The Phillies’ road trip started off well with four straight wins in Washington. But after dropping an ugly finale in DC, the Phils have found Texas to be much less hospitable. In Wednesday afternoon’s contest against the Rangers, Zack Wheeler pitched below his standards, and was also the victim of some bad defense and a bad call. With no help from his offense, the result was a 4-2 loss that gave the Rangers a sweep of the season series - and nine straight in the series overall.
Some of Wheeler’s issues were of his own making, and some were not.