Brandon Marsh knocked in the winning run in the 11th inning as the host Philadelphia Phillies nipped the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Monday.
Otto Kemp recorded the first three hits of his major league career for Philadelphia, which had lost nine of its previous 10 games, including five in a row. Nick Castellanos also had three hits as the Phillies handed Chicago its fourth loss in six games.
The Cubs went ahead 3-2 against Carlos Hernandez (1-0) in the 11th as Pete Crow-Armstrong lined an RBI double off the right field wall. However, the Phillies promptly tied it — and then won it — in the bottom half against Danny Palencia (0-2).
J.T. Realmuto began that frame with a lined single to right, scoring automatic runner Nick Castellanos and tying the score at 3. The next two batters, Bryson Stott and Kemp, both reached on perfectly executed bunts, loading the bases.
Marsh followed with a blast off the base of the wall in left-center field, sending his teammates storming out of the dugout.
Chicago jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Kyle Tucker, the second batter of the game, sent Zack Wheeler’s 1-2 fastball deep into the right field seats. Philadelphia drew even in the fourth on Realmuto’s run-scoring groundout.
Wheeler silenced the Cubs in the top of the fifth, giving the Phillies a chance to move in front in the bottom half. Kemp began the rally with a leadoff single to left-center for his first career hit. He advanced two bases on an errant pickoff throw by Matthew Boyd and then scored on Weston Wilson’s flare into right.
The score remained 2-1 until Ian Happ launched a game-tying homer off Matt Strahm with one out in the eighth.
Wheeler allowed one run and three hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out seven.
Boyd was charged with two runs — one earned — and eight hits in six frames. He walked two and did not strike out a batter.
–Field Level Media
