It was an interesting outing for Zack Wheeler who picked up his 6th win of the season, throwing 7 innings and only needing 86 pitches to do so. Wheeler allowed only 1 earned run across his 7 innings of work, despite giving up 9 hard hit balls and only collecting 4 whiffs. 5 of the 9 hard hit balls resulted in outs for Wheeler, despite those 5 balls having an average xBA of .420. The only run that Wheeler surrendered was a homer that left the bat of Josh Bell at 105.6 MPH and went 417 feet. Wheeler didn’t have his usual swing and miss stuff, but he benefited heavily on the Nationals hitting the ball right at a Phillies defender.
