Thanks largely to a revitalized Phillies pitching staff, the team went 7–6 over that 13-game span, with reigning NL Cy Young Award runner-up Christopher Sanchez extending his scoreless streak to 50 2/3 innings. That run by Sanchez broke a 115-year-old franchise record and marked the most consecutive scoreless innings by a left-handed pitcher in an MLB season since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893.
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The Phillies got great pitching at home against the Padres on Thursday And The long-awaited explosion of crime.
Another Philadelphia player, right-hander Jack Wheeler, did not allow a hit until the sixth inning against the Padres. While he gave up a two-run homer in the seventh, the Phillies capped a potential comeback with a three-run seventh. Philadelphia (33-29) continued to win 6-4 and beat San Diego (32-29) for the second time in eight days.
With this, the Phillies finally broke the four-run mark.
Wheeler returned from an uncharacteristically tough outing on May 29 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In that loss, he gave up four home runs. Before that start, he had suffered a major setback throughout the season.
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Thursday marked his eighth major league start after returning from thoracic outlet decompression surgery. He tied his season high with eight strikeouts, a punchout total he logged twice this spring.
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On Thursday, Wheeler threw 104 pitches, 69 of which were strikes, in the win over the Padres. He allowed only two hits, and only one cost him. After issuing a four-pitch walk to Gavin Sheets, Wheeler left an 0-2 fastball at the plate. Manny Machado feasted on it, launching a 435-foot dinger to left-center field.
Luckily for the Phillies, they had more offense in the tank.
Earlier in the afternoon, Philadelphia had taken a 3–0 lead thanks to Bryson Stott’s RBI single in the fourth inning and a two-run double in the fifth, the first provided by Adolis Garcia’s solo blast to left-center.
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In the seventh, the Phillies extended their 3–2 lead with another trio of runs. This time, baserunning came in handy at times. Justin Crawford scored on a Trey Turner single after swiping second and moving to third on a throw-down error. Turner then advanced to second and reached base on an infield single by Bryce Harper. Both finished the scoring, with Harper running home on an Alec Boehm RBI single.
Jackson Merrill gave the Padres a two-run tie in the ninth. Nevertheless, José Alvarado ensured the win and the sweep for a Phillies team that mixed another excellent pitching performance with a welcome offensive flurry.
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