Wheeler's 7 straight K's fuel Phillies' 6-4 win over Brewers — SkimNews
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- Zack Wheeler struck out 11 with seven straight K's to start the game — the only Phillies pitcher since 1900 to do so — and became the 96th MLB pitcher to reach 2,000 career strikeouts; he had Pablo López's MLB record of nine straight to open a game in sight before Cooper Pratt grounded out in the third.
- Bryson Stott hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth; Garrett Mitchell's throw ricocheted off Alec Bohm's foot at third, letting Bohm and Luis Arraez score to make it 5-3.
- Brandon Marsh homered, doubled, and drove in three runs for Philadelphia.
- The Phillies are tied with the Cubs and Padres at 87-70 for the three NL wild cards, four games ahead of the Diamondbacks with five to play, and hold a tiebreaker over the Padres but not the Cubs.
- The Brewers clinched a bye in the wild-card round and home-field advantage for the division series despite the loss, ending September at 13-6 and one win shy of a franchise-record 98-win season.
Why it matters: The Phillies pulled four games ahead of the Diamondbacks with five to play, tightening their grip on an NL wild card behind Wheeler's milestone night. The Brewers — already NL Central champs — couldn't extend a franchise-record 98-win bid but still secured a wild-card bye and home-field edge for the division series.
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