Midnight’s Children

The Phillies lost to the Cubs 6-5 in 10 innings today at Citizens’s Bank Park. They came back for a 3-1 deficit to take a 5-4 lead before Tom Gordon cam into the 8th inning and gave up the tying run. They had a chance to win it in the 9th but a spectacular defnsive play by Derek Lee at first base kept the winning run form scoring and sent the game to extra innings. Rudy Seanez took the loss for the Phillies when he allowed an unearned run in the top of the 10th. Bob Howry pitched the 10th for the Cubs to get the save for Kerry Wood who earned his first win of the year after ptiching two scorless innings.