Brandon Marsh delivers for Phillies in 11th, rookie Otto Kemp has 3 hits
in 4-3 win over Cubs
[June 10, 2025] By
DAN GELSTON
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brandon Marsh singled home the
winning run in the 11th inning after the Philadelphia Phillies used two
bunt hits to load the bases and beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Monday
night.
Ian Happ tied it at 2 for the Cubs on a solo homer off
reliever Matt Strahm in the eighth. Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI
double in the 11th off Carlos Hernández (1-0) for a 3-2 lead. |
Philadelphia Phillies' Brandon Marsh, right, watches after hitting a
game-winning RBI-single against Chicago Cubs pitcher Daniel Palencia
during the 11th inning of a baseball game Monday, June 9, 2025, in
Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) |
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J.T. Realmuto made it 3-all when he drove in
the automatic runner with a single off Daniel Palencia (0-2).
The Phillies then improbably got two straight bunt singles, the
first from Bryson Stott — a late-inning replacement after he was
benched amid a 2-for-24 slump —and then from rookie third
baseman and undrafted Division II prospect Otto Kemp, who had
the third of his first three big league hits in the game to set
up the clutch swing from Marsh.
The Phillies needed this one after they were swept in three
games last weekend at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia was 1-9 over its
past 10 games and fell from the top of the NL East standings.
The 25-year-old Kemp bailed out the Phillies twice.
Kemp, who played at Division II Point Loma Nazarene University,
singled in the fifth for his first hit since he was promoted to
the Phillies on Saturday. Kemp scurried to third on Cubs starter
Matthew Boyd’s errant pickoff attempt and scored on Weston
Wilson’s RBI single for a 2-1 lead.
Key moment
The Phillies scored only one run in the fourth to tie it at 1
after they had loaded the bases with no outs.
Key stat
Cubs manager Craig Counsell was ejected for the second straight
game. After getting tossed Sunday at Detroit, Counsell was
thrown out in the ninth inning for arguing that Kemp ran out of
the baseline on an infield single.
Up next
The Cubs send RHP Colin Rea (4-2, 3.59 ERA) to the mound against
Phillies RHP Mick Abel (1-0, 0.79) on Tuesday.
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