HARPER GRAND SLAM BEATS CUBS

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Bryce Harper blasted a grand slam homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday night to cap a six run rally and lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-5 win over the Chicago Cubs and a sweep of their three game series at Citizens Bank Park. The homer was his 25th of the season. The comeback spoiled a solid outing by Cub starter Yu Darvish who struck out 10 over 7 innings and left with a 5-0 lead. But the Phillies were able to come from behind against the Cub bullpen. The winning homer came off Cub reliever Derek Holland with Pedro Strop taking the loss. The Cubs now head to Pittsburgh Friday night to open a three game set against the Pirates. Kyle Hendricks (8-9) will go for the Cubs against Joe Musgrove (8-11) for the Buccos. Hear the game on Lite 103 WAKO with the pregame show at 5:30 Central Time 6:30 Eastern.