Daily News | Zack Wheeler pitched like an ace again in a 6-1 Phillies win over Houston
But he didn’t seem affected by where he was pitching, or who he was pitching against, on Saturday afternoon. It was a workman-like performance. He induced 14 swings and misses and retired 18 of the 23 batters he faced.
This is not to say Wheeler’s World Series rematch was without theatrics. In the bottom of the fifth inning, with two outs, he hit Martin Maldonado with a sinker. Maldonado, who was accused of leaning into a pitch in Game 6, clearly thought it was intentional. He started to walk towards Wheeler, and catcher J.T. Realmuto intercepted him. Both bullpens started to empty.
But regardless of Wheeler’s intentions, he didn’t let the interaction rattle him. He induced a groundout from Mauricio Dubon to end the fifth inning and allowed just one walk in the bottom of the sixth.The Phillies did a good job of working their at-bats against a tough Astros pitching staff on Saturday. Nick Castellanos put them on the board with a towering, 416-foot solo home run in the top of the fourth. It hit the train tracks in left field.
A sac fly from J.T. Realmuto scored another run two at-bats later. Houston native Kody Clemens hit his second home run of the season in the top of the sixth inning — with his father, Roger, watching in the crowd — and Alec Bohm and Jake Cave tacked on two runs with an RBI double and an RBI single. It was a strong showing from a few players who needed it. Cave went 3-for-4 after entering the game with a .186 batting average. Realmuto, who has also gotten off to a slow start, went 2-for-3.
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