Phillies 4, Cubs 3

PHILADELPHIA – Paul Abbott got his first win with the Phillies and drove in the first two runs of his career to lead Philadelphia over the Chicago Cubs 4-3.

Abbott, signed on June 9 after Tampa Bay released him, allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings for his first win since April 21. He lost his first four decisions with the Phillies and hadn’t won since April 21.

Before his single in the fourth put Philadelphia ahead 4-2, Abbott had been 4-for-17 at the plate in his career. Abbott threw 80 pitches and left after Aramis Ramirez’s solo homer in the sixth.

Roberto Hernandez and Rheal Cormier combined to pitch two scoreless innings. With closer Billy Wagner unavailable because of a strained left shoulder, Tim Worrell got six outs for his 10th save in 14 chances.

Sammy Sosa and Derrek Lee homered for the second straight game for Chicago, which had won three in a row. Sosa homered in the first, reaching 20 for the 12th straight season and pulling within four of Reggie Jackson with the 559th of his career. Sosa also struck out with a runner on second and two outs in the ninth.

Carlos Zambrano, pitching while he appeals a five-game suspension given after he hit Jim Edmonds of St. Louis twice with pitches Monday, allowed four runs, eight hits and three walks in 6 1-3 innings. He has lost three straight starts and four of five.

Chicago led 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth when Bobby Abreu walked leading off, Pat Burrell singled off the glove of shortstop Alex Gonzalez with one out and Ricky Ledee singled home the tying run.

David Bell loaded the bases when his broken-bat looper sailed over second baseman Mark Grudzielanek for a single.

Todd Pratt took a called third strike but Abbott hit the next pitch up the middle past a diving Gonzalez.

Chicago had runners at first and third with two outs in the fifth, but Abbott got Moises Alou to fly out. Alou threw down his bat in disgust before jogging to first. With a runner on in the seventh, he again flied out.

Michael Barrett and Ramirez hit back-to-back singles in the eighth, but second baseman Placido Polanco made a backhand stop on Gonzalez’s sharp grounder and flipped to shortstop Jimmy Rollins at second. Rollins then threw to first to complete the double play.

Abreu hit a run-scoring groundout in the bottom of the first, but Lee homered in the fourth, his 18th of the season and sixth in 10 games.

Notes: Cubs CF Corey Patterson stole his team-high 13th base in the third inning. … Thome returned to the lineup after missing Friday night’s game with a finger injury and went 1-for-4. … Abbott has allowed 12 homers in eight starts with the Phillies, 10 of them solo shots.

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