Late Soriano HR pushes win streak to 7

Result: Cubs 3, Phillies 2. The Cubs are now 85-50 and lead the Brewers by 6.5 games in the NL Central. Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh on Friday, 3-1.

What happened: The Cubs managed just four hits, but drew seven walks, including four in the sixth inning as they tied the score on Kosuke Fukudome's bases-loaded base on balls. Soriano then put the Cubs ahead with his 23rd homer in the bottom of the seventh. Jeff Samardzija and Carlos Marmol made the slim lead hold up. Samardzija earned his first MLB win, and Carlos Marmol recorded five outs for seventh save, striking out three. Rich Harden allowed just one earned run in five innings, but ran up his pitch count and was out of the game early. The Cubs appeared to get a big break in the top of the seventh, when Ryan Howard was called out on a close play at first. Replays showed that he beat the throw, and the go-ahead run would have scored.

Up next: Phillies-Cubs at 2:55 today on FOX. The Phils send the resurgent Brett Myers to the mound against Ted Lilly, who is seeking his 14th win.