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05/23 20:15 CDT Zack Wheeler pitches Phillies to 3-0 victory that stops 7-game
win streak for Guardians
Zack Wheeler pitches Phillies to 3-0 victory that stops 7-game win streak for
Guardians
By ANTHONY SANFILIPPO
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Zack Wheeler pitched six shutout innings and Bryson Stott
hit a two-run single as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated Cleveland 3-0 on
Saturday, ending the Guardians' seven-game winning streak.
After the start was delayed nearly two hours by rain, Wheeler (4-0) allowed
just two hits and struck out six while running his scoreless streak to 13
innings.
Phillies left-hander Cristopher Snchez tossed eight sharp innings Friday
against Cleveland, extending his shutout streak to 37 2/3 innings over his last
five outings.
The resurgent Phillies have won all six of Wheeler's starts this season since
the right-hander returned from surgery last September for a blood clot
discovered in his right shoulder.
Stott broke a scoreless tie in the fourth with a two-out, two-run single. That
gave him 20 RBIs this month, most in the National League.
Bryce Harper had his sixth three-hit game of the season --- fourth in May ---
and scored twice. A trio of Philadelphia relievers finished the three-hitter,
with Jhoan Duran earning his ninth save as the Phillies (26-26) snapped a
three-game skid.
Slade Cecconi (3-5) was charged with three runs and six hits in five-plus
innings. He didn't get much help from his offense, which mustered only a double
each from Rhys Hoskins, Chase DeLauter and Travis Bazzana. The Guardians didn't
get a runner to third base until the ninth.
Philadelphia tacked on a run with two outs in the sixth when reliever Matt
Festa walked Adolis Garca with the bases loaded.
The first pitch was delayed for 1 hour, 56 minutes.
Up next Cleveland LHP Parker Messick (5-1, 2.45 ERA) faces RHP Andrew Painter (1-4, 5.77) in the series finale Sunday. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up next Cleveland LHP Parker Messick (5-1, 2.45 ERA) faces RHP Andrew Painter (1-4, 5.77) in the series finale Sunday. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
