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08/30 18:19 CDT Wheeler throws 6 strong innings, Sosa hits go-ahead homer in
Phillies' 5-2 win over Angels
Wheeler throws 6 strong innings, Sosa hits go-ahead homer in Phillies' 5-2 win
over Angels
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Zack Wheeler allowed one run in six strong innings,
Edmundo Sosa hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh and the Philadelphia
Phillies completed a three-game sweep with a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles
Angels on Sunday.
Sosa, whose pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth gave Philadelphia a 5-3 win
Friday night, led off the seventh with a solo shot off Angels starter Yusei
Kikuchi (0-5) to give the Phillies a 2-1 lead.
The Phillies added two insurance runs in the eighth on Luis Arraez's pinch-hit
sacrifice fly and Brandon Marsh's pinch-hit RBI single for a 4-1 lead. Bryce
Harper added an RBI double in the ninth for a 5-1 lead.
Alex McFarlane threw a scoreless seventh and Orion Kerkering gave up a run on
Mike Trout's ninth-inning RBI double while recording the final four outs for
his second save.
The Phillies won for the 13th time in 15 games. The Angels have lost seven
straight, matching their longest losing streak of the season.
Wheeler (11-5) allowed four hits, struck out six and walked three to outduel
Kikuchi, who gave up two runs and six hits in seven innings, striking out six
and walking one.
Wheeler went 0-3 with an 8.38 ERA in his previous four games and appeared
headed for another shaky start when he walked Wade Meckler, hit Trout with a
pitch and gave up a single to Vaughn Grissom to load the bases with no outs in
the first.
But Wheeler got Moiss Ballesteros to ground into a run-scoring double play and
struck out Christian Moore on three pitches to start a 5?-inning stretch during
which he retired 16 of 19 batters.
J.T. Realmuto hit a solo homer in the third to tie it 1 for the Phillies.
The Angels placed rookie right-hander George Klassen (2-2, 3.67 ERA) on the
15-day injured list because of left lower-back inflammation before the game.
Up next
Phillies: RHP Aaron Nola (5-10, 5.03 ERA) will face Diamondbacks RHP Brandon
Pfaadt (7-1, 3.51) on Monday night in Arizona.
Angels: RHP Walbert Urea (8-9, 2.94) will oppose Yankees RHP Elmer Rodriguez
(0-2, 4.70) Monday night in Anaheim.
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