Game 1 - 03 Cubs (Wood) @ 78 Phils (Carlton)The Phillies jumped on Kerry Wood by scoring 8 runs in the 1st 4 innings and Steve Carlton pitched a strong 7 innings as the Phils take game 1 over the cubs 8-2. The Phils offense was lead by Mike Schmidt as he went 3-5 with a double, a run scored, and 2 RBI. Game 2 - 03 Cubs (Zambrano) @ 78 Phils (Christensen)The Cubs got 9 hits from
their offense off of Christensen (complete game) and edged out the Phils 2-1. The Cubs Carlos Zambrano (66 2/3 IP, 0.81 ERA) held the Phils scoreless thru 8 innings and the pen held the Phils down as Joe Borowski earned the save. Mark Grudzielanek was the offensive star as he went 3-5 including a double. Series tied 1-1.
their offense off of Christensen (complete game) and edged out the Phils 2-1. The Cubs Carlos Zambrano (66 2/3 IP, 0.81 ERA) held the Phils scoreless thru 8 innings and the pen held the Phils down as Joe Borowski earned the save. Mark Grudzielanek was the offensive star as he went 3-5 including a double. Series tied 1-1. 
Game 3- 78 Phils (Lerch) @ 03 Cubs (Prior)Onto the friendly confines of Wrigley Field ! Greg Luzinski seemed to enjoy the shift of venues as he went 2-4 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI with 2 mammoth homers as he led the Phils to a 5-2 victory. Mark Prior lasted only 6 innings after giving up 9 hits. Randy Lerch only gave up 2 runs in 6 2/3 innings and the bullpen did the rest with Gene Garber getting the save. Phils lead series 2-1 Game 4- 78 Phils (Ruthven) @ 03 Cubs (Clement)Sammy Sosa gave Dick
Ruthven a rude welcome as hey belted a 3 run home run onto Waveland avenue in the 1st inning. The Phightins battled back and scored 4 runs off of starter Matt Clement in the 4th inning that was lead by a 2 run triple by Dick Ruthven (2-3,3b,R,2RBI). The Cubbies battled back as Moises Alou hit a game tying double off of the ivy and the game was knotted at 5. The pens held down the fort for both teams but in the top of the 9th with Mike Remlinger pitching, Jerry Martin (pinch hitter) got one into the jet stream as he broke the tie and gave the Phils a 6-5 lead. Gene Garber did the rest and shut down the Cubs 1-2-3 and got the save. Ron Reed got the win. Phils lead series 3-1
Ruthven a rude welcome as hey belted a 3 run home run onto Waveland avenue in the 1st inning. The Phightins battled back and scored 4 runs off of starter Matt Clement in the 4th inning that was lead by a 2 run triple by Dick Ruthven (2-3,3b,R,2RBI). The Cubbies battled back as Moises Alou hit a game tying double off of the ivy and the game was knotted at 5. The pens held down the fort for both teams but in the top of the 9th with Mike Remlinger pitching, Jerry Martin (pinch hitter) got one into the jet stream as he broke the tie and gave the Phils a 6-5 lead. Gene Garber did the rest and shut down the Cubs 1-2-3 and got the save. Ron Reed got the win. Phils lead series 3-1 
Game 5 - 78 Phils (Carlton) @ Cubs (Wood)In game that started off the same as game 4 Moises Alou went yard in the 1st to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead but the Phils battled back and scored 3 to give them the lead. Lefty was on the mound and didn't give up another run thru 7. In the bottom of the 9th with the series on the line, Ramon Martinez hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 9th off of Ron Reed to tie the game. In a battle of the pens, the Phils scored 2 runs in the 14th and gave the Phils the game (5-3) and series(4-1). Larry Bowa(9-20) earned the MVP. Manager Danny Ozark was asked about the series, "The Cubs were a very well managed team and was a tough opponent". Then was asked about the World series opponent he would rather face. "That is a loaded questions ! Both teams are very good was are just hoping for the series to go 7 and a lot of extra inning games ". 
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