Wheeler and Stott lead Phillies to 5-2 win over Pirates
Updated: 10:11 PM EDT May 17, 2025
THOMAS ALONGSIDE METEOROLOGIST MARYELLEN PANN. TALK ABOUT A WASHOUT THIS WEEK. MARYELLEN PANN YESTERDAY. I MEAN, THE GOOD NEWS IS, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. AND THAT THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. IN FACT, WE’RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ANYMORE FOR THE START OF THE WEEKEND. SO SOME GOOD NEWS THERE. THERE STILL COULD BE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS VERY EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN LATER THIS TOWARDS EVENING WHEN A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH. LOOKS A LITTLE OMINOUS OUT THERE. BUT I DO HAVE DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE CLUSTER, A LITTLE THUNDERSTORM THAT DID ROLL THROUGH EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT WAS AROUND 4 OR 5:00, AND THAT MOVED THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY, BUT IT WEAKENED AS IT DID SO. OTHER THAN A STRAY SHOWER THIS MORNING, WE’RE LOOKING AT JUST PLENTY OF CLOUDS TO START OFF THE DAY. BUT WE WILL SEE THOSE CLOUDS BREAKING UP NICELY. LOOK AT OHIO AND WESTERN PART OF THE STATE WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE CLEARING, AND THAT CLEARING WILL HEAD OUR WAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS, STORMS TO OUR SOUTH, AND EVEN A LITTLE CLUSTER OF STORMS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE WILL MISS US. TO THE NORTH. JUST A STRAY SHOWER THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE IT SHOULD BE QUIET. YOU SEE A LOT OF WIND DAMAGE REPORTS HERE FROM THE STORMS THAT ROLLED THROUGH YESTERDAY. SO TODAY WILL BE A GOOD DAY TO GET OUT AND CLEAN THINGS UP, ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE WINDS START TO PICK UP TEMPERATURES. RIGHT NOW IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S, A COUPLE SPOTS, LITTLE COOLER 64. IN LEBANON, 60 IN LANCASTER AND DEW POINTS WERE IN THE 60S NOW, BUT WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE 50S AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. SO SOME GOOD NEWS. THERE WON’T BE AS HUMID, BUT IT’S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A WARM ONE WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW 80S. AND I’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP AND OUR SHOWER CHANCE FOR THIS EVENING. COMING UP MARY ELLEN THANK YOU. NEW THIS MORNING, A MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP MAN WAS SENTENCED IN BUCKS COUNTY ON FRIDAY TO A STATE PRISON FOR TWO AND A HALF TO FIVE YEARS. 59 YEAR OLD SHAWN EDWARD ALLISON PLED GUILTY IN JANUARY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. THE BUCKS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS THE INVESTIGATION AGAINST ALLISON BEGAN IN AUGUST 2023, WHEN THEY GOT A TIP FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN ABOUT A PHOTO BEING UPLOADED TO A CLOUD STORAGE SERVER. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP POLICE PERFORMED A SEARCH WARRANT IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, AND THEY FOUND MULTIPLE DEVICES HOLDING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. ALLISON WILL SERVE 12 YEARS OF PROBATION AFTER HIS SENTENCE. A BERKS COUNTY MAN PLED GUILTY TO INTERSTATE TRANSPORT OF HUMAN STOLEN REMAINS. THE U.S. ATTORNEY SAYS 46 YEAR OLD JOSHUA TAYLOR OF WATERVILLE, BOUGHT HUMAN REMAINS THAT HE KNEW WERE STOLEN FROM HARVARD MEDICAL CENTER AND TRANSPORTED THEM FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO PENNSYLVANIA. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE ALSO SOLD STOLEN HUMAN REMAINS TO OTHERS, INCLUDING JEREMY PAULY, FORMERLY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, WHO PLED GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY AND INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY. PAULY WAS SENTENCED LAST YEAR TO TWO YEARS OF SUPERVISED PROBATION FOR ABUSE OF A CORPSE. HE’S STILL AWAITING SENTENCING IN FEDERAL COURT. AND TWO OFFICERS WERE HURT WHILE RESPONDING TO A FIGHT AT SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL. SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY THE FIGHT STARTED AROUND EIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT BETWEEN SPECTATORS DURING THE HIGH SCHOOL’S FOOTBALL SHOWCASE. POLICE ASSIGNED TO THE EVENT BROKE UP THE INCIDENT, BUT IT LED TO LARGE CROWDS GATHERING AND SEVERAL OTHERS STARTED FIGHTING. ADDITIONAL POLICE WERE CALLED TO HELP WITH CROWD CONTROL. TWO OFFICERS WERE HURT. ONE WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. THE DISTRICT’S SUPERINTENDENT SAID THE DISRUPTIONS WERE THE RESULT OF PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY. SHE SAID STARTING WITH NEXT YEAR’S EVENT THIS SPRING, FLING, SEVEN REGINA AHN SEVEN WILL BE INVITE ONLY TO HELP ENSURE THE FOCUS IS ON THE ATHLETES. A HARRISBURG MAN IS CHARGED AFTER POLICE SAY HE HIT ANOTHER MAN IN THE FACE MORE THAN TEN TIMES AND KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD FOUR TIMES. 25 YEAR OLD NICOLE PHILLIPS IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AFTER HIS ARREST ON THURSDAY. POLICE SAY THE ASSAULT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY NEAR DEWBERRY AND BLACKBERRY STREETS. THE VICTIM IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. A MAN WAS ARRESTED IN FLORIDA AFTER POLICE SAY HE SHOT SOMEONE IN CHAMBERSBURG, FRANKLIN COUNTY, LAST MONTH. 28 YEAR OLD BRODERICK FIELDS IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE. POLICE SAY HE WAS INVOLVED IN A FIGHT WITH A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE ON CENTRAL AVENUE ON APRIL 19TH. THEY SAY AFTER THE FIGHT, FIELDS SHOT THE VICTIM IN THE LEG. FIELDS WAS ARRESTED IN POLK COUNTY ON MAY 6TH. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THE MANHEIM TOWNSHIP. LANCASTER COUNTY POLICE CHIEF WHO WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO PULLING A GUN ON A MOTORCYCLIST WHILE OFF DUTY WITH CHIEF DEWAYNE FISHER ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DURING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT. SENIOR LIEUTENANT BRIAN PHRASE WILL BE ACTING CHIEF FOR THE DEPARTMENT. ALSO, THE LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS CONFIRMED HER OFFICE IS NOT INVESTIGATING THE CHIEF’S USE OF FORCE. DA HEATHER ADAMS SAID THE OFFICE DETERMINED THAT THE ACTIONS DID NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACT. SHE WENT ON TO SAY WHETHER THE USE OF FORCE OR TACTICS USED DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS WITHIN OR AGAINST POLICY TRAINING OR BEST PRACTICES IS TH
Wheeler and Stott lead Phillies to 5-2 win over Pirates
Updated: 10:11 PM EDT May 17, 2025
Zack Wheeler pitched six shutout innings, Bryson Stott homered and drove in three runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Saturday night.Stott launched his fourth homer of the season off starter Carmen Mlodzinski (1-4) in the third and knocked in two runs an inning later with an opposite-field single. Wheeler (5-1) posted another strong outing, allowing three hits and a walk. It was his second consecutive scoreless start, and he’s gone 16 innings without giving up a run. Bryce Harper had two hits and an RBI. Harper has reached base 11 times in his last 17 plate appearances, logging seven hits and four walks. Kyle Schwarber added an RBI double for the Phillies, who have won 14 of 19. Mlodzinski lasted 3 1/3 innings, allowing four runs and seven hits.Pittsburgh didn’t advance a runner to second base until Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth. The last-place Pirates are 3-12 in May. Stott’s single in the fourth stretched Philadelphia’s lead to 4-0. It was notable because it came off lefty reliever Joey Wentz. The Phillies have not been starting Stott against left-handed pitchers. Stott entered the at-bat 6 for 28 (.214) against lefties this season. Dating to August 2024, Wheeler has pitched at least six innings and allowed two runs or fewer in 19 of 21 starts. Pirates ace Paul Skenes (3-4, 2.63 ERA) faces Phillies RHP Mick Abel on Sunday. Abel will be making his major league debut.
PHILADELPHIA —
Zack Wheeler pitched six shutout innings, Bryson Stott homered and drove in three runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Saturday night.
Stott launched his fourth homer of the season off starter Carmen Mlodzinski (1-4) in the third and knocked in two runs an inning later with an opposite-field single.
Wheeler (5-1) posted another strong outing, allowing three hits and a walk. It was his second consecutive scoreless start, and he’s gone 16 innings without giving up a run.
Bryce Harper had two hits and an RBI. Harper has reached base 11 times in his last 17 plate appearances, logging seven hits and four walks. Kyle Schwarber added an RBI double for the Phillies, who have won 14 of 19.
Mlodzinski lasted 3 1/3 innings, allowing four runs and seven hits.
Pittsburgh didn’t advance a runner to second base until Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth. The last-place Pirates are 3-12 in May.
Stott’s single in the fourth stretched Philadelphia’s lead to 4-0. It was notable because it came off lefty reliever Joey Wentz. The Phillies have not been starting Stott against left-handed pitchers. Stott entered the at-bat 6 for 28 (.214) against lefties this season.
Dating to August 2024, Wheeler has pitched at least six innings and allowed two runs or fewer in 19 of 21 starts.
Pirates ace Paul Skenes (3-4, 2.63 ERA) faces Phillies RHP Mick Abel on Sunday. Abel will be making his major league debut.