Cubs 5, Phillies 4 (13)
Game 27 - Thursday Afternoon, May 4th in Chicago
Record - 12-15, Tied for 2nd place, 6 1/2 games behind the Nationals
One Sentence Summary: The bullpen failed the Phillies again in the late innings as the Cubs came back to win this one in 13 by a score of 5-4.
What It Means: The Phillies limped out of Chicago having gone 1-3 in this series.
What Happened: Home runs from Maikel Franco (5) and Cameron Rupp (2) helped give the Phillies a 4-3 lead. In the bottom of the eighth, Joaquin Benoit surrendered a solo home run to Miguel Montero to tie the game up at four.
In the 13th, Albert Almora scored the winning run on a Freddy Galvis throwing error.
Featured Card: On the plus side, Cesar Hernandez went 4 for 7 to raise his season average to .336. This is his card from the 1968 Topps-inspired Topps Heritage set.
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