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Walker (8-3) yielded six hits and one walk
while striking out six to match a career high by winning a fifth
consecutive start.
Walker has allowed three runs over 32 innings (0.84 ERA) over
those five outings.
After Philadelphia's Yunior Marte and Gregory Soto each pitched
a scoreless inning of relief, Craig Kimbrel tossed a perfect
ninth for his 12th save in as many chances.
Chicago's Kyle Hendricks (3-3) was relatively solid while
yielding all three Philadelphia runs and six hits with four
strikeouts and no walks over seven innings. However, two early
innings did in the veteran right-hander as the Cubs dropped
their fourth straight game following an 11-2 stretch.
Facing his former teammate for the first time, Schwarber wasted
no time in giving Philadelphia a 1-0 lead by driving Hendricks'
first-pitch fastball over the right-field wall. Chicago, though,
tied it in the second inning when Cody Bellinger singled and
scored on Jared Young's triple into the right-field corner.
Harper's two-out, ground-ball single to center in the third
inning with runners on second and third put the Phillies back
ahead with what would be the deciding advantage. Harper had
three RBIs in the series for Philadelphia, which went 5-1
against the Cubs this season.
For Chicago, Young has posted two hits and two RBIs in two games
since being called up from Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday for his
2023 debut. Nico Hoerner and Christopher Morel added two hits
apiece for the Cubs, who stranded nine men on base and went
1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
--Field Level Media
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