Carded: Cubs 7, Phillies 1

Quick recap of the game as far as the players went:

The Cubs - with an assist from the Phillies’ defense - scored two first inning runs off of starter Zach Eflin, who could not replicate his strong start against the Cubs in June. The Cubs tacked on two more in the third, putting the Phillies in a hole which they would not dig out of.

For a second, it looked like they were at least going to try. They scored a run thanks to three straight singles to start the fifth, and it looked like the Phillies might have had one of those elusive rallies going. But Kyle Hendricks quickly pitched his way out of the jam, and the Phillies spent the rest of his stint ineffectively waving at his pitches.

It really…