Cubs blank Phillies to sweep season series

Rookie Javier Assad pitched into the sixth inning, Patrick Wisdom had two doubles with an RBI and the host Chicago Cubs won 2-0 on Thursday for their first-ever season-series sweep of the reeling Philadelphia Phillies.

Seiya Suzuki added two hits and two runs in his return from the restricted list as the Cubs (70-86) won their fourth straight and eighth in nine games.

Assad (2-2), who exited with two men on and nobody o