Franco to reach second for his first career double. Chase Utley singled him home in the next at-bat.A dropped popup by catcher Carlos Ruiz opened the door for the game-tying run in the second. Russell Martin singled, and after Ruiz's error lent way to a Polanco walk with two outs, Jordy Mercer doubled to drive in Martin.In the second, Galvis turned on a high sinker, banging it off the top of the out-of-town scoreboard in right field for his first double of the season. Phillies starter David Buchanan helped his own cause in the next at-bat by scorching a grounder up the middle for his second career hit and RBI to make it 2-1.Martin hit a two-run double with two outs in the third against Buchanan, who needed 60 pitches to get the first nine outs. But from there, the 25-year-old rookie buckled down.Buchanan needed just nine pitches during a perfect fourth as he settled in. He went six innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks while striking out five.Galvis clocked another sinker in the fifth, this time sending it 10 rows deep into the right-field stands for his second homer of the season, tying the game at 3.Galvis hit a leadoff single in the seventh, and after stealing second, he was brought home on a single by Franco for the game-winning run.Erik Bacharach / MLB.com
Maikel Franco set the table in the first with some help from the Citizens Bank Park lights. He hit a towering popup to shallow right field that both second baseman Neil Walker and right fielder Gregory Polanco lost in the lights, allowing the ball to land between the two and Franco to reach second for his first career double. Chase Utley singled him home in the next at-bat.A dropped popup by catcher Carlos Ruiz opened the door for the game-tying run in the second. Russell Martin singled, and after Ruiz's error lent way to a Polanco walk with two outs, Jordy Mercer doubled to drive in Martin.In the second, Galvis turned on a high sinker, banging it off the top of the out-of-town scoreboard in right field for his first double of the season. Phillies starter David Buchanan helped his own cause in the next at-bat by scorching a grounder up the middle for his second career hit and RBI to make it 2-1.Martin hit a two-run double with two outs in the third against Buchanan, who needed 60 pitches to get the first nine outs. But from there, the 25-year-old rookie buckled down.Buchanan needed just nine pitches during a perfect fourth as he settled in. He went six innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks while striking out five.Galvis clocked another sinker in the fifth, this time sending it 10 rows deep into the right-field stands for his second homer of the season, tying the game at 3.Galvis hit a leadoff single in the seventh, and after stealing second, he was brought home on a single by Franco for the game-winning run.Erik Bacharach / MLB.com
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