Zack Wheeler struck out 11 in seven innings, Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer and Kyle Schwarber added a solo shot to help the Philadelphia Phillies complete a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 6-1 win on Monday.
The major league-leading Phillies won their sixth straight and have won 10 of 11 and 17 of 20 to open a three-game lead over Atlanta in the NL East.
The Phillies have also won 10 straight games at Citizens Bank Park, just two wins shy of matching the team record set in 2012. Philadelphia also set a franchise record with 11 straight wins against NL West opponents. Harper homered for the second straight game and his eighth of the season made it 4-0 against Giants rookie Mason Black . Black made his major league debut in front of his parents, younger brother, girlfriend and scores of friends and relatives who made the trip to watch him pitch against his boyhood favorite team.
The 24-year-old Black — named the seventh-best prospect in baseball, per MLB.com — was the Giants’ third-round pick in the 2021 draft out of Lehigh University. Black recorded a 1-2-3 first inning that included strikeouts ofBlack gave up eight hits, five runs and three walks. He struck out four in 4 1/3 innings.
Wheeler showed the rookie how it was done. He rebounded from an 0-3 start — he allowed six runs total in his first three starts — to win his fourth straight start. Wheeler allowed one run, walked one and lowered his ERA to 1.62., who hit 37 doubles last season, hit his first one of the year later in the inning for a 5-0 lead.The Phillies open a two-game set against Toronto on Tuesday. They will send LHP Cristopher Sánchez to the mound against Blue Jays RHP José Berríos .
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