“Wheeler’s Last Stand: Can He Save Phillies from Mets’ Sweep?”
The Phillies have to be looking at this series rather frustrated. There are a lot of good teams in the NL East and Philadelphia is certainly one of them. I’ve mentioned this before, but you can’t win a Wild Card or Division in March or April, but you certainly can position yourselves to lose it. The Phillies aren’t looking like they will be out of the running but their record could use some improvement at just 13-11 for the season. The good news for them is that aside from the Mets, no one in the division is doing well. The bad news is that there are a ton of teams in the NL West that could make the playoffs and keep them out of it. I concede it is far too early to really, truly worry about this, though. Today, they look to Zack Wheeler to get them a victory before they head out of New York. Wheeler has been typical, which is to say he has been great. He is 2-1 with a 3.73 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP. Mets hitters are familiar with him and have had reasonable success.
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