When one of your aces takes the mound on October 18, 2022, your offense doesn’t have to do much. One team east of the Mississippi found this out Tuesday and now has the advantage in their series of baseball games.
The team we speak of, of course, is the Philadelphia Phillies. Zach Wheeler took the mound and did even better than what an ace does, allowing no runs on one hit to the San Diego Padres. He also walked one, something no pitcher in this game topped.
Yu Darvish was also ace-ing for a team with no offense, but he did not have the fortune of pinning a “W” next to his name this time.