How the game was won: Nick Markakis hit a leadoff homer in a two-run first inning for the Braves, but the Phillies reeled off 12 unanswered runs the rest of the night in a 12-2 rout at Citizens Bank Park. It was the sixth consecutive loss and 16th in 20 games for the Braves, who've won once on a 1o-game trip that ends Sunday. Rookie Matt Wisler (5-2) was knocked around for eight hits, seven runs and two homers in 4 2/3 innings, after allowing four earned runs or fewer in each of his previous seven major league starts. Reliever David Aardsma gave up five runs in one inning.

Number: 16. Runs for the Braves in the past 10 games. They are 1-9 in that stretch and have scored three runs or fewer in every game.

What's next: The Braves wrap up a 10-game trip and four-game series with a 1:35 p.m. game. Julio Teheran (6-6, 4.71 ERA) will face Phillies left-hander Adam Morgan (2-2, 4.05).

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