Monday and Tuesday’s Philadelphia Phillies-Chicago Cubs games featured blown saves in the ninth inning. Wednesday’s game went a bit differently, as the Phillies fell to the Cubs 8-4, with a three-run home run and grand slam serving as the daggers.
Cole Hamels took the mound to face his former team for the first time, while Cole Irvin made his third career start. Neither was effective.
The Phillies got the scoring going early. In the top of the first, Andrew McCutchen had a leadoff double off of Hamels. That was later followed by a Hoskins walk. With two outs, J.