Phillies' Zack Wheeler gives up 5 runs in the 1st inning, 9-game winning streak ends with loss to Mariners

Phillies' Zack Wheeler gives up 5 runs in the 1st inning, 9-game winning streak ends with loss to Mariners

Powered by three Cal Raleigh homers, the Seattle Mariners snapped Philadelphia's season-best nine-game winning streak Monday night.

Phillies' Don Mattingly Gets Honest on Zack Wheeler's Struggles

It was a rough night for Zack Wheeler and the Philadelphia Phillies at T-Mobile Park. Wheeler surrendered eight runs in four-plus innings, as the Seattle Mariners snapped the Phillies’ nine-game win streak.“Just uncharacteristic,” said Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly on NBC Sports Philadelphia’s postgame coverage. “I just was talking to Caleb (Cotham), I haven’t been […] The post Phillies’ Don Mattingly Gets Honest on Zack Wheeler’s Strug…

What’s up with Zack Wheeler? Phillies ace struggles in 9-2 loss: ‘I haven’t had a stretch like this in a while’

Wheeler said he feels good, adding "that’s why it’s so frustrating right now. Because I’m on a rough stretch and I feel fine. You’ve really got to dig in. That’s what I’m going to do."

‘Uncharacteristic' Wheeler searches for answers as Phillies' win streak ends

SEATTLE — This is not the Zack Wheeler the Phillies are used to seeing. And for a team trying to fight its way to a fifth straight postseason trip, this is not what they need right now. That stood out Monday night at T-Mobile Park, where Philadelphia’s nine-game winning streak ended in a 9-2 loss to the Mariners. Wheeler allowed five runs in the first inning. His command drifted. His misses were big. When he did come into the zone, too many pitc…

Zack Wheeler Just Doesn't Have it

Unless you’re the 1972 Miami Dolphins, all winning streaks must come to an end. For the Phillies, it’ll go down as a nine-game streak after they were thumped 9-2 by the Mariners in Seattle on Monday night. Zack Wheeler had nothing from the jump, giving up two first inning home runs and shipping five runs right off the bat. He lasted four innings, giving up nine hits, eight earned runs, walking five batters, and striking out four. He threw 103 pi…

Zack Wheeler makes history for all the wrong reasons, Phillies drop first game to the Mariners 9-2

Every good streak has to end sometime, and unfortunately the Phillies kicked off their trip out west with an absolute clunker, dropping a 9-2 decision to the Mariners on Monday night to snap the nine-game winning streak at T-Mobile Park. Here’s the tough part about late night Phillies baseball on the West Coast. On one hand, I love it, there’s nothing like settling in for some Phillies After Dark. On the other hand, when Zack Wheeler gets shelle…