After closing out another series last night the Phils look to keep it going as the Cubs came to town to continue the homestand. Early on it looked like it would be another in a long line series opening wins this season. Jimmy Rollins slammed a 3 run homer in the 2nd and Kyle Kendrick opened the night with 3 scoreless frames. Unfortunately a rain delay got in the way after that, ending Kendrick's night and cooling off the Phils bats to the point where they failed to register a hit from the 5th to the 9th inning. Still the bullpen was good enough to preserve a 3-2 lead heading into the 9th and with Ryan Madson perfect in save opportunities on the season, victory seemed a formality. It wasn't to be though. Geovanny Soto burned Madson with a 1 out solo homer to tie things at 3. The Phils were then lucky to get into extra innings after a Tyler Colvin was called back on fan interference. The Phils then came within a spectacular play by Carlos Pena of ending things in the bottom of the 10th, but thanks to the rain delay the Phils had only David Herndon left in bullpen for the extra frames. So he had to bat for himself with the bases loaded on the corners and 2 out in the 10th and he failed to get the winning run home. From there a Placido Polanco error put Chicago 4-3 in the 11th and Carlos Ruiz was stranded in the bottom of the 11th to cap of a disheartening 4-3 loss to the Cubbies. They'll get em tomorrow I guess.
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