Philadelphia Phillies at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Philadelphia Phillies

68-49, 31-28 Away

Final
4 - 2

Texas Rangers

60-59, 36-24 Home

Phillies sweep Rangers with Wheeler's strong outing and Sosa's homer

Wheeler (10-5) had six or more strikeouts for the 19th straight start this season, with his last outing with less than six coming on April 13 when he had three against St. Louis.

Trailing 2-0 early, the Phillies answered in the fourth with an RBI double from Bryce Harper. They tied it in the fifth on Sosa's solo homer, and took the lead for good with Weston Wilson’s RBI single two batters later.

Brandon Marsh added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly that scored Harrison Bader in the ninth inning, and a strong Phillies bullpen performance was capped off by Jhoan Duran's 20th save of the season to secure the win. Duran, acquired from Minnesota on July 30, has allowed just one baserunner in four appearances for Philadelphia.

Joc Pederson hit a first-inning two-run homer to give the Rangers the lead. Patrick Corbin (6-8) threw 4 1/3 innings and allowed four hits and three runs.

Key moment After the Phillies went ahead 3-2 in top of the fifth, center fielder Harrison Bader protected that lead in the bottom of the inning with a leaping catch to take a home run away from Corey Seager. Bader was reaching above the 6-foot wall in front of the Texas bullpen in right-center when he made the play.

Key stat The Phillies are now 49-2 when leading after six innings, and 57-2 when leading after seven, both MLB-best marks.

Up next The Phillies continue their 10-game road trip in Cincinnati on Monday, where RHP Taijuan Walker (4-5, 3.53 ERA) starts opposite Reds LHP Andrew Abbott (8-2, 2.34). The Rangers have one more series against the Diamondbacks in their homestand, with Texas RHP Nathan Eovaldi (10-3, 1.38) facing Arizona RHP Ryne Nelson (6-3, 3.20) on Monday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Higashioka lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Jung singled to right.
	9th Inning	Burger grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Duran relieved Kerkering
	9th Inning	Turner flied out to center.

Statistics

PHI		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	7
4	Strikeouts	10
4	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
132	Pitches	127
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	10
37	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
4.2	Runs Created	2.7
.226	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.387	Slugging Percentage	.294
.323	Secondary Average	.176
.306	On Base Percentage	.270
.693	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.564
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
32.0	Batter Rating	18.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.57	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.43
.161	Isolated Power	.088
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.0	MLB Rating	71.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0