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<\/p>\nPhillies ace Zack Wheeler diagnosed with blood clot in right arm, placed on IL <\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Phillies ace Zack Wheeler diagnosed with blood clot in right arm, placed on IL<\/p>\n 02:18<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola’s first start after returning from the injured list<\/a>\u00a0didn’t last long.<\/p>\n The right-hander allowed six runs in 2 1\/3 innings Sunday against the Washington Nationals, a start that ended when seven consecutive batters reached safely.<\/p>\n Nola struck out four in his first major league outing since May 14.<\/p>\n The former All-Star was one of the majors’ most durable pitchers entering the season, making at least 32 starts and throwing at least 180 2\/3 innings in each of the last six full seasons. But a sprained right ankle and fractured rib cost him three months<\/a>\u00a0this season.<\/p>\n His return became even more significant Saturday when Philadelphia placed ace Zack Wheeler on the injured list<\/a>\u00a0with a blood clot in his right arm. Nola was already scheduled to start after making three minor league rehabilitation appearances<\/a>, though the Phillies scrapped their plans to use a six-man rotation.<\/a><\/p>\n Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington.<\/p>\n Nick Wass \/ AP<\/p>\n Nola gave up Luis Garc\u00eda Jr.’s leadoff single in the first inning, then appeared to settle in. He retired the next seven batters as Philadelphia built a 6-0 lead.<\/p>\n The Nationals stitched together three consecutive singles in the third, the last by CJ Abrams to score a run. That led to a mound visit from pitching coach Caleb Cotham, but Nola then walked Paul DeJong before giving up Daylen Lile’s two-run single and Dylan Crews’ two-run double. Jos\u00e9 Tena followed with a tying double to end Nola’s day.<\/p>\n Nola allowed seven hits while throwing 53 pitches. His ERA rose to 6.92.<\/p>\n In addition to Nola taking Wheeler’s roster spot, the Phillies activated third baseman Alec Bohm from the injured list and optioned infielder Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. To make room on the 40-man roster for Nola, Philadelphia released outfielder Cal Stevenson.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phillies ace Zack Wheeler diagnosed with blood clot in right arm, placed on IL Phillies ace Zack Wheeler…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":153880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1884,1448,2830,1311,2083,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,1291,3683],"class_list":{"0":"post-153879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-major-league-baseball","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa","21":"tag-washington-nationals","22":"tag-zack-wheeler"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115045812578777743","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Phillies](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755459674_834_ap25229598878384.jpg#.jpeg\")
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