CHICAGO — The Philadelphia Phillies won their fourth straight game and strengthened their pitching staff, and it was still hard for Aaron Rowand to remain upbeat.

Rowand hit a three-run homer, Cole Hamels pitched eight impressive innings and the Phillies beat Ted Lilly and the Chicago Cubs 4-1 Monday night.

But Shane Victorino and Michael Bourn departed with injuries for Philadelphia, which already has All-Star Chase Utley and five others on the disabled list.

"You ask yourself, 'When is it going to end?"' Rowand said. "We just have to keep our fingers crossed and pray that neither of them are out for an extended period of time. That puts a serious dent in what we're trying to accomplish when you lose two guys like that."

Newly acquired Tadahito Iguchi hit his first homer for the Phillies, who have won nine of 10 and trail the NL East-leading Mets by three games. Philadelphia was 8½ games back of New York on June 2.

With plenty of catching up to do and now without their leadoff man and second baseman, the Minnesota Twins still weren't conceding the playoff chase.Saddened before the game when Luis Castillo was traded to the New York Mets, the Twins perked up soon after. Scott Baker, Jason Tyner and Joe Mauer got them going right away on Monday night, leading the way to a victory over Kansas Citys.

In St. Petersburg, Fla., Carl Crawford scored the tying run as a pinch runner in the ninth inning and led off the bottom of the 11th with a homer to lift Tampa Bay over Toronto.

Ichiro Suzuki had three hits, Miguel Batista allowed four singles in seven innings and host Seattle beat Los Angeles in the opener of a key AL West series to move within three games of the division leader.

Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco each had three hits and an RBI to help visiting Detroit snap a four-game losing streak with a victory over Oakland.