Breaking ball and a cold. Strike three. Third strike out for Zach. He's going to just watch it go. A grand slam for Bryson Stott.

And there's a high fly ball. Deep right field. Hopper watches it fly.

From W.HYY and Billy Penn, this is Hitting season, a Philadelphia Phillies podcast.

I'm Justin Clue. I write for baseball prospectus. The Phillies opened their three-game series with the Dodgers on Tuesday night.

Zach Wheeler going against Dodgers starter, Bobby Miller. The big news of the day was of course that Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper were back

in the Phillies lineup at leadoff and in the three-hole, respectively.

The Phillies went five and four during the two-stars time on the 10-day injured list.

Wheeler hated every Dodger he saw on Tuesday night from Moment 1.

The Phillies ace was firing Stinger missiles at the game's first batter, Shohei Otani at 97, 97 and 98 miles an hour,

striking out the best player on the planet with three pitches.

Los Angeles didn't have much to say after that as Wheeler ran through the batting order

and held the Dodgers to a single run, allowing three hits, two walks, and seven strikeouts through five.

But it was a night of early exits with Bryce Harper, Zach Wheeler, Freddie Freeman, and

Shohei Otani, all taken out of the game early, right about the time that the humidity was

starting to eat through the

Dodgers uniforms. Each star's removal was accompanied by a reminder that it was very, very hot and

humid, still 87 degrees around 8.30 p.m. However, Wheeler was said to have exited with left,

lower back tightness after 76 pitches. His control and his final inning of work was becoming questionable as he walked two

straight batters on eight pitches and then gave up a home run to Kevin Biggio of all Dodgers.

Rob Thompson told reporters after the game, though, that Wheeler sat for too long while the

Phillies were busy scoring runs and his back tightened up.

So he was pulled as a precaution and is expected to make his next start,

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