{"id":271863,"date":"2026-08-25T11:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271863\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:20:13","slug":"phillies-zack-wheeler-gives-up-5-runs-in-the-1st-inning-9-game-winning-streak-ends-with-loss-to-mariners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271863\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies&#8217; Zack Wheeler gives up 5 runs in the 1st inning, 9-game winning streak ends with loss to Mariners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies&#8217; season-best nine-game winning streak came to an end Monday night in Seattle, as the Mariners&#8217; explosive five-run first inning fueled a 9-2 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Cal Raleigh hit three home runs in the effort, and two other Seattle hitters added homers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Julio Rodr\u00edguez launched a three-run homer in the first inning, and Raleigh followed up with a two-run drive to cap a five-run inning against struggling Phillies ace Zack Wheeler.<\/p>\n<p>Raleigh and Cole Young opened the fifth with back-to-back homers, chasing Wheeler, and Raleigh connected for another solo shot off reliever Chase Shugart in the seventh to give him 17 home runs this season.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first multihomer game of the year for Raleigh and the first three-homer game of his career. The switch-hitting catcher finished 3 for 3 with a walk and raised his batting average from .159 to .167. <\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap26237129297212.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Bryce Harper \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Bryce Harper watches the solo home run from Seattle Mariners&#8217; Cole Young go over the wall during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson)<\/p>\n<p>                Lindsey Wasson\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<p>He pulled all three homers into the right-field seats from the left side of the plate, becoming the 13th player in franchise history to hit three home runs in a game. The only other Seattle catcher to accomplish the feat was current Mariners manager Dan Wilson in April 1996. <\/p>\n<p>Raleigh was runner-up for the AL MVP award last year, when he led the majors with 60 home runs and added 125 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler (10-5) allowed a season-high eight runs on nine hits and five walks in four-plus innings. He struck out four. <\/p>\n<p>Things started well for the Phillies, who took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI groundout from Alec Bohm, but Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (11-7) got out of a bases-loaded jam by striking out Bryson Stott.<\/p>\n<p>J.T. Realmuto homered in the second off Gilbert to cut it to 5-2.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle added a run in the third when Rodr\u00edguez scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch by Wheeler.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert gave up two runs and five hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked two.<\/p>\n<p>Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (5-9, 5.12 ERA) faces Mariners RHP George Kirby (8-10, 4.18) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Phillies&#8217; season-best nine-game winning streak came to an end Monday night in Seattle, as the Mariners&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11199,69,71,70,1425,23786,726,8743],"class_list":["post-271863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-sports","tag-zack-wheeler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}