Phillies rally behind new skipper Don Mattingly, plus pitching prowess of Zack Wheeler, Cristopher Sanchez
Philadelphia's sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates over the weekend improved its MLB record to over .500 for the first time since early April.
Phillies rally behind new skipper Don Mattingly, plus pitching prowess of Zack Wheeler, Cristopher Sanchez originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . As Philadelphia Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly rockets out to NL Manager of the Year favorite, starting pitchers Zack Wheeler and Cristopher Sanchez continue to fuel the mid-spring surge.
Completing the three-game road sweep of the cross-state rival Pittsburgh Pirates with Sunday's 6-0 victory at PNC Park , the Phillies improved to 15-4 since Mattingly took over for fired manager Rob Thomson. Wheeler (3-0) pitched seven shutout innings , yielding four hits and equaled a season-best eight strikeouts. It's what he does.
In five starts since returning from the injury list, he posted a 1. 99 earned-run average in 31. 2 innings.
Sanchez, who established a career-best 13 strikeouts during Saturday's complete-game shutout, has been better, registering a 0. 59 ERA in 30. 2 innings since Wheeler returned to the lineup.