April 18, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; The Philadelphia Phillies launcher, Zack Wheeler (45), catches a ball for an outing while covering the first base on a game against the Miami Marlins during the third round at the Citizens Bank Park. Compulsory credit: Images of Bill Streicher-Imagn The Philadelphia Phillies have their AS launcher on Wednesday – and not for a moment too early.
Zack Wheeler will try to prevent the phillies from being swept when he takes the mound against the New York Mets host in the morning in a series of three games between the rivals of the National League East.
Wheeler (2-1, 3.73 ERA) will be opposed by the left-hander of the David Peterson Mets (1-1, 3.27).
The dishes remained red on Tuesday evening, when Griffin Canning and a quartet of lifts combined to produce a 5-1 victory, the sixth consecutive victory in New York.
The third consecutive loss of phillies was accompanied by a great cause of concern.
Philadelphia went 3 for 18 with runners on the basis and has scored less than four points for the first time since April 13 – a period of eight games.
“We had chances offensively tonight,” said Phillies manager Rob Thomson. “We did not come.”
The offensive frustrations were overshadowed by the early exit of the launcher starting Cristopher Sanchez, which was fired after two rounds due to a left forearm. Sanchez said he felt better after the match and was not concerned, but neither he nor Thomson could exclude the possibility that the left -handed undergoing an MRI exam.
“We will know more (Wednesday),” said Thomson.
The dishes continued their combination of robust pitching and typing in time, improving at 6-0 on a Homestand that ends on Wednesday. There are 17-7 – the best start of the club since 1988, when New York won 100 games and the title NL East.
“We are accumulating the victories at the moment, and that’s what you want,” said the food manager Carlos Mendoza. “But we have a long way to go.”
New York leads the majors with an MPM of 2.37 – nearly half a grade lower than second place in San Diego Padres (2.77 ERA).
The dishes are 17th in the majors on average in the stick at 0.233. However, they received a timely time strikes on Tuesday, scoring the five points with two withdrawals. Mark Venos (Double) and Francisco Lindor (simple) had RBI successes in the first two sleeves before Pete Alonso tired a double score and Luis Torrens collected a single two points in the seventh.
“One to new, we do not give (at -bats) – each AB, each guy who goes up to the stick is a difficult AB,” said Venos.
Wheeler won a victory on Friday when he abandoned two points and withdrew 13 years – a shy career in his career – more than seven innings while the Phillies beat the Marlins of Miami 7-2.
The right-hander has a 5-5 file with an MPM of 3.56 in 15 career starts against the dishes, with whom he spent the first six seasons of his career in the major league before signing with the Phillies in December 2019. He launched seven goalless inning of Ball One Hit in the match 1 of the Division NL series.
Peterson did not take into account the decision Friday after granting three points in 5 1/3 in handles during the 5-4 victory of the dishes against the cardinals of Saint-Louis. He attracted nine without walking.
Peterson has a 1-3 file with an MPM of 4.98 in 10 games (nine starts) against Philadelphia. It was also 1-0 with an MPM of 0.00 in two appearances in succession during the NLDs last year.
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