Wheeler overcomes the ‘terrible’ hill in Sacramento in another goalless start – NBC Sports Philadelphia

West Sacraamento, California – Zack Wheeler could feel it before even threw his first pitch on Friday evening.

The hill in the Sutter Health Park, the Minor League stadium, in which athletics play its home games in 2025, was not the same as the big League stadiums around baseball.

If they noticed Wheeler’s frustration in the first two innings of a 4: 3 victory against the A, it was not about his command, it was about the hill.

“The hill was terrible. It really was,” he said. “I felt great today and that’s why I was frustrated because I felt great and the hill was bad.

“It was like cement right in front of the rubber, and if you broke it up, there were small bumps. It probably doesn’t sound much of how much, but if you are used to pitch on similar hills in the entire league, only this small difference starts with you. I couldn’t really get into the dirt to drive was a bit poor. It was tonight.

“It is what it is. It turned out to be good, so I have to roll with it.”

Of course it did it. Wheeler seems to overcome everything that increases to an increase in season to season. He was a second place as a Phillie twice and beats even better this year than this. He has 22 ° C, just goalless inner, to reduce his era to 2.42, and has the lowest whip in the National League with 0.88.

When asked whether Major League games in parks should be played with Minor-League, Wheeler said: “Probably not the best idea, but sometimes you have to.” The A’s are in Sacramento from 2025 to 27 because they are waiting for the opening of their new baseball stadium in Las Vegas.

Wheelers night ended after 6⅔ Innerings because his number of pitch was up to 108. Orion Kerkering entered a two-on-two-on-two-on-jam for the second excursion.

“I imagine that he is this type,” said manager Rob Thomson about dungeon. “Also a full-inside type, but that was a big place there and he did it. The bikes had no parking spaces.”

The Phillies were two outs away when Jordan Romano had a Homer with three runs to the Lefty hitting rookie Nick Kurtz. Romano’s speed was down and he also seemed to have problems with the hill. He had made nine consecutive goalless appearances with six 1-2-3 innings into the night.

Matt Strahm threw a goalless eighth and needed a great support from Johan Rojas, who had somehow struck a deep line over his head, the Tyler Soderstrom for the final with the binding run of 90 feet. According to Statcast, the ball had a hook probability of only 11%.

“I just went back when I saw the ball,” said Rojas. “Run, run on, run on. I know that this field is bigger, the warning distance is larger than normal. I just went on. I said I have to catch this ball, have to help my team. Wheeler did a great job, the bullpen came in and also did a lot of work.

“Our rotation, we have the best in baseball. I love these boys.”

The Phillies starting personnel have an ERA of 1.82 ERA during the winning streak with eight games. Most of it was elite pitching, but part of it is thanks to the Phillies, playing solid defense and playing all the routine games and even some spectacular games.

“It was huge,” said Thomson. “(Alec) Bohm had a really nice game in the third base, a few difficult balls that he fell clean.

The only insult to the Phillies until the ninth inning gymnast was Leadoff Homerun, his first with the team. The Phils added three more from A’s Enger Mason Miller at the top of the ninth, with an RBI double from Bohm and RBI -Singles by Rojas and Turner. Miller is one of the hardest throwers in sports, but the Phillies scored three times to follow him.

“Just take what he gives you,” said Turner. “It simplifies a bit and hit the ball in the other direction. I try not to do too much tonight not to try to pull Homer. It was difficult for him to have the pitch count. That is what you have to do against these boys because they are so good. Take what they give you.”