Phillies at Cubs Series Recap (April 4-6, 2014)

Wrigley Field opened its 100th anniversary season with baseball with a visit from the Philadelphia Phillies against the Chicago Cubs. Coming home off a series loss to the Pirates in Pittsburgh, the Cubs needed to have a good series against the Phillies, especially with a very tough April schedule ahead of them. Instead, the RISP bug struck again with the Cubs putting up 10 hits in game two without getting a run and 5-for-17 (aided by a 4-for-7 in game three) with RISP. The only positive comes with a 8 run outburst in game three.

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