Cubs vs. Phillies Game Highlights (4/15/26) | MLB Highlights

Here tonight from Citizens Bank Park, it's the Cubs and the Phillies as the Cubs look to get back in the weight column in this game 2 in this 3 game set. There's Aaron Noah taking the mound tonight. Aaron's pitched well so far. He's 1-1 with a 3.63 ERA. Making his 300th career start. As Nico Horner steps in. Hits this one on the ground to shortstop. Turner has it. Watches it all the way into his glove. One away. Michael Bush is 0-22 on the road this year. Had a nice year last year though. 34 home runs. Swing and a miss. Strikeout number one. It's the 20th of the year. He's getting closer to 1900 for his career. So two outs. Alex Bregman the batter. His former roommate at LSU. And that's a call. Third strike. Sinker over the outside corner. And Aaron Noah with a pair of strikeouts. One swinging. One looking. And it's a 1-2-3 top of the first. So the Cubs go with an opener tonight. And Riley Martin gets the start. And he'll hand the baton over to Colin Ray. Kind of a softer landing type situation. And Ray will take it hopefully from a point where he won't have to face as many lefties. Fastball lifted in the air down the right side. Seah Suzuki towards the line and he makes the catch. And Martin gets the leadoff man. Swing and a miss. He struck him out. And Riley Martin gets Turner. Now he gets Schwartz. Bryce Harper hits a fly ball to center. It's deep but it's playable for Pete Armstrong. He's got it. And Riley Martin works a 1-2-3. First inning in his first major league start. He's had no groove against Aaron Noah in his career. 0 for 18 with eight strikeouts. On the ground. Through the right side. Base hit. 1 for 19. Reverse jinx. He owns him. So Happ is aboard. And now it's Seah Suzuki. Ground ball over to third. Sosa's got it. Goes to second for one. And then Bryson Stockman able to turn two. Wes Terrell has been on a nice roll too. Starting to hit the ball in the air with authority now. And he's seeing it really well. Line drive. Base hit. Out into center field. And that seems like all he hits are line drives. Here's Carson Kelly who was 1 for 2 last night. Over to shortstop. That could be two. There's one. And two. Well that is very friendly for Aaron Noah. Colin Ray now is going to do the pitching for the Cubs. Excellent job by Riley Martin as the opener. He worked a 1-2-3 inning. And now Colin Ray will go to work on Adolis Garcia. Brandon Marsh. And J.T. Rionuto. In the air. Center field. Pete Crowe Armstrong. In front of that 4-1 marker. Makes the grab. That'll bring up the left fielder Brandon Marsh. 1-1 is lined hard over the head of the shortstop in the left center. There's a base hit. And Brandon Marsh is wearing out a path in the left center field with baseballs this season. That'll bring up the catcher J.T. Rionuto. A little dribbler to the left side. That's going to be a tough play. It'll be a base hit for J.T. So a little tap for the third. And now the Billies have a threat. First and second with one away for Bryson Stockman. And a 1-2. That's the first. And Michael Bush thought about second instead. He'll take the out at first base. So it'll put two men in scoring position here for Edmundo Sosa. Who gets the start tonight after coming up with a pinch hit last night. Fly ball. Center field. Armstrong is back. It's over his head and it's out of the ballpark. Onto the serve side pavilion in Ashford Alley. A towering three run home run for Edmundo Sosa. It's his first of the year. And the Billies have taken a 3-0 lead. Hey, what a great swing. A little hanging breaking ball from Kyle and Ray. Now tonight's going to be another one of those nights. Put your hitting shoes on and be ready for one of those ball games. That one is hit hard and fair and down the right field line. And Pete has himself a double. Good start here. Top of the third. PCA picks on a high fastball from Aaron Nola. 107 miles per hour off the bat. And it's a lead off double. Here comes the 2-1. Bouncing ball to third. One hop to Sosa. Armstrong's going to go to third after the throw to first. And he beats the throw. So the Cubs have a man at third with one away. It's a little bit of a risky move. But Pete always seems to have good instincts, Ron. Now Niko's batting with one away infield back. Cubs trailing 3-0 here in the third. Back up the middle and it gets through. Niko Horner RBI single. Mr. Risky Business does it again. And the Cubs are on the board. It's 3-1. So man at first, one away. Cubs trail at 3-1. The batter now will be Michael Bush. On the ground to the right side. Base hit as it leaks to the right field. Horner's on his way to third. Garcia's throw. It's a seed. He's out at third. It's Garcia. Just talked about how quick Niko Horner is. He just can't outrun the throw. Holy cow. That was as good a throw as you're going to find. Oh man. I mean, and perfect. All Ed Mundo had to do was catch it. Cut off man. Not necessary with that one. Two down now. Bregman the batter. On the ground up the middle. Turner dives and kicks off his glove. Everybody's going to be safe. I'm thinking that will be an infield single. Two outs. Two on. A run in. Cubs trail 3-1. Again now Pat. Big gap in left center field for Ian. Fly ball. Left field. Going back. Marsh turning. Looking off the top of the wall. Coming in to score is Michael Bush. Bregman to third. Cubs going to look at the video. And I think he's going to ask for a crew chief review here. Just to make sure that this ball didn't leave the ballpark. I think that's in play. Yeah. After review the call is confirmed. It was a live ball. So a double for Hap. And Nolte trying to find a way to stop this rally. That's four straight hits. And Seah Suzuki now coming to the plate. Got him. Third strikeout for Aaron. Couldn't have come at a better time. Two run score for the Cubs. They get five hits in the inning. They lead two. Lead off walk for the Cubs here in the fifth. Swanson represents the tying run. He's at first. And here comes Nico Horner. And a pitch. Swing and a miss. He got it. And Horner down on strikes. Noah's now at 1,899 strikeouts. And inside ball for second walk. And both have come in this inning. And it puts two on with one out. And Alex Bregman coming up. Line drive. And that's a base hit. And that's a good angle. It's going to produce a run. Here comes Dansby Swanson. And Alex Bregman at RBI single. We're starting over. It's 3-3. Bregman catches one. Out in front a little bit. Maybe towards the end of the bat. But nonetheless. Good angle. Line drive. Those always play. Nice work by the Cubs hitters here tonight. Coming from behind to tie this ball game. And looking for more. Phillies have Tim Meza. Starting to loosen up quickly in the pen. Just started throwing. 3-3 game in the fifth. Two outs. Swing and a miss. He got it. That is number 1,900 in the career of Aaron Nola. Unfortunately the Cubs have tied it up. Here in the fifth. And now we'll go to the bullpen. Tim Meza will take over for Aaron Nola. And ball for third walk issued by Phillies pitching. 1-1. And that's inside. I think it hit him. And it did. That is definitely not what Tim Meza wanted to hit. Pete Crow Armstrong. Puts the go-ahead run in scoring position. Two men on. Time called. Now the Phillies are going to have a conference on the mound. With Dansby Swanson due up. Bouncing ball back to the mound. Meza has it. Goes to second. It's off the glove of Bryson Stott. And everybody is safe. I think it's going to be an E-4. Yeah, I think. Man, I think if you asked Bryson. He would have said I should have had that thing. That play could be the turning point of this game. E-4. Bases full of Cubs with one away. Meza to Horner. Up the middle and a base hit. Here comes Carson Kelly. Followed by Pete Crow Armstrong. And Nikko does it again. He plates two. And the Cubs have a 5-3 advantage. Hey, they're the boo birds you were talking about, Boo. They're not happy with their Philly club. Walks, airs, opening up the door for the Cubs. And, again, who would you rather have up there than Nikko? Just didn't come to and they're looking for more. Right hander Brad Keller is coming on here. Trying to clean up what is a big mess for the Phillies here in this sixth inning. Phillies now find themselves down 5-3. The bases are loaded. Alex Bregman is the batter. That one on the ground. Through the right side. Hole and a base hit. Swanson is in. Here comes Horner. And it's a two-run single for Alex Bregman. And the Cubs starting to break it open. It's 7-3. Third hit of the night for Alex Bregman. So he did some tough luck early in the year. Now he's starting to find some holes. He's not tearing the cover off the ball here tonight. But he's got himself three knocks. Colin Ray, after giving up that three-run homer, has pitched marvelously. Yeah, the fact that they've added on, that allows Colin Ray to stay in this game and keeps an arm or two fresh for tomorrow. Ray has not allowed a baserunner since Real Muto singled back in the fourth inning. Fly ball to left. Pretty well hit. That goes half to the left field fence area. Makes the catch. One down. Marsh retired. Real Muto batting. Ground ball to Swanson. Gainsby throws him out. Ray has not walked a man tonight. Here comes the one-two. Fly ball. Well hit. Left center. That goes Pete Armstrong on the track with room. Makes the catch. Three up and three down. Colin Ray in quite a groove. He threw 87 pitches tonight over six innings. He gave up three runs in his first inning of work. But after that, retired 16 of the next 17 batters. Jacob Webb takes over. Edmundo Sosa is in at second with a leadoff double. That ball just kept hooking on Ian Happ out there in left field. But what an unbelievable effort. Second double of the year for Sosa. Two-two. Fly ball in the year out towards left center. Pete Armstrong there to make the catch. Throw to third. Tag save. Wow. Man, was that close. What a throw. Wow. What a throw. It's like it was flat-footed. You're going to look at it. We'll see whether they got him or not. I think Bregman just asked Sosa, what do you think? After review, the call in the field is confirmed. The runner is safe. So they'll have the infield back everywhere. But first base at the moment, Bush is right even with the bag. Now backs up. And he loops that one out toward right center. He does change it. It'll bring home Sosa. And the Phillies make it a three-run game. Garcia waits on a 3-2 from Fieldbar. Here it comes. And it's a breaking ball in the dirt. And he takes it for ball four. That'll load him up. And Brandon Marsh will be called back. And Alec Bohm will jump out of the dugout. And he will hit for Marsh. Alec Bohm, .353 in his career as a pinch hitter. He's down by three. They've got the bases loaded and two outs. Swing and a miss. Struck him out. Caleb Fieldbar gets Alec Bohm. And the Phillies leave him loaded. Cubs threatening as they would love to stage a rally that would give them a comfortable lead. And the batter now is Carson Kelly. Fly ball center field. Crawford is back. Crawford back some more. And it's gone. Why not? Carson Kelly out to deep center field. And he picks up his first homer of the year. And that may be the knockout shot, 10-4. Well, I tell you what, the Philly fans think it is. There's a mass exodus to this ballpark with a big swing and a bat from Carson Kelly. And it'll be an infield hit for Bryson Stock. That'll bring up Ed Mundo. Sosa is two for three tonight. Outs to third. Bregman up with it to second one on to first. Two. And that'll do it. Cubs win it. Five, four, three, and around the horn, twin killing. And this series is all even at one victory apiece.