Phillies Beat Cubs 4-3 in 11th on Brandon Marsh Walk-Off

Monday, June 9th, 2025

PHILADELPHIA -- Brandon Marsh singled home the winning run in the 11th inning after the Philadelphia Phillies used two bunt hits to load the bases and beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Monday night.

Ian Happ tied the game at 2 for the Cubs on a solo homer off reliever Matt Strahm in the eighth inning. Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI double in the 11th inning off Carlos Hernández (1-0) to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead.

J.T. Realmuto made it 3-all when he drove in the automatic runner with a single off Daniel Palencia (0-2). The Phillies then improbably got two straight bunt singles — the first from rookie third baseman Otto Kemp, who had the third of his first three big league hits in the game. Bryson Stott — a late-inning replacement after being benched amid a 2-for-24 slump — also bunted for a hit to set up the clutch swing from Marsh.

The Phillies needed this win after they were swept in three games last weekend at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia was 1-9 over its past 10 games and had fallen from the top of the NL East standings.

The 25-year-old Kemp bailed out the Phillies twice. Kemp singled in the fifth for his first major league hit since being promoted to the Phillies on Saturday. Kemp scurried to third on Cubs starter Matthew Boyd’s errant pickoff attempt and scored on Weston Wilson’s RBI single for a 2-1 lead.

Key Moment

The Phillies scored only one run in the fourth inning to tie it at 1 after they had loaded the bases with no outs.

Key Stat

Cubs manager Craig Counsell was ejected for the second straight game. After getting tossed Sunday at Detroit, Counsell was thrown out in the ninth inning for arguing that Kemp ran out of the baseline on an infield single.

Up Next

The Cubs send RHP Colin Rea (4-2, 3.59 ERA) to the mound against Phillies RHP Mick Abel (1-0, 0.79 ERA) on Tuesday.

In summary

The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in 11 innings on June 9, 2025. Brandon Marsh delivered the walk-off single for the Phillies. Key plays included Ian Happ's tying homer for the Cubs in the 8th, Pete Crow-Armstrong's RBI double in the 11th giving the Cubs a brief lead, and J.T. Realmuto's RBI single followed by two bunt singles in the Phillies' half of the 11th. Rookie Otto Kemp had a significant game with hits, including a crucial bunt in the final inning. The win snapped a cold streak for the Phillies.

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