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CHICAGO — Edmundo Sosa broke a tie with a sacrifice fly in the eighth, Whit Merrifield followed with an RBI single and the Philadelphia Phillies topped the struggling Chicago Cubs 5-3. Trea Turner easily scored from third on Sosa's 261-foot fly to put the Phillies ahead. All-Star Alec Bohm hit a two-run homer and finished with two hits as the Phillies won their third straight. Philadelphia backup catcher Rafael Marchán also hit a homer. Matt Strahm (4-1) pitched the seventh and got the win. Pete Crow-Armstrong drove in two runs with a pair of doubles for the last-place Cubs, who dropped their third straight.
