Philadelphia right-hander Zack Wheeler continued his dominance over the Atlanta Braves, throwing eight scoreless innings to steer the visiting Phillies to a 2-1 win on Saturday
The Phillies have received the final two video games within the four-game collection between the National League East rivals after the Braves received the collection opener
Wheeler (4-4) pitched a season-high eight innings and allowed three hits, one stroll, one hit batsman and a season-high 12 strikeouts.
Craig Kimbrell allowed one run within the ninth inning, however he nonetheless earned his seventh save with two strikeouts. He surrendered a solo homer to Sean Murphy, his eleventh, with one out to spoil the shutout.
Wheeler retired the primary eight batters till hitting Michael Harris II with a pitch and permitting his first hit to Ronald Acuna Jr. The Braves had been unable to advance a runner to 3rd base towards Wheeler
Since becoming a member of the Phillies in 2020, Wheeler has made 11 begins towards the Braves, going 5-2 and posting a 1.81 ERA (15 earned runs in 74 1/3 innings) with 89 strikeouts to 10 walks. He improved to 11-7 in his twenty fifth profession begin towards Atlanta
Atlanta starter Charlie Morton (5-5) pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on seven hits, a season-high 4 walks and 9 strikeouts. Four Atlanta relievers mixed for 4 scoreless innings, permitting two hits and fanning six.
The Phillies bought their solely runs once they broke the scoreless tie within the fifth inning with a pair of runs. Brandon Marsh singled and went to 3rd when Cody Clemens doubled simply contained in the first-base bag. Marsh scored on Bryson Stott’s sacrifice fly and Clemens scored on Trae Turner’s bloop double to proper
The Phillies left the bases loaded within the third and fifth innings and stranded runners at second and third within the sixth. They had been 1-for-9 with runners in scoring place and stranded 12 runners
Atlanta’s Austin Riley doubled and prolonged his hitting streak to a season-best 10 video games.
–Field Level Media