Can't play Washington every game; Phillies jump all over Cubs, Lilly

Like a racehorse moving up in class, the Cubs found out things change in a hurry.

After beating up on the Washington Nationals over the weekend and playing through some of their own not-so-stellar play, the Cubs couldn't get away with any of that Monday night in a 10-1 loss to Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park.

The loss snapped a four-game Cubs winning streak, and the defending world-champion Phillies extended their own streak to 9 straight victories.

Taking the brunt of Monday's loss was starting pitcher Ted Lilly (9-7), who was making his first start after the all-star break after coming up with an inflamed left knee over the weekend in Washington.

Lilly lasted just 4 innings, as he gave up 8 hits and 9 runs, 7 earned. This one was over early. In the first, Lilly gave up a two-out, 3-run homer to Raul Ibanez after Ibanez got a close call on a 1-2 pitch.

In the second, Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz hit a 2-run homer. Lilly threw 28 pitches in the first inning and 27 in the second.

"We are not going to win if I am giving us less than 4 innings," Lilly told reporters. "The (Phillies') lineup is a big challenge."

Lilly got his only 1-2-3 inning in the third, but things fell completely apart in the fourth, when the Phillies scored 4 runs.

Jayson Werth led off with a walk, and he went to second on a single by Pedro Feliz. Ruiz doubled home Werth. Lilly struck out pitcher Rodrigo Lopez before Jimmy Rollins hit a sacrifice fly.

After that, Shane Victorino lifted a flyball to deep left-center. Left fielder Alfonso Soriano drew a bead on the ball, but he dropped it for a run-scoring error. Chase Utley singled home Victorino before getting thrown out on the bases, but the damage was done.

Ryan Theriot drove in the only Cubs run with a fifth-inning single.

The Cubs (47-44) got 2 scoreless innings of relief from rookie Jeff Stevens and 1 from Aaron Heilman.

"They are a great team, the champs," Theriot told reporters. "They are even better with Ibanez and we have to play better if we want to have a chance."

<p class="factboxheadblack">Bruce Miles' game tracker</p> <p class="News"><b>No quality here:</b> Pitcher Ted Lilly, who leads the Cubs with 14 quality starts, lasted only 4 innings, as he gave up 8 hits and 9 runs, 7 earned. It was Lilly's worst outing of the season.</p> <p class="News"><b>Error of his ways:</b> Alfonso Soriano dropped one flyball in left field for an error. He and center fielder Kosuke Fukudome also allowed another ball to drop between them for a hit.</p> <p class="News"><b>That ends that:</b> Derrek Lee went 0-for-3, leaving four runners on base, as his hitting streak ended at seven games.</p>