Some pain comes with a warning. Some pain comes like a bolt from the blue. Nobody ought to have been surprised that Aaron Judge and Juan Soto gave the Phillies fits tonight; that’s what they do to everyone. And in the middle of a skid of lost series, another loss isn’t so surprising either. But Zack Wheeler giving up a trio of dingers in the first two innings carries the sting of surprise. So did much of the game, really. Not much went right for the Fightins as the visitors unloaded on a reeling Philadelphia nine.
Wheeler took to the mound for his first crack at the top-heavy Yankees lineup.