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Zack Wheeler becomes NL Cy Young Award favorite with complete-game shutout

Final Score: Phillies 3, Mets 0

Zack Wheeler perhaps formed an exploratory committee early on in 2021 as he pondered a run at the National League Cy Young Award, but another dominant outing Sunday cemented things: the 31-year-old is very much in the race for the top honor a pitcher can receive.

And he might not be the only Phillie in the running for a major award.

The environment at Citizens Bank Park Sunday was about as electric as it has been for any given day in the last decade. Hall of Famer Roy Halladay’s No.