PHILADELPHIA — With the bases loaded and the rating tied within the eleventh inning Monday, appearing Cubs supervisor Ryan Flaherty went out to make a defensive change. Third-base coach Quintin Berry waved in left fielder Ian Happ, an infielder’s glove in his hand.
The Cubs had been going to a five-man infield. It was a last-ditch effort with Phillies left-handed hitter Brandon Marsh on the plate.
It didn’t work. Marsh drove a walk-off single off the wall in left-center subject to beat the Cubs 4-3.
‘‘We had 5 hits,’’ mentioned supervisor Craig Counsell, who was ejected within the backside of the ninth. ‘‘So there wasn’t a number of offense tonight. We had some huge swings. [Kyle] Tucker, clearly, huge swing. Ian with an enormous swing. Pete [Crow-Armstrong] with an enormous swing. However in the end meaning not a number of motion on the bases, not a number of stress innings. And that finally got here again to chew us.’’
Going into the eighth, the Cubs’ solely run had come on a solo dwelling run by Tucker within the first. They’d solely three hits. Then the switch-hitting Happ tied the rating along with his first homer of the season from the best facet after hitting his first 4 left-handed.
‘‘I really feel like I’ve made a number of actually good right-handed swings this 12 months,’’ Happ mentioned. ‘‘On the best facet, it’s been fairly constant: strolling, not placing out and doing a very good job of hitting the ball arduous. It’s simply been low. So to get one within the air in that scenario was nice.’’
The Cubs then pulled forward within the eleventh on an RBI double by Crow-Armstrong.
Cubs starter Matthew Boyd, who held the Phillies to 2 runs (one earned) in six innings, harped on his personal error on a pickoff try, which finally led to the second run.
However the ultimate unraveling got here after the Phillies, who had tied the rating on an RBI single by J.T. Realmuto to drive within the free runner within the eleventh, loaded the bases with a pair of bunt singles.
It was the primary time the Cubs had misplaced consecutive video games in a month, since a three-game dropping streak Could 6-9 (two towards the Giants and one towards the Mets).
Counsell ejected once more
Counsell went out to argue for an interference name with plate umpire Stu Scheurwater within the ninth after Phillies rookie Otto Kemp reached first on a swinging bunt, operating contained in the baseline.
‘‘He mentioned it didn’t have an effect on the play,’’ Counsell mentioned. ‘‘I simply disagree with that.’’
The ball landed between catcher Carson Kelly and reliever Brad Keller and took a clumsy bounce again towards the first-base line. Keller deferred to Kelly, who fielded the ball cleanly, however his throw to first was late.
It was Counsell’s second ejection in as many days, however these are his solely ejections of the season.
Hodge replace
Reliever Porter Hodge, who landed on the injured record with a minor indirect pressure however has been additional delayed by an impingement in his left hip, is about to advance to throwing to hitters.
The climate forecast for Tuesday in Philadelphia, nonetheless, requires morning rain. Involved that the climate would possibly restrict pregame exercise, the Cubs plan to ship Hodge to Triple-A Iowa, the place he’ll throw stay batting follow.
