The Phillies earned a split with the Cubs in their four game series by taking the finale by the score of 7-4. Kris Bryant gave the Cubs a 1-0 lead with a RBI single in the first. The Philies then took a 2-1 lead in the bottom half of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Howard, and a RBI single by Cameron Rupp. Ryan Howard (22) put the Phillies up 4-1 with a two run homer in the third. Addison Russell’s RBI single in the fourth, Chris Coghlan’s (16) solo home run in the fifth cut it to 4-3 in favor of the Phillies. Then in the seventh Cesar Hernandez’s fielding error allowed Addison Russel to score the tying run. In the bottom of the seventh a wild pitch by Clayton Richard allowed Aaron Altherr to score the go ahead run to make it 5-4 Phillies. Freddy Galvis gave the Phillies a couple of  insurance runs with a two run double in the bottom of the eighth, and Ken Giles pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his thirteenth save. the Phillies win their second in a row and are now 56-88, and the Cubs drop to 82-60.

Cubs: 4 R – 8 H – 1 E

Dan Haren: 3 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HR
Bullpen: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (Clayton Richard, L 3-2)
Chris Coghlan: 4/5, 2 3B, 1 HR, 2 R, 1 RBI
Kris Bryant: 1/3, 1 RBI
Addison Russell: 1/4, 1 R, 1 RBI

Phillies: 7 R – 12 H – 2 E

Aaron Harang: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
Dalier Hinojosa: 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K ( BS, 1- W, 1-0)
Ryan Howard: 1/3, 1 HR, 1 R, 3 RBI
Freddy Galvis: 3/5, 1 2B, 1 R, 2 RBI
Cameron Rupp: 1/4, 1 RBI 
 

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