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04/13 20:38 CDT Schwarber homers twice, Snchez pitches six strong innings to
lead Phillies to rout of Cubs
Schwarber homers twice, Snchez pitches six strong innings to lead Phillies to
rout of Cubs
By AARON BRACY
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Kyle Schwarber homered twice and drove in three runs,
Cristopher Snchez pitched six strong innings and the Philadelphia Phillies
defeated the Chicago Cubs 13-7 on Monday night.
JT Realmuto had three hits and three RBIs for the Phillies, who got back to
.500 with just their second win in the last six games.
Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer for the Cubs, who have lost three of four.
Schwarber got Philadelphia started with one out in the first inning when he
drove an 0-1, 86-mph changeup from Javier Assad (1-1) an estimated 414 feet
over the wall in center field, extending his on-base streak to 14 straight
games. Two innings later, Schwarber launched a two-run drive off a 93-mph
sinker from Assad into the seats in right field for his 37th career multi-homer
game.
Swanson pulled Chicago within 4-2 with an opposite-field shot on a 95-mph
sinker from Snchez (2-1). But the Phillies blew the game open in the fifth
when they chased Assad with five runs on five hits, highlighted by Brandon
Marsh's two-run double.
Snchez, who made his first All-Star team last season and finished as the NL Cy
Young runner-up, struck out eight and walked three while allowing six hits.
Assad was battered for nine runs on 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Marsh also had three hits and scored twice, making amends for his eighth-inning
baserunning mistake in Philadelphia's 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on
Sunday.
Philadelphia pounded out season highs in runs and hits (15). Adolis Garcia also
had two hits and an RBI for the Phillies, who also got run-scoring hits from
Alec Bohm and Bryson Stott.
After Schwarber walked in the fifth inning, he was hit by a pitch by Charlie
Barnes in the sixth. In the eighth, Phillies reliever Seth Johnson hit Miguel
Amaya with a pitch.
Chicago's Nico Hoerner went 0 for 3, halting his on-base streak at 14
consecutive games.
Up next
Cubs RHP Coliin Rea (1-0, 3.18) opposes Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (1-1, 3.63)) in
the second game of the three-game series on Tuesday night.
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