Cha-ching! Cubs cash in on bullpen roulette

PHILADELPHIA -- Cubs manager Lou Piniella spun his bullpen wheel again Sunday and came up a winner.

On a windy and wild afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, Piniella used Kerry Wood for his first multi-inning performance, and Wood came away with a victory as the Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 in 10 innings to finish their Pennsylvania road trip with a 4-2 record.

"Good road trip," Piniella said.

Bob Howry, who has struggled in the early going, wound up the fourth Cubs pitcher to earn a save this season as he stranded a pair of runners in the 10th.

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The Cubs got saves on this trip from Howry, Carlos Marmol and Sean Marshall, all of whom worked Sunday.

"We definitely got our work in," Howry said. "There are a few rough spots along the way, but I think we did pretty well in the extra-inning games."

The Cubs played three extra-inning games on the trip, winning them all. On Sunday, they blew a 3-1 lead and then rallied from a 5-4 deficit in the eighth on an RBI single by pinch hitter Geovany Soto.

In the 10th, Ronny Cedeno opened with a walk and moved to second on Ryan Theriot's sacrifice. After a walk to Soto, pitcher Carlos Zambrano came up to pinch hit.

He hit what looked to be a double-play grounder to short, but the relay throw by second baseman Chase Utley bounced into the Phillies' dugout, scoring the go-ahead run.

"It shows we don't give up," Howry said. "Our guys went out their and battled and had good at-bats and came through for us."

Even though the game wasn't pretty, Piniella agreed with Howry's assessment.

"Well, we battled," said Piniella, whose team is 7-5. "Marmol and Woody and Bob Howry got us through."

The Cubs got just enough from starting pitcher Jason Marquis, who was coming off strep throat and hadn't started since April 5.

Marquis gave up a run in the first inning and stranded the bases in a scoreless second.

"Marquis actually pitched well for the 5 innings he was in there," Piniella said, adding that Marquis would start Friday against the Pirates at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs' offense came alive in the third, scoring 3 runs on 4 hits off veteran lefty Jamie Moyer. Reed Johnson had an RBI single, and Derrek Lee launched a 2-run double over the head of center fielder Jayson Werth.

Mark DeRosa's disputed home run gave the Cubs a 4-2 lead in the sixth. The high flyball down the left-field line appeared to go left of the foul pole, but third-base umpire Adrian Johnson called it fair and was backed up by the rest of the crew. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was ejected for arguing.

"I had a pretty good shot at it," Manuel said. "It was foul."

Cubs 6, Phillies 5 (10)

At the plate: Derrek Lee led the way for the Cubs with 2 singles and a double. He hit safely in all three games against the Phillies. Mark DeRosa hit his second homer, a disputed high drive down the left-field line, a ball the Phillies thought was foul.

On the mound: Jason Marquis was in line for a victory. He left after 5 innings leading 3-2. Marquis gave up 4 hits and 2 runs while walking five and striking out two. Michael Wuertz didn't retire a batter in the sixth, as he gave up hits to all four batters he faced. "Wuertz didn't have it today," manager Lou Piniella said.