Philadelphia Phillies at Athletics

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Philadelphia Phillies

33-18, 16-10 Away

Final
4 - 3

Athletics

22-30, 8-18 Home

Turner homers, Wheeler strong again and Phillies beat Athletics 4-3 for 8th straight win

Turner added an RBI single to cap a three-run ninth that gave the Phillies the cushion it needed when the Athletics' Nick Kurtz hit a three-homer in bottom of the inning.

Wheeler (6-1) won his fourth straight start and has thrown 22 2/3 scoreless innings. He gave up up three hits and struck out eight. He left with two outs in the seventh after giving up his only two walks. Orion Kerkering struck out Luis Urías to end the threat.

Jordan Romano gave up Kurtz's homer before Tanner Banks came in and struck out Lawrence Butler for his first save this season.

The Athletics lost their 10th straight. They last lost 11 in a row in 2023.

Jacob Lopez (0-2), called up with four other players on Friday in a roster shakeup, pitched seven innings, giving up three hits, one run and a walk while striking out eight.

Highly touted prospect Denzel Clarke started in center field in his major league debut and went hitless with two strikeouts.

A's infielder Gio Urshela was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring

Key moment Johan Rojas made a running, tumbling catch at the wall in dead center for the final out in eighth, stranding Lawrence Butler at third and preserving the lead.

Key stat Over his last seven starts, Wheeler has a 1.56 ERA.

Up next Cristopher Sánchez (4-1, 3.10 ERA) pitches for the Phillies on Saturday against the Athletics, who haven't announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Butler struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Banks relieved Romano
	9th Inning	Alexander singled to right.
	9th Inning	Alexander hit for Clarke
	9th Inning	Urías struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Kurtz homered to center (425 feet), Rooker scored and Langeliers scored.

Statistics

PHI		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
4	Ground Balls	7
10	Strikeouts	13
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
21	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	159
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	12
38	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
4.0	Runs Created	3.3
.229	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.353
.200	Secondary Average	.235
.289	On Base Percentage	.270
.632	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.623
0.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
31.0	Batter Rating	26.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.30
.114	Isolated Power	.147
0.10	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.23
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.029
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
79.0	MLB Rating	74.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0