Cubs vs. Phillies Game Highlights (6/9/25) | MLB Highlights

Here comes Zach Wheeler and he's ready to go taking the mound tonight and hoping to lead the Phil's to a victory coming into this game six to two with a DRA of two point nine six Matt Waltz walks up to the mound and you see the numbers ninety four strikeouts in seventy six innings of work swing and a miss he got a strikeout number ninety five on the year for Zach Wheeler and there's one away here in the first Kyle Tucker is the battery twelve home runs forty runs batted in he's pulled off since the Phillies saw them in Chicago but still a solid year that is drilled that one deep to right and you can forget it Kyle Tucker will touch them all as the Cubs strike first King Tuck with the home run and it's one nothing his thirteenth of the year. Yes Craig Council how to beat these top flight starting pitchers and he said you got to hit homers because it's really hard to string a bunch of hits together against him. Kyle Tucker unloads 10th home run allowed by Wheeler this year and a strike three calls second strikeout for Zach swinging a foul swing and a miss excuse me. Pete Armstrong is tagged out by J.T. Robito. Greg Council is going to come out. They can't review it. They can talk about it. Stu Shorewater is going over to talk to Craig Council about it. One nothing Cubs as we go to the bottom of the first back here in Philadelphia bottom of the first and Matthew Boyd will get to work. The one that's drilled center field. Pete Armstrong back on the warning track and he's got it. No runs a hit. One man left end of one one nothing. So Weiner another three to swing and a miss back door cutter in the dandy. So the fourth strikeout already for Zach Weiner one in one at Mundo Sosa Boyd the pitch and a little flair in the right field and that'll fall for a hit. Tucker will pick it up quickly fired a second tag out at second. Kyle Tucker cuts down at Mundo Sosa trying to turn it into a double. That was gorgeous. Turner will stay there with the base hit. That's the third hit allowed by Boyd and it'll put a man on with the Kyle Schwarzer coming up. Now the 0 2 from Boyd to Schwarzer instead of throw to first and Turner gets picked off Turner went to sleep at first and Boyd picks him off. No runs for the Phillies. One hit none left one to three on the pickoff after three Cubs one Phillies nothing. One to nothing Cubs lead it on a first inning homer by Kyle Tucker as Dan's be Swanson line drive caught by a diving out of camp over a third two outs just a little jab step and a dive keeps Swanson off the second base. That would have been a double Lieutenant Dan by someone else buddy and the Phillies with three straight runners to reach base. They've loaded the bases with nobody out and J.T. Romero is coming to the plate. You know let's try to drive that thing up here with a score a couple of runs off of it. Ground ball over to third Shaw backs up on it. He goes to second for one back to first not in time run scores were tied at one twenty third RBI for J.T. They're on the corners with one out and a pitch so swings hits a double play ball to short Swanson the second one on the first double play and the Phillies settle for just one run bases loaded with nobody out but only one across it'll get the game tied up we go to the fifth it's one one swing and miss and Wheeler picks up his fifth strikeout of the night he has ninety nine on the season. He goes again swing and a miss he wins the battle. Wheeler gets the strikeout. It's the sixth strikeout of the night for Zach Wheeler. It's the one hundredth on the season. I don't Kemp will leave things off. Kemp is 0 4 1 he's popped out to second night we'll get your first one now over six so far and he lights one it's a left center field a base hit and I don't Kemp has his first major league hit and it's a laser out to left center field. That's a keeper. His family made the trek from Pittsburgh as college coaches here as well. Very cool that they get a chance to experience his first major league hit his wife Lily's here too. And he is trying like heck not to smile Tom but it's tough. Now he's going to be careful throw it away. And Kemp's going to get a chance to go to third on this one and he's going to get there easily. He won now Weston Wilson is up with the infield in and Wilson loops one out toward right field Tucker's coming on he's going to build it on one hop Kemp's going to come home and he'll score standing RBI single for Weston Wilson and the Phillies take a two one lead and I think everybody can take a sigh right there. He's leading the Cubs here two to one as the Phillies try to snap their losing streak which has reached five straight games swing and a miss. That is the one thousand career strikeout for Zach Wheeler as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. He's the 10th player in franchise history to reach a thousand strikeouts in a Phillies uniform. Presley now has two runners on and Kyle Schwarzer coming up swing and a miss. He got a first strikeout of the night for the Phillies. They had got the first six in a third innings without a strikeout for the first time this year. Boom down to the count and Presley trying to get out of trouble the pitch and it's a called third strike fastball outside corner at the knees. Boehm slams the bat slams the helmet as the frustrations boiling over for Alec Boehm here in the bottom of the seventh to the one Phillies on top that strong will take over for Tanner Banks as we go to the top of the eighth inning one away getting late now eighth inning two to one Phillies lead in the batter is he in half high fly ball left field. There it goes. He has tied it up on no doubt or to left and half takes Strum out to two here in the eight. What a huge swing in the bat for he and have absolutely destroyed that baseball. All it takes is one swing of the bat to take away the lead. Brad Keller on the mound working on Nick Castellanos ballgame tied to bottom of the eighth inning on the ground fair ball down the line. And Hap scrambles to pick it up throw it a second harder waiting out at second and they do it again. Hap to Nikko and they cut down Castellanos trying to advance base hit for J.T. and he's aboard. Go ahead run is on and Bryson Scott will be summoned off the bench to hit for Sosa. But he is really scuffled of late. He went to four twenty one on the road trip on the ground to the right side Horner to Swanson to Bush and it's an inning ending double play. We're going to the ninth in Philly. It's a two to game. We go to the bottom of the ninth and Otto Kemp will lead off for the Phillies first pitch on the way and Kemp hits one on the ground out in front of the plate. It checks up with a funny spin and Kemp is going to reach Otto Kemp his second hit of the night. He is a board and Craig Council coming out to argue perhaps runner interference. Kemp was running way inside the baseline but Kelly didn't have the ball. And by the time he did Kemp was already at first base by the time he let that throw go and Council arguing with Stu Shorwater. Craig has been ejected for the second day in a row. So Craig Council has been ejected. All right so marshes up with a winning run at first base. The left hander Drew Pomerantz comes set and delivers. Here's a one Harper to short fielded by Swanson underhand flip to Nico on the bag for South ends the inning. Excellent job by Drew Pomerantz. We go to inning number 10. Jordan Romano will take over for the Phillies here in the top of the 10th inning twenty seventh game seven point seven one ERA half flips that one the left center field Kepler's going back he has room at the wall makes the catch and Horner will hold up at second base two outs Tucker's walk twice tonight he's homeward it's that one out to left center field Kepler has a gauge on it. Shia the track the inning is over. That was an easy one for Romano. Now we go to the bottom of the 10th inning and the Phillies have a chance to win it. First and second with nobody out and Alec Ball has a chance to win it. He has two hits tonight Valencia the one bounce to third up with it Shaw steps on the bag throw the first it's a double play Shaw starts at five three and there are two outs. Daniel says yes to the sign Castellanos weights is a one to on the ground Shaw picks it. Castellanos is out we're heading to the 11th now an opportunity for Pete Armstrong who is all for for a strikeout he's lined out once and flied out a couple of times first one to Pete line to right Castellanos can't get there it'll get to the fence Tucker around third he's coming in to score PCA it's an RBI double and the Cubs have the lead here in the 11th while we go to the bottom of the 11th last chance time for the Phillies here at extra innings as they're staring at a six game losing streak a new season long J.T. Romero is going to lead it off here in the 11th line drive down the right field line that's in for a base hit Castellanos around third he'll score RBI single for J.T. and we're tied up at three Nick scores easily and that's right I don't know what that signal means but it means something good. Well here's Bryson Scott we'll see if the Phillies can advance that runner into scoring position. He bumps beautiful but Shaw's got it throws not in top. That was a thing of beauty textbook effort by Shaw by the way. Well now let's see if I don't have his up there to bunt with runners on first and second Marshall deck nobody out Otto squares and he bunts it third it's beautiful and Bush is not going to have a three hits for Otto Kemp how about the fight pills with the box today. And here comes Brandon Marsh who didn't start the game but he's got a chance to win it and the Phillies struggling offensively trying to win it with small ball tonight J.T. the lead runner the winning run over at third base three three bottom of the 11th Valencia at the Belk fly ball left center field got a touch of bases from Brandon Marsh. Everybody touches their bag and the Phillies win it in the bottom of the 11th inning by a final score of four to three. This place is electric right now with a small ball action led to some big ball action.