Zack Wheeler Opens Phillies Vs Dodgers With 4-0 Start

Zack Wheeler carried a 4-0 record and a 1.67 ERA into phillies vs dodgers, with the Phillies sending him to the mound against Los Angeles on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Philadelphia has won all six of his starts, and Wheeler has not allowed a run in his last 13 innings.

Wheeler Against Los Angeles

Wheeler has worked 37.2 innings this season and owns a 0.82 WHIP. Dodgers hitters have batted.311 against him over 135 at-bats, with Freddie Freeman and Miguel Rojas accounting for more than half of those chances.

That split gives the matchup a sharper edge than the records alone suggest. Wheeler is unbeaten, but the Dodgers have still produced enough contact to keep pressure on him when those two hitters come up in the order.

Dodgers And Wrobleski

Justin Wrobleski starts for Los Angeles with a 6-2 record, a 3.07 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP. He has allowed 14 earned runs over his past 19.2 innings and 19 earned runs overall this season.

Philadelphia has not solved him much either. Phillies hitters have faced Wrobleski five times and picked up four hits, so the opposing side enters with its own contact problem against a starter who has not been clean lately.

Phillies Turnaround In Los Angeles

The Phillies began the year as one of the worst teams in baseball, then turned their season around after firing their manager and climbed above.500. Bryce Harper is part of that run, and the club now meets a Dodgers team that is 16 games above.500 with matching 18-10 records at home and on the road.

Los Angeles is still marching toward defending its back-to-back World Series trophies, but Wheeler has changed the shape of this game by giving Philadelphia a starter who has handled every start so far. If he keeps the scoreless stretch alive, the Phillies can keep leaning on the rotation work that has powered the turnaround.