Edmundo Sosa drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the eighth inning, and the Phillies beat the Athletics 6-3 on Wednesday night after scoring four runs in the frame to erase a deficit.
Brandon Marsh added an RBI single while down 0-2 in the count, and Justin Crawford followed with an RBI groundout as Philadelphia turned a late hole into a needed win. The rally sent the Phillies to three games under.500 and set them up to go for the sweep on Thursday.
Zack Wheeler gave them a chance to stay close. He pitched into the seventh inning for the first time since his complete game shutout against the Cincinnati Reds on July 6, 2025, finishing with three runs allowed on five hits and four strikeouts. Tyler Soderstrom had put the Athletics in front by leading off the sixth with a homer, and Wheeler’s outing came in his third start back after thoracic outlet decompression surgery in September.
The Phillies had not won a game this year against a non-opener left-handed starter before Wednesday, a hurdle they finally cleared behind the late burst. The eighth inning, not the early innings, carried the night, and Sosa’s single supplied the hit that made the comeback stick.
Philadelphia gets a quick chance to prove the result was a turn rather than a one-night escape when it returns Thursday aiming to finish the sweep.
