Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Philadelphia 8, Chi. Cubs 7
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, May 17, 2012
Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 37986

Phillies 8, Cubs 7
: Roy Halladay pitched eight solid innings and Carlos Ruiz went 4-for-5 with three runs batted in as Philadelphia held on for its season-best fifth straight victory.

Halladay (4-3) scattered seven hits and struck out four without a walk, throwing 99 pitches. He also went 2-for-4 at the plate and scored a pair of runs.

The Cubs staged a two-out rally in the ninth against relievers Jacob Diekman and Jonathan Papelbon, getting a three-run double from Welington Castillo and an RBI single from Darwin Barney before Papelbon got Reed Johnson on a game-ending groundout to third.

The Phillies took the lead for good with three runs in the second inning against Chris Volstad (0-6). Hunter Pence followed Shane Victorino’s RBI groundout with a two-run single to center field.

Ruiz, who had an RBI base hit in the first inning, added another in the fifth to make it 5-1, and he plated Pence with a double during Philadelphia’s three-run eighth after two runs scored on a throwing error by Cubs reliever Blake Parker.

Starlin Castro drove in the first two Chicago runs, one on a sacrifice fly in the first inning and the other on a home run in the seventh. Castillo added a solo homer in the eighth.

Volstad lasted just two innings, allowing four runs on six hits and three walks.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Cubs are 0-8 this season when Volstad starts and 15-15 in all other games. ... Philadelphia had lost each of Halladay’s previous five starts, the longest such streak of his career. ... Ruiz is 7-for-8 with a walk in his last nine plate appearances ... Parker, who was making his major-league debut, allowed three runs in 1 2/3 innings, all unearned.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Philadelphia   Chi. Cubs
Roy Halladay Player Chris Volstad
Win W/L Loss
8.0 IP 2.0
4 Strikeouts 2
7 Hits 6
3.38 ERA 18.00
Hitting
Philadelphia   Chi. Cubs
Carlos Ruiz Player Welington Castillo
4 Hits 2
3 RBI 4
0 HR 1
5 TB 6
.800 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Philadelphia 14 0 16 .341 25 7 6 5 2 0
Chi. Cubs 9 2 17 .290 9 4 7 2 0 1