ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Zack Wheeler struck out seven and allowed three hits, Edmundo Sosa homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Sunday to comb the three-game sequence.
Wheeler (10-5) had six or extra strikeouts for the nineteenth straight begin this season, along with his final outing with lower than six approaching April 13 when he had three in opposition to St. Louis.
Trailing 2-0 early, the Phillies answered within the fourth with an RBI double from Bryce Harper. They tied it within the fifth on Sosa’s solo homer, and took the lead for good with Weston Wilsons RBI single two batters later.
Brandon Marsh added an insurance coverage run with a sacrifice fly that scored Harrison Bader within the ninth inning, and a robust Phillies bullpen efficiency was capped off by Jhoan Duran’s twentieth save of the season to safe the win. Duran, acquired from Minnesota on July 30, has allowed only one baserunner in 4 appearances for Philadelphia.
Joc Pederson hit a first-inning two-run homer to offer the Rangers the lead. Patrick Corbin (6-8) threw 4 1/3 innings and allowed 4 hits and three runs.
Key second
After the Phillies went forward 3-2 in high of the fifth, heart fielder Harrison Bader protected that lead within the backside of the inning with a leaping catch to take a house run away from Corey Seager. Bader was reaching above the 6-foot wall in entrance of the Texas bullpen in right-center when he made the play.
Key stat
The Phillies are actually 49-2 when main after six innings, and 57-2 when main after seven, each MLB-best marks.
Up subsequent
The Phillies proceed their 10-game highway journey in Cincinnati on Monday, the place RHP Taijuan Walker (4-5, 3.53 ERA) begins reverse Reds LHP Andrew Abbott (8-2, 2.34). The Rangers have another sequence in opposition to the Diamondbacks of their homestand, with Texas RHP Nathan Eovaldi (10-3, 1.38) going through Arizona RHP Ryne Nelson (6-3, 3.20) on Monday.
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