PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Chase Utley went 3-for-4 with two RBI, including a run-scoring triple during a big fifth inning that rallied Philadelphia over the Chicago Cubs 9-8.
The Phillies coughed up an early 5-2 lead but began a comeback in the third with RBI from Domonic Brown and Darin Ruf.
They grabbed control two innings later when Michael Young drew a lead-off walk from Cubs starter Edwin Jackson and Utley then provided the equalizer, smacking a pitch off the left-field wall for a triple.
He scored the go-ahead tally on Brown's groundout and Ruf followed with a solo homer for a 7-5 Phillies lead.
Philadelphia added a pair of crucial insurance runs on Young's sixth-inning RBI double and a Carlos Ruiz solo homer in eighth for a 9-5 advantage.
Kyle Kendrick (10-8) got the decision despite yielding five runs (four earned) on six hits over six innings as the Phils snapped a five-game skid.
Jackson (7-12) was roughed up for seven runs on 10 hits over five full innings for the Cubs, who dropped the first of a three-game set.
Nate Schierholtz went 3-for-5 and drove in a pair in the ninth as Chicago struck for three runs against Phillies reliever Jonathan Papelbon, but Thomas Neal flew out to end the game with the tying run at third.
Donnie Murphy belted a three-run homer and Anthony Rizzo added a solo shot for the Cubs.
