Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki power the Cubs to a 4-0 win, sending Phillies to
their 5th straight loss
[April 26, 2025]
By MATT CARLSON
CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ had two doubles and an RBI,
Seiya Suzuki doubled twice and the Chicago Cubs beat the slumping
Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Friday.
Jon Berti added two hits and drove in a run as NL Central-leading
Chicago won its third straight and for the fifth time in six games. Nico
Hoerner and Pete Crow-Armstrong had RBIs in a game that started after a
2-hour, 10-minute rain delay. |
Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong (4) celebrates with teammate Kyle
Tucker (30) at the dugout after scoring on a Jon Berti double during the
second inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies,
Friday, April 25, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) |
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J.T. Realmuto had two of the Phillies' five
hits. Philadelphia's losing streak hit five games on a chilly,
windy day at Wrigley Field.
Colin Rea (1-0) limited Philadelphia to three hits over five
scoreless innings for the win. Rae struck out seven while
walking two in his longest outing this season.
Four Chicago relievers — Caleb Thielbar, Brad Keller, Drew
Pomeranz and Daniel Palencia — allowed two hits over four
innings. Palencia pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.
Phillies starter Taijuan Walker (1-2) lasted just three innings,
allowing two runs on six hits while throwing 86 pitches.
Berti’s double to the left-center wall in the second drove in
Crow-Armstrong for a 1-0 Chicago lead. Hoerner’s RBI single in
the third made it 2-0.
Happ’s second double increased the Cubs’ lead to 3-0 in the
fourth. Crow-Armstrong’s bunt scored Dansby Swanson from third
in the seventh.
Key moment
The Cubs led 3-0 when Keller entered to start the seventh.
Realmuto topped an infield single before Alec Bohm walked. Then,
Keller struck out pinch-hitter Cal Stevenson and got Bryson
Stott to pop out. Swanson, a two-time Gold Glove shortstop,
snared Trea Turner’s grounder up the middle and forced Bohm at
second.
Key stat
Happ has 16 hits in 40 at-bats (.400) over his last nine games.
Up next
Phillies LHP Jesus Luzardo (2-0, 2.08 ERA) faces Cubs RHP Ben
Brown (2-1, 4.57) on Saturday.
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