The Phillies rolled into the South Side after a series win in New York, with Cristopher Sánchez riding a streak of seven dominant starts and nine straight quality outings. It looked like a perfect setup to keep rolling.
Instead, they watched rookie Colson Montgomery and Luis Robert Jr. each launch two-run homers, while their own offense vanished after a third-inning spark. By night’s end, they dropped a 6–2 decision to the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field — and fell two games behind the Mets in the National League East.
Bryce Harper provided the only offensive punch, lining a two-run double in the third to plate Max Kepler and Bryson Stott. The swing marked Harper’s 499th and 500th RBI as a Phillie. He turned what should’ve been a routine single into a double, diving into second with his usual blend of grit and urgency. That made it 2–0 — and, despite the promise, it was the last time the Phillies would score.
Chicago struck back in the bottom half. Montgomery, the 23-year-old third baseman, crushed a 395-foot two-run homer to right — his fourth in his last seven games, and the first surrendered to a left-handed hitter by Sánchez this season. Just like that, the game was tied.
An inning later, Luis Robert Jr. followed with a two-run homer of his own, barely clearing the wall in right to give Chicago a 4–2 lead. It was his 11th of the season. Earlier in the frame, J.T. Realmuto was robbed of extra bases by a diving stop from Lenyn Sosa — the kind of play that never shows up in the box score but changes the mood of a game.
Sánchez, who had allowed just six earned runs in his previous six starts combined, gave up four in this one — all earned — across 6 2/3 innings. He struck out five and didn’t walk a batter, but it marked his first loss since June 8 and his first time giving up four runs in a start since April 6.
Davis Martin, who entered the night with just two wins in 14 starts this season, held the Phillies to six hits over 5⅔ innings and struck out seven for his first win in more than two months. He even flashed the leather in the fifth, flipping a deflected comebacker to first after tumbling off the mound.
The Phillies, meanwhile, struck out 11 times. Schwarber drew three walks. Marsh had two hits. And then the bats went silent.
Chicago padded its lead in the eighth on RBI singles by Sosa and Montgomery, pushing the final to 6–2.
The loss drops the Phillies to 60–46 and 2–2 on this six-game road trip — now trailing the Mets by two full games in the division. Chicago, meanwhile, improved to 39–68 and now sits just two wins shy of matching its 2024 win total — with two months still to go.
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