CLEVELAND, Ohio — Kyle Schwarber belted a pair of home runs and Zack Wheeler stymied Cleveland hitters over seven scoreless innings as the Phillies handed the Guardians a 3-0 loss Sunday night at Progressive Field.

Cleveland lost for the first time this season when allowing three runs or fewer after going unbeaten in 15 previous such games. It snapped a streak of 10 consecutive wins on Mother’s Day dating back to the 2013 season.

Schwarber extended his streak of reaching base safely to 46 games in the second inning when he drilled an elevated changeup from Guardians starter Luis Ortiz into the seats in right center. He added a two-run blast against Tim Herrin in the eighth for his 32nd career multi-homer game.

Wheeler limited Cleveland to three hits in seven innings, striking out eight. He retired 18 of the last 21 hitters he faced after the Guardians put two runners on base in the first inning but could not score.

Manager Stephen Vogt said Wheeler features six “plus” pitches and knows how to use them.

“Expanding the zone at times, getting weak contact,” Vogt said. “We had some good swings off of him early, just didn’t have much to show for it and then he went to work after that.”

Schwarber tormented Cleveland fans in the 2016 World Series with the Cubs by hitting .417 in five games. After Sunday night, he has 10 career home runs and 22 RBI in 26 regular-season games played against the Guardians.

Catcher Bo Naylor said said Schwarber’s patience separates him from other hitters.

“He’s shown that he’ll control the zone really well and basically you’ve got to get him out in-zone,” Naylor said. “He’s got pop, he does damage and he’s not afraid to take his walks.”

Wheeler had allowed just one base runner in the first inning across his previous eight starts, but surrendered a leadoff single to Steven Kwan and a one-out bloop base hit to José Ramírez. He escaped without a run scoring, however, when Carlos Santana rolled over on a high fastball and grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Schwarber followed with a leadoff home run in the second against Ortiz, his 13th of the season giving him 30 runs batted in. It was the sixth long ball allowed by Ortiz, and only his second in four home starts.

Ortiz suffered his fourth loss, striking out nine and walking two while allowing just four hits. It was his third quality start of six innings or more with three or fewer runs allowed.

Vogt called Ortiz’s outing “outstanding” and said Philly hitters were not able to make a lot of hard contact outside Schwarber’s solo home run.

“He just made pitches and got ahead,” Vogt said. “The times he did get in trouble, he was falling behind, but he made really good pitches to get back into it. I couldn’t ask for anything more from Louis.”

Ortiz said afterward that his confidence is continuing to grow.

“Sometimes things happens in games that are out of your control,” Ortiz said via Guardians interpreter Agustin Rivero. “You just have to focus and adjust and try to do your best wherever you’re needed.”

Wheeler won his fourth and lowered his ERA to 1.76 with 48 strikeouts in six career starts on Sunday Night Baseball. Jordan Romano pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save.

Cleveland’s best scoring chance came in the sixth when Kwan ripped a one-out double to the wall in center and Daniel Schneemann drew a six-pitch walk. But Ramírez lined out to center and Santana struck out on a curveball in the dirt to end the inning.

Santana extended his on-base streak to 14 games with a two-out walk in the fourth. Kwan’s two hits gave him 16 multi-hit games for the season, tied for third most in the majors.

Kwan helped prevent a run in the sixth with a brilliant running catch in the left field corner on a drive by Schwarber after Bryce Harper had drawn a one-out walk.

“Kwannie is one of the best players in the league and continues to get better defensively, offensively and on the bases,” Vogt said. “We made a lot of nice defensive plays and I really like the way we were playing. We just didn’t s score enough runs.”

Next

Milwaukee comes to town for a three-game series beginning Monday. Right-hander Ben Lively (2-2, 3.46) will start the opener for Cleveland while righty Freddy Peralta (4-2, 2.18) takes the mound for the Brewers. First pitch is set for 6:10 p.m. The game will air on CLEGuardians.TV, WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM, WARF 1350 AM (Spanish) and the Guardians Radio Network.