The Phillies on Sunday wasted a night with their ace on the mound and dropped the four-game series to the Mets in a deflating 2-1 loss.
NEW YORK — If you were to hear that your team’s ace is on the mound in a situation where a win secures the division title … you’d feel pretty darn good, right? Zack Wheeler, a Cy Young candidate this season, went up against his former team with a chance to send his club back to Philadelphia with the NL East crown. Sign up for NBC Philadelphia's News Headlines newsletter.
For the past few weeks, it seemed like that break was the most important factor. After wrapping up their seven-game road trip 2-5, it’s become glaring the Phillies don’t just want home field advantage … they need it. The go-ahead run came off a Brandon Nimmo solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Wheeler left a fastball over the middle of the plate and knew that was one he'd want back.
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