Nolan Gorman hit an early two-run homer and a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to their first win in Philadelphia in nearly two years, 5-4 over the Phillies on Sunday night.

Gorman ripped a two-out single to right field off Gregory Soto (1-3) to score the automatic runner in the 10th and help St. Louis avoid a series sweep. The Cardinals had lost their last six games in Philadelphia, dating to a victory on July 2, 2022.

John King (2-1) tossed a scoreless inning for the win, one of six relievers who combined for six shutout innings.

Taijuan Walker plodded through another turn in the rotation even as the Phillies have Spencer Turnbull out in the bullpen. The Phillies are committed to Walker in large part because he’s in the second season of a $72 million, four-year deal - the first of which saw him fail to throw a pitch in the postseason, even as the 15-game winner and the Phillies reached Game 7 of the NL Championship Series.

Turnbull, who started the season in the rotation while Walker was out with a shoulder injury, didn’t allow a hit and retired nine of 10 batters in a relief appearance on Saturday. Turnbull is 3-0 with a 2.64 ERA over 13 games and six starts this season.

Walker - who entered with a 5.51 ERA - didn’t impress in his seventh start of the season.

Gorman hooked his 11th homer inside the right-field foul pole, a two-run shot in the first inning for a 2-0 lead.

After the Phillies tied it 2-all in the second on backup catcher Garret Stubbs’ RBI double and Johan Rojas’ groundout off Lynn, Walker again ran into trouble.

He gave up his second two-run homer of the game, to Alec Burleson - who snapped an 0-for-19 slump - in the third as St. Louis went back in front 4-2.

Again the Phillies bailed out Walker on Bryson Stott’s two-run single in the fifth.

The Cardinals head to Houston for a three-game series. They send RHP Kyle Gibson (4-2, 3.60 ERA) to the mound Monday against RHP Justin Verlander (3-2, 3.26).