{"id":31057,"date":"2025-07-01T23:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/31057\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:08:08","slug":"zack-wheeler-seen-repping-favorite-nascar-team-after-huge-mlb-game-motorsport-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/31057\/","title":{"rendered":"Zack Wheeler seen repping favorite NASCAR team after huge MLB game – Motorsport – Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Zack Wheeler continues to enjoy a remarkable season with the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>, it seems the 35-year-old pitcher still has one eye on his favorite NASCAR<\/a> team despite the busy MLB<\/a> schedule.<\/p>\n

The two-time All-Star was exceptional against the San Diego Padres on Monday, allowing just six hits and no walks in eight innings, striking out 10 batters as he helped hold the visitors scoreless en route to a 4-0 win.<\/p>\n

This capped off an exceptional month for Wheeler, pitching 31 innings during which he allowed just two runs earned, seven walks, and one homer. In fact, he has now gone four straight games without allowing a single home run, with the Phillies going 2-1 with Wheeler starting.<\/p>\n

After his latest win, Wheeler spoke to reporters while wearing a Hendrick Motorsports baseball cap, a matter of days after Chase Elliott drove the No. 9 to victory lane at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series for the storied team.<\/p>\n

Asked how badly he wanted to reach the All-Star game this season, which is scheduled to be played in his home state of Georgia at Truist Park, Wheeler replied, \u201cI mean, just being an All-Star in general is an honor. So I just let them figure that out.\u201d<\/p>\n

With an ERA of 2.27 (eighth best in the league), a 0.188 batting average against (joint fourth in the league), and an 8-3 record this season, Wheeler is among the favorites to start for the National League.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, his excellent performances could finally see him claim the NL Cy Young Award for the first time in his career. As for the reason behind his recent success, it appears Wheeler is nonethewiser.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t tell you,\u201d he commented. \u201cI\u2019m throwing strikes, the velo is still there and I\u2019m just executing. J.T. [Realmuto] is a big part of my game. I love throwing to him. He probably knows my stuff better than me. I\u2019m out there just following him along and just trying to throw what he calls and just execute it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Phillies will return to action on Wednesday with a doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park before the Cincinnati Reds head to town from Friday through Sunday.<\/p>\n

As for Wheeler\u2019s Hendrick Motorsports, they\u2019ll look to continue their excellent run of form at the Grant Park 165 on Sunday on the streets of Chicago. There, they\u2019ll be looking for the team\u2019s sixth Series win this season, with Elliott and Kyle Larson both breathing down teammate William Byron\u2019s neck for the Series lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chicago will also mark the second round of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge. With the top 32 drivers (following Nashville) having qualified for the tournament, they were subsequently pitted against one another in the first round at Atlanta based on seeding. Now with just 16 drivers remaining, they\u2019ll continue their fight to claim the crown and the $1 million prize in Indianapolis on July 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Zack Wheeler continues to enjoy a remarkable season with the Philadelphia Phillies, it seems the 35-year-old pitcher…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[26323,4424,4423,1406,1459,2083,62,67,132,68,3683],"class_list":{"0":"post-31057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-baseball-section","9":"tag-hendrick-motorsports","10":"tag-motorsport-section","11":"tag-nascar","12":"tag-nascar-cup-series","13":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-zack-wheeler"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114780498446233400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31057","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=31057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}