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Game 20 - Thursday Afternoon, April 28th in Philadelphia
Record - 10-10, 3rd Place, 4 games behind the Mets
One Sentence Summary: Zack Wheeler turned in his first positive start of the season and the Phillies completed a four-game sweep of the Rockies with this win.
What It Means: It was the Phillies first four-game sweep at home since last May against the Brewers. The team heads to Citi Field next for a three-game weekend set against the first place Mets.
What Happened: Wheeler won his first game of 2022 with six strong innings, allowing just one hit while striking out seven. Alec Bohm contributed an RBI ground out in the second and a solo home run, his second, in the fourth inning. In the third, Roman Quinn reached on a bunt single, stole second and third bases, and scored on a Rhys Hoskins sacrifice fly. The Phillies scored four more runs in a sloppy seventh inning with four walks, a hit batter (Bryce Harper with the bases loaded), an error and a single from Jean Segura.
Featured Card: After three fairly bad outings in which he didn't make it past the fifth inning and his ERA was up to 8.53, it was a relief to see Wheeler turn in this performance on Thursday. He walked four batters, but his velocity was back up and looked more like the pitcher from 2021 who finished second in the Cy Young voting.
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