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It's Wednesday, June 11 and the Cubs (41-26) are in Philadelphia to take on the Phillies (38-29). Ben Brown is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Jesús Luzardo for Philadelphia. Chicago evened the series up 1-1 yesterday with an 8-4 victory to send Philadelphia back into the loss column.