{"id":739420,"date":"2026-06-16T04:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739420\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T04:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:27:08","slug":"zack-wheeler-strikes-out-9-and-rincones-homers-for-first-career-hit-to-lift-phillies-to-7-0-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739420\/","title":{"rendered":"Zack Wheeler strikes out 9 and Rincones homers for first career hit to lift Phillies to 7-0 win"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA — – Zack Wheeler<\/a> struck out nine in six scoreless innings of two-hit ball, Gabriel Rincones Jr<\/a>. homered for his first career hit and the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> defeated the Miami Marlins<\/a> 7-0 on Monday night.<\/p>\n

J.T. Realmuto<\/a> also went deep and Bryce Harper<\/a> had an RBI for Philadelphia, which opened a six-game homestand.<\/p>\n

Liam Hicks<\/a> had two of Miami’s four hits. The Marlins lost for just the third time in 13 June games.<\/p>\n

Wheeler (6-1) allowed a leadoff single to Hicks to start the contest and then walked Otto Lopez<\/a> before fanning four straight batters to set the tone for his evening. The 36-year-old righty lowered his ERA to 2.01 through 10 starts.<\/p>\n

Tim Mayza<\/a>, Jonathan Bowlan<\/a> and Chase Shugart<\/a> each pitched a scoreless inning of relief to finish the shutout.<\/p>\n

Rincones, playing in his second career game, sent an 84-mph slider from Ryan Gusto<\/a> (0-2) into the seats in right field in the second inning to put the Phillies up 1-0. He is in Philadelphia’s lineup after right fielder Adolis Garc\u00eda was placed on the 60-day injured list with a right lat tear. He padded Philadelphia’s lead to 2-0 in the third with a bases-loaded groundout.<\/p>\n

Realmuto’s two-run drive in the fifth to left field made it 5-0, as he lined a first-pitch slider off Gusto over the wall in left field.<\/p>\n

Gusto allowed five runs on eight hits in 4 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Phillies’ Brandon Marsh<\/a>, who entered with the fourth-highest batting average among big-league qualifiers, went 2 for 5 with a double to up his average to .324.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia improved to 30-14 under interim manager Don Mattingly<\/a>. The Phillies entered in second place and eight games back of the Atlanta Braves<\/a> in the NL East but holding the second wild-card spot.<\/p>\n

Phillies shortstop Trea Turner<\/a> did not play in the eighth inning due to a right wrist contusion after getting hit by a pitch in the sixth inning. Mattingly said after the game that X-rays were negative.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Marlins RHP Tyler Phillips<\/a> (1-1, 1.86 ERA) opposes Phillies LHP Jes\u00fas Luzardo (5-4, 4.35) in the second contest of the three-game set on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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