Zack Wheeler's Spite Fuels a Pitching Surge
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Left off the All-Star roster, Zack Wheeler responded with a dominant performance, striking out 14 to tie a career high and publicly calling the selection process 'BS', then declined the later invitation but proceeded to six scoreless innings in his next start, lowering his ERA to 2.13 as his 'spite' appears to sharpen his pitching.
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