NEW YORK — Zack Wheeler almost can’t help but pitch better for the New York Mets than he did the last two times he took the mound. The Philadelphia Phillies pretty much have nowhere to go but up after a meager offensive showing on Friday night.
Something will have to give Saturday afternoon, when Wheeler is expected to be activated from the disabled list and start for the Mets in the middle game of a three-game series against the Phillies at Citi Field.
Wheeler (3-5, 5.29 ERA) is scheduled to face the Phillies’ Jeremy Hellickson (5-5, 4.