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09/22 20:27 CDT Wheeler fans 7 straight to open game, Stott hits tiebreaking
RBI single as Phillies beat Brewers 6-4
Wheeler fans 7 straight to open game, Stott hits tiebreaking RBI single as
Phillies beat Brewers 6-4
By AARON BRACY
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Zack Wheeler struck 11, including a franchise-record
seven in a row to start the game, Bryson Stott hit a tiebreaking RBI single
with two out in the eighth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies inched closer
to clinching a playoff spot with a 6-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on
Tuesday night.
Brandon Marsh homered, doubled and drove in three runs for Philadelphia, which
began play holding the final NL wild-card spot with a four-game cushion over
Arizona.
William Contreras had three RBIs for NL Central-leading Milwaukee. The Brewers
needed a win over Philadelphia or loss by the Braves to Cincinnati on Tuesday
to clinch a bye in the wild-card round and earn home-field advantage for the
NLDS.
After the Brewers scored twice in the sixth off Wheeler to tie the game at 3,
Stott singled to center off Colton Gordon (0-1). Garrett Mitchell's throw went
to third base to try to get Alec Bohm running from first. But the ball
ricocheted off Bohm's foot, and both he and Luis Arraez scored to make it 5-3.
Jhoan Duran earned his 33rd save after Jos Alvarado (5-3) got the final out of
the eighth.
Wheeler was unhittable at the outset and had sights on Pablo Lpez's MLB record
of nine K's in a row to open a contest before Cooper Pratt grounded out to
third base for the second out of the third inning. Watching Wheeler from the
dugout was teammate Aaron Nola, who has a share of the MLB record with 10
consecutive strikeouts of the Mets in 2021.
The Phillies began Tuesday trailing the Padres and Cubs by one game for the top
spot in the NL wild card. Philadelphia holds the tiebreaker over San Diego but
not Chicago.
The Brewers dropped to 13-6 this month and were not able to extend their
franchise record of 98 wins, set in Sunday's 3-0 victory at Baltimore.
Up next
Brewers RHP Logan Henderson (10-3, 2.51 ERA) opposes Phillies RHP Aaron Nola
(7-10, 4.49) in the second game of the three-game series on Wednesday night.
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