Kyle Schwarber homers twice as Phillies ride early barrage for 13-7 win vs. Cubs

Lochlahn March, The Philadelphia Inquirer on Apr 13, 2026

Published in Baseball

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PHILADELPHIA — Brandon Marsh looked toward the Phillies dugout and nodded, as he handed his batting gloves to the bat boy on second base.

He’d just punched a double between two Chicago Cubs outfielders, coming through with the bases loaded to drive in two runs. Just the day before, he ended a potential Phillies rally by running into a double play after failing to return to first base when Adolis García popped out.

In Monday’s 13-7 win over the Cubs, Marsh kept one going.

Marsh’s double was one of five hits during the Phillies’ five-run fifth inning, as they added to a lead Kyle Schwarber helped build with home runs in his first two at-bats. Marsh also scored a run in the second inning. He hit a leadoff single, stole second base and scored on a single from J.T. Realmuto.

In all three games against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the previous series, the Phillies scored all their runs in one inning. On Monday, they scored runs in six out of eight innings.

The offensive outburst helped starter Cristopher Sánchez, who pitched around some traffic on the bases by allowing six hits and three walks.

The Cubs got two runs back in the fourth inning when Carson Kelly singled and Dansby Swanson homered to right on a sinker over the middle of the plate. But Sánchez rebounded immediately with three straight strikeouts, including Miguel Amaya and Pete Crow-Armstrong on three pitches each.

The Phillies broke the game open in the fifth, sending nine batters to the plate. Schwarber started things off by drawing a walk, and Bryce Harper and García singled to set the table for Marsh.

Alec Bohm, who had snapped an 0 for 17 skid when he singled in the third inning, hit a sacrifice fly to drive in another run. Bryson Stott and Realmuto kept the line moving with back-to-back RBI singles.

Sánchez pitched six innings, striking out eight. Seth Johnson, recalled earlier on Monday with Jonathan Bowlan on the injured list, took over in relief.

Following a scoreless seventh, the Cubs put up five runs on Johnson in the eighth, though only four were earned. After some defensive substitutions for Turner, Harper,and García with the Phillies up by 11, Edmundo Sosa took over at shortstop, Dylan Moore at first and Otto Kemp in left, moving Marsh to right.

The Cubs had four hits against Johnson and drew a walk and a hit batsman, but a throwing error from Marsh and a fielding error from Bohm didn’t help matters. Orion Kerkering took over after Johnson’s pitch count reached 50 and struck out Ian Happ looking to end the inning.