Daily News | Topper down, Wheels flat: Rob Thomson, Zack Wheeler, Phillies fade in Game 2 of the World Series
Show up flat. Emotionally spent. Throw a bunch of meatballs, kick it around, and give it away from the bench.
Get the leadoff man on in the fifth and sixth innings, when Astros starter Framber Valdez finally looks shaky, then ground into double plays to quash the threat. Then again, Wheeler didn’t look like an $18 pitcher, much less a $118 million pitcher. The Phillies didn’t start him in Game 1, which would have been a normal four days of rest, in order to give him extra time to recover from pitching the clinching Game 5 of the NLCS. Wheeler’s ERA was 1.07 runs better in 2022 when pitching with the extra day.
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