The Phillies snapped their three game losing streak by beating the Cubs by the score of 7-5 on Saturday night.  Kyle Schwarber hit his third home run in the last two games in the third inning top give the Cubs a 1-0 lead. It stayed that way until the bottom of the seventh when the Phillies put five runs up to take a 5-1 lead. The lead idn’t last long as the Cubs responded with four runs in the top of the eighth to tie it at 5-5.Cody Asche became the hero for the night hitting a two run walk off home run to give the Phillies the 7-5 win. The Phillies are now 55-88, while the Cubs drop to 82-59.

 Cubs: 5 R – 6 H – 1 E

Travis Wood: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER,  0 BB, 5 K
Bullpen: 6 IP, 3 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 1 HR – Hector Rondon (L, 5-4)
Kyle Schwarber: 1/4, 1 BB, 1 HR, 2 R, 1 RBI
Chris Coghlan: 1/4, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 R, 2 RBI
Kris Bryant: 1/4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Miguel Montero: 1/3, 1 RBI

Phillies: 7 R – 6 H – 0 E

Jerad Eickhoff: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 1 HR
Bullpen: 2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K – Ken Giles (W, 6-2) 
Cesar Hernandez: 2/4, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Cody Asche: 1/1, 1 HR, 1 R, 2 RBI
Ryan Howard: 1/2, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI
Darnell Sweeney: 0/0, 1 BB, 1 R, 1 RBI
  

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