Cubs not good enough in any phase of game in blowout loss to Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — The Cubs were outclassed in their 13-7 loss Monday to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

They failed to execute in all three phases of the game. The pitching was subpar, the offense was listless until the game was well out of reach and the defense wasn’t nearly sharp enough as the Phillies capitalized on every Cubs miscue.

The Phillies already led 4-2 in the fifth — on the strength of two home runs by former Cub Kyle Schwarber — before loading the bases on a walk and back-to-back singles. Brandon Marsh followed with a two-run double to make it 6-2, but the Phillies didn’t stop there. They kept applying pressure and extending the lead against Cubs starter Javier Assad.

Alec Bohm knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly, Bryson Stott had an RBI single and J.T. Realmuto delivered another run-scoring single before Cubs manager Craig Counsell pulled the plug on Assad, who allowed career highs of nine runs and 11 hits in 4⅓ innings in his second start of the season.

‘‘I just don’t think he got his sinker going and didn’t execute with his fastball,’’ Counsell said afterward.

The Phillies routinely hit the ball hard, running up the score and stringing together productive at-bats. The game got so out of hand that both teams started subbing guys out in the seventh. The Phillies scored in six of the eight innings in which they batted.

The Cubs were still in the game, trailing only 4-2, when they squandered a prime scoring opportunity in the fifth. They had runners on first and second with one out and Ian Happ, who leads the team in homers with four, at the plate. Instead of keeping the line moving, however, Happ grounded into a double play to end the threat.

Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sanchez used his sinker and changeup to keep the Cubs’ hitters off-balance all night.

‘‘We gave ourselves some chances but weren’t ultimately able to come through with the big hit,’’ shortstop Dansby Swanson said.

The Phillies routinely came through with the big hit. They were 8-for-14 with runners in scoring position; the Cubs were 4-for-16.

Sanchez is one of the best pitchers in the majors and entered the game having allowed only three runs in his first three starts. He wasn’t at his sharpest against the Cubs, but they let him off the hook.

When the Cubs did get hits against him — six in six innings — five were singles. The only runs they scored against him came on a two-run homer by Swanson in the fourth. Sanchez struck out eight and walked three.

Despite the blowout loss, Swanson remained confident in the Cubs’ ability to put up runs. He said they are putting themselves in position but aren’t taking advantage of the scoring chances. Through 16 games, the Cubs have yet to produce a consistent stretch of good baseball.

‘‘Early in the year, we can all get caught [up] when it’s a small sample size,’’ Swanson said. ‘‘One hit can completely change what that sample size and data point looks like; we just haven’t consistently gotten it. But the more you keep putting yourself in position to be successful, the better off you’re going to be. Our group does that consistently, and I’ve got no worries that it’s going to happen.’’