No backing from offense in loss Wheeler (16-7) took the loss Sunday against the Mets, allowing two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out eight over seven innings. Impact Wheeler gave up an early run in the second inning and kept the Phillies in it until Brandon Nimmo led off the sixth with a solo home run to put the Mets ahead 2-1, which wound up being the final score. Sunday was only Wheeler's second loss since the beginning of August, and he's now reeled off 10 straight quality starts. Wheeler sits third in baseball in wins, ERA, WHIP. He's fourth in innings pitched and fifth in strikeouts. He owns a 2.56 ERA, 0.96 WHIP and 213:50 K:BB in 193.2 innings and should make one more start against the Nationals this weekend.
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