Homer-happy Cubs down Phils behind Lester

CHICAGO — The young and the old showed off their home run swings as 24-year-old sluggers Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant each hit a solo shot and veteran David Ross belted a three-run blast to power the Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the Phillies on Friday at rainy Wrigley Field.

All three homers came off Phillies lefty Adam Morgan, who lasted four-plus innings. Jon Lester, who couldn’t make it out of the third inning in his last outing, went 6 1/3 innings for the win. The Phillies took advantage of errors by Dexter Fowler and Javier Baez to score an unearned run in the third against Lester.

Chicago manager Joe Maddon gave Anthony Rizzo and Jason Heyward the day off, and the team didn’t miss a beat. The Cubs (32-14) are off to their best start since the team opened the 1918 season at 32-13.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDStreaking: Ben Zobrist, who turned 35 on Thursday, doubled with one out in the first and now has reached safely in his last 32 starts, the first Cubs player to do so since Starlin Castro’s 40-game streak at the end of the 2011 season. He also extended his hit streak to 13 games. One out later, Zobrist scored on Soler’s single.

Rude welcome to Wrigley: Morgan had given up only two home runs in 25 2/3 innings this season entering Friday. In his first start at Wrigley Field, Morgan surrendered two homers in the …

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