Zack Wheeler on IL with blood clot
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The Birds won it all after the MVP favorite went down. Wheeler is the best, but the team already has won games despite absences this season.
The Philadelphia Phillies will be without star pitcher Zack Wheeler indefinitely, but the righty's health comes first.
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Kyle Schwarber's 43rd homer sends Phillies to 6-2 win over Nats. Closer Duran injured in 9th
Kyle Schwarber hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 6-2 to snap a three-game skid
The Phillies managed to punish the Nationals bullpen, getting back-to-back home runs from Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper to claim a 6-2 victory at Nationals Park. And in snapping a three-game losing streak, the Phillies improved to 70-52 and now have a six-game advantage over the New York Mets in the NL East.
The injury marred what was shaping up to be a solid win powered by back-to-back homers from Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper in the seventh inning against Nationals lefty Konnor Pilkington.
Though Gore needed 37 pitches in the first inning, the Phillies’ lead did not balloon. Nick Castellanos flew out to the center-field warning track for the night’s first out. Edmundo Sosa and Otto Kemp both struck out with the bases loaded.