“They seemed to be more aggressive today,” Zack Wheeler said, via The Associated Press. “I didn’t command the ball like I wanted to and they got me. I felt great. I wasn’t out of whack.”
It is good for the Phillies that Wheeler said he felt good physically. He clearly believes it was a combination of the Marlins’ approach and him not locating pitches properly.
Nick Castellanos got the Phillies off to a good start in the first inning with a three-run home run to go up 3-0. Knowing that Wheeler was taking the mound, it felt like a win was likely for the Phillies. It started to go wrong in the second inning, when Wheeler gave up an RBI double to Jesus Sanchez. Then in the third inning, Josh Bell hit a three-run home run to give Miami a 4-3 lead. In the fourth, the Marlins scored three more with a Christian Bethancourt sacrifice bunt and a two-run triple by Jazz Chisholm Jr.
The Phillies went on to tie the game in the sixth inning, when Edmundo Sosa hit a two-run triple and Brandon Marsh hit a sac fly to bring him home.
