The Chicago Cubs won their ninth straight game, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 in a walk-off. The Phillies have now lost nine consecutive games, tying them for the worst record in MLB.
The Philadelphia Phillies sprayed five runs across the seventh, eighth and ninth innings on Thursday in Chicago, only to watch their late-game comeback be for naught in extras.
Dansby Swanson sent a bases-loaded, walk-off single to right-center field in the bottom of the 10th and Wrigley Field into its latest frenzy as it celebrated an 8-7 victory. The Friendly Confines enjoyed a four-game sweep of the Phillies and, before that, a three-game sweep of the New York Mets.
Chicago (16-9) has won nine straight games and is tied with the Cincinnati Reds atop the NL Central. Philadelphia (8-17), on the other hand, has lost nine consecutive games and is tied with the Kansas City Royals for MLBâs worst record.
The Philliesâ tailspin comes on the heels of their NL East rival Mets notably dropping 12 games in a row, New Yorkâs worst slide since the 2002 season that it finally ended on Wednesday against the Minnesota Twins.
The last time Philadelphia suffered nine straight defeats was September 2018. The Phillies havenât toiled through a 10-game losing streak since they lost 11 consecutive games in September 1999.
Nothing is going right for the Phillies at the moment. Not even last yearâs NL Cy Young runner-up could get them back on track Thursday.
The Cubs piled up five straights against Philadelphia ace Cristopher SĂĄnchez in the third inning, scoring three runs that frame. All three runs were driven in by one swing, and it came on a Michael Busch dinger.
Ian Happ went yard in the fourth, and SĂĄnchez clocked out with six earned runs in 5 1/3 innings of work, a stain on his ERA, which was sitting pretty at 1.59 pregame.
The Cubs won the game 8-7 against the Phillies.
The Phillies have lost nine consecutive games.
The Phillies last had a 10-game losing streak in September 1999.
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The Phillies rallied late, with Edmundo Sosa and Adolis GarcĂa tying the game as pinch-hitters in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively. That was, before Swanson put the Cubs back in front for good in the 10th.
Chicago and Philadelphia are trending in opposite directions after playing each other seven times in the last 11 days.
Early in the teamsâ latest series, Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski dismissed speculation that manager Rob Thomson is on the hot seat. Since, the Phillies have lost three more games and placed their starting catcher on the injured list.