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The thing that confuses me about the Contreras play is why it's scored a single and not a double.  He reached second base safely the moment his hand hit the base; he came off the base an instant *after* that, *beyond* the base, so shouldn't it be a double with him being put out trying to take the next base?  He's *past* second base.

That seems illogical to me.  If you're running (not sliding) and you run over second base and are tagged from behind by the fielder, isn't it a double with you being out trying for a triple?  But if you have a double but over-*slide* the base, the moment you get tagged *after oversliding*, your two-base hit turns back into a one-base hit?

Also I see Wesneski just got out of a one-out bases loaded situation to keep the Phillies' lead at 1; nice job.

Hoerner scores on a fielder's choice to tie it, and Morel hits a three-run homer to give the Cubs a 4-1 lead.

Leiter is coming in for Wesneski, who only threw 85 pitches over 5 innings. After that upset of de Grom by Assad a while back, it would be great for Wesneski to beat Nola today.  Our rookies sure can pitch.

Hughes, increasingly Ross's go-to guy in the late innings, strikes Vierling and Schwarber out to end another threat.

If the Cubs can hold on here, they will be 5-0 against the Phillies this year so far.

And he gets it!  Cubs win again!