Tyler Colvin scored from second base on Placido Polanco's throwing error in the 11th inning, lifting the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.
Polanco bounced a throw on a routine ground ball by rookie Darwin Barney to allow Chicago to win its second straight following eight straight losses.
The Cubs battled back from an early 3-0 deficit and tied it in the ninth inning on Geovany Soto's one-out homer off Phillies closer Ryan Madson.
Colvin appeared to put Chicago ahead with another blast in the very next at-bat, but it was overturned upon video review due to a fan reaching over the railing and touching the ball.
Starlin Castro and Carlos Pena each had two hits and an RBI for the Cubs, who received 8 2/3 scoreless innings from their bullpen following a rain delay of 1 hour, 17 minutes in the third inning.
Carlos Marmol worked around a leadoff single in the 11th for his 12th save of the season.
Madson suffered his first blown save after coughing up his first homer of the season. David Herndon (0-1) took the loss.
Chi. Cubs | Philadelphia | |
Randy Wells | Player | Kyle Kendrick |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
2.1 | IP | 3.0 |
2 | Strikeouts | 2 |
3 | Hits | 2 |
11.57 | ERA | 0.00 |
Chi. Cubs | Philadelphia | |
Tyler Colvin | Player | Raul Ibanez |
2 | Hits | 2 |
0 | RBI | 0 |
0 | HR | 0 |
3 | TB | 2 |
.500 | Avg | .400 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Chi. Cubs | 11 | 1 | 18 | .250 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Philadelphia | 7 | 1 | 10 | .171 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 |