Bryce Harper homered in his return to the lineup following the birth of his third child, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 Thursday for their second shutout win in splitting a four-game series.
“I was throwing a lot of balls and got deep in the counts,” Wheeler said. I've given up two hits my last two outings but a bunch of walks. The results are good. I just got to get that cleaned up.”
Philadelphia has won eight of 10 and leads the major leagues with five shutouts, one more than the Phillies total in all of last season. Harper returned from paternity leave for the birth of a daughter and hit a two-run homer that capped a four-run third inning against“I just got a changeup up in the zone,” Harper said."Once I saw it kind of up I put the best swing on it I could.”Cincinnati was shut out twice in series after not getting blanked in its first 21 games. The Reds won the season series 4-3.
“It was a combination of bad luck and missed location to the wrong guys,” Martinez said. “I liked the pitch call to Harper but I missed the locaton. The same with Turner when he hit the double.”, on the injured list since spring training with right shoulder soreness, is expected to make his first start of the season for the Phillies at San Diego on Sunday.returned and went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts as a DH after missing three games with an undisclosed illness. ...
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