In the midst of a five-game skid that dropped the Phillies’ record to .500, Rob Thomson pondered a way out of the offensive fog that draped over the entire lineup. “It might take a bloop hit at some point,

Jesús Luzardo pitched six effective innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies stopped a five-game slide with a 10-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

The Phillies finally put together a couple of big rallies and two of their offseason additions stepped up to help end a five-game losing streak.