St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies
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Wheeler strikes out 10, Phillies hit three homers in 12-1 win over Cardinals
Bryce Harper doubled among his three hits and drove in two runs for the defending NL champion Phillies, who are in first place in the wild-card standings. Philadelphia’s 48 home runs in August topped the 46 they hit in September 2019.
“Maybe one of the most complete games we've had all year,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said.
Wheeler (10-6) allowed just one run and three hits and walked none. He reached double-digit strikeouts for the 20th time in his career and fourth this season.
“He was electric tonight,” Thomson said. “He was as good as you can be.”
Wheeler finished second in the Cy Young voting in 2021 and could make a late push to be a contender this season.
Wheeler made a mechanical adjustment to his leg lift prior to his last start, and it has helped to increase his velocity while maintaining his control.
“Fastball was working well and the command was there,” Wheeler said.
He was in a groove before a lengthy layoff as Philadelphia scored seven runs in the seventh. Thomson lifted the right-hander after he gave up Tyler O’Neill’s single leading off the eighth.
Luken Baker homered for St. Louis, which has lost eight of 10.
Wheeler struck out six of the first seven Cardinals before Baker’s drive to left field in the third put St. Louis ahead 1-0. It was the first career home run for Baker, who was leading all of minor league baseball with 33 homers when he was promoted from Triple-A Memphis on Aug. 12.
Wheeler was masterful the rest of the way, allowing only Tommy Edman’s infield single later in the third before O’Neill’s hit.
“He pitched his butt off,” Marsh said. “The dude is a workhorse. You know what you are going to get out of him.”
The Phillies went ahead with two runs in the bottom of the third against Dakota Hudson (5-1), including the first of Harper’s two RBI singles that made it 2-1. Stott led off the fourth with his 13th homer to tie the franchise mark for homers in a month.
Hudson gave up five runs and six hits with five walks in 5 2/3 innings.
“Just in and out of the zone; he has to be in the zone,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “That hurt him.”
Philadelphia scored seven runs on six hits in the seventh, including three-run homers by Castellanos and Marsh.
FORE!
Stott won a pregame closest-to-the pin contest to gain first choice of pick in the club’s fantasy football draft. The Phillies set up a turf mat at home plate and put a golf flag in center field.
REMEMBERING COMMISH
The Phillies placed a vase of roses in the press box seat normally occupied by longtime Cardinals beat writer Rick “The Commish” Hummel, who died this spring.
DEE-FENSE
Cardinals left fielder O’Neill made a stellar, diving catch on J.T. Realmuto’s fourth-inning liner.
MARSH MASHING
Marsh extended his hitting streak to a career-best nine consecutive games with a third-inning single. He is batting .500 (12 for 24) over the stretch.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cardinals: 3B Nolan Arenado was not in the lineup on Saturday after leaving Friday’s game in the seventh inning with lower back tightness.
UP NEXT
Cardinals LHP Drew Rom (0-1, 14.73) opposes Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (11-8, 4.49) in the finale of the three-game series on Sunday.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Motter struck out swinging. | |
9th Inning | Burleson lined out to center. | |
9th Inning | Edman grounded out to second. | |
9th Inning | Covey relieved Soto | |
9th Inning | Stubbs catching. | |
8th Inning | Castellanos struck out swinging. |
Statistics
STL | PHI | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
11 | Ground Balls | 13 |
11 | Strikeouts | 3 |
1 | Runs Batted In | 11 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
3 | Hits | 12 |
0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
0 | Walks | 7 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
1 | Runs | 12 |
1 | Ground Into Double Play | 2 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
30 | At Bats | 32 |
1 | Home Runs | 3 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
5 | Runners Left On Base | 11 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
0 | Doubles | 4 |
8 | Fly Balls | 17 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
101 | Pitches | 163 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
6 | Total Bases | 25 |
30 | Plate Appearances | 40 |
162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 486.0 |
1 | Extra Base Hits | 7 |
-0.8 | Runs Created | 10.2 |
.100 | Batting Average | .375 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.200 | Slugging Percentage | .781 |
.100 | Secondary Average | .625 |
.100 | On Base Percentage | .475 |
.300 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.256 |
1.4 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.8 |
-0.8 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 12.0 |
10.0 | Batter Rating | 75.0 |
30.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 10.7 |
0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
3.37 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.08 |
.100 | Isolated Power | .406 |
0.00 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 2.33 |
.000 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .175 |
.000 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .250 |
2.0 | Runs Produced | 23.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 0.9 |
0.2 | Patience Ratio | 0.9 |
0.1 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
60.5 | MLB Rating | 115.3 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 44,097 | Capacity:
2024 National League Central Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milwaukee | 93 | 69 | .574 | - | L1 |
St. Louis | 83 | 79 | .512 | 10 | W1 |
Chicago | 83 | 79 | .512 | 10 | L1 |
Cincinnati | 77 | 85 | .475 | 16 | W1 |
Pittsburgh | 76 | 86 | .469 | 17 | L1 |
2024 National League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia | 95 | 67 | .586 | - | W1 |
Atlanta | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | W1 |
New York | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | L1 |
Washington | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24 | L1 |
Miami | 62 | 100 | .383 | 33 | W4 |