Cubs vs Phillies Recap: Slugfest Ends in PHI's Big Win

The Chicago Cubs traveled to face the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, April 13. The Phillies hosted the game in their home stadium and won 13–7. Chicago hoped to use its steady pitching staff, while Philadelphia leaned on its deep rotation. The game started fast with a Kyle Schwarber homer in the first inning, and the Phillies kept adding runs in bursts. Although the Cubs fought back with a fourth-inning two-run homer by Dansby Swanson, Philadelphia built a big lead with a five-run fifth inning. In the end, the Phillies controlled the game and scored steadily through the sixth inning.

Philadelphia struck first when Kyle Schwarber launched a changeup into center for a one-run homer in the first inning. The ball left the bat at 104 mph and traveled 414 feet, and the crowd roared. In the second, J.T. Realmuto singled to right and Marsh scored, making it 2–0. Schwarber hit another big homer in the third with Turner aboard, pushing the lead to 4–0. The Cubs answered in the fourth when Dansby Swanson homered to right, scoring Kelly and cutting the gap to 4–2. Those early swings set the tone while pitchers traded quality innings.

Philadelphia broke the game open in the fifth with a five-run inning that included Marsh's double and a Bohm sacrifice fly. Realmuto and Stott added RBI singles that pushed the score to 9–2 by the inning's end. The Phillies kept scoring in the sixth with García and Bohm producing runs, reaching 12–2. Chicago staged an eight-run fight in the eighth with hits and fielding errors, making it 7–13, but it was too late. Marsh scored on an infield single in the seventh to make it 13–2 earlier. The final score left both teams at 7–8 in the standings.