Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs

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Philadelphia Phillies

8-16, 3-6 Away

Final
2 - 7

Chicago Cubs

15-9, 10-5 Home

Busch and Suzuki homer as the Cubs beat the sliding Phillies 7-2 for their 8th straight win

Pete Crow-Armstrong had three hits and two RBI for Chicago, and Alex Bregman also collected three hits. Matthew Boyd made a successful return from a biceps injury, pitching 4 2/3 innings of two-run ball in his first big league start since April 1.

The Cubs have outscored their opponents 58-20 during the franchise's longest win streak since it also won eight in a row from July 21-29, 2023. It's the longest such streak for the club within the month of April since an 11-game run in 1970.

The Phillies dropped their eighth straight game in their longest skid since they lost nine in a row in September 2018. They played without J.T. Realmuto after the catcher was placed on the 10-day injured list because of back spasms.

Taijuan Walker surrendered four earned runs and eight hits in four innings in his second straight loss. Kyle Backhus worked the first as an opener before Walker (1-4) came in.

The Cubs scored two runs in the third to take a 4-2 lead. Bregman led off with his first triple since June 14, 2024, for Houston against Detroit. He trotted home on Ian Happ's single to left.

After Suzuki bounced into a double play, Busch hit a 375-foot drive to left-center for his first homer of the season. The 28-year-old Busch hit a career-high 34 homers last year.

Suzuki connected for a two-run shot in the fifth. It was his second homer since he missed the start of the season with a knee injury.

Ben Brown (1-0) replaced Boyd and pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. He allowed three hits, struck out five and walked none.

Up next Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sánchez (2-2, 1.59 ERA) and Cubs right-hander Edward Cabrera (2-0, 2.38 ERA) take the mound for the finale of the four-game series on Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Marchán struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Crawford struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Stott flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Bohm singled to right.
	9th Inning	Milner relieved C. Martin
	8th Inning	Bregman popped out to first.

Statistics

PHI		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
12	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	37
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
153	Pitches	123
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	23
36	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
2.2	Runs Created	7.8
.250	Batting Average	.351
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.306	Slugging Percentage	.622
.056	Secondary Average	.324
.250	On Base Percentage	.368
.556	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.990
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
2.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.4
21.0	Batter Rating	54.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.25	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.24
.056	Isolated Power	.270
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.026
-.194	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.027
4.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
73.3	MLB Rating	101.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0