Final Score: Phillies 4, Diamondbacks 0
The Phillies won their ninth straight game, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 on Saturday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. Zack Wheeler threw six shutout innings, Bryson Stott homered for the fourth time in his last eight games and the Phillies held an opponent scoreless for the fifth time this season.
The current nine-game streak is tied for the team’s longest winning streak since July 29 – August 6, 2011. The franchise record for the longest winning streak stands at 13, which last happened in 1991.
Dad Strength x2
Saturday was Wheeler’s first start since his wife Dominique gave birth to their second child, a daughter named Bambi.