Suárez struck out a career-high 11 in seven shutout innings, and backup catcher Marchán provided all the offense for Philadelphia as the Phillies held on for the win.

The Phillies’ rotation is still as strong as ever, even without ace Zack Wheeler. Ranger Suárez is just the latest Phillies pitcher to dominate since Wheeler’s season-ending injury, cruising through seven innings with a career-high 11 strikeouts in a 3-2 victory over the Nationals on Sunday.

Now that Zack Wheeler's 2025 campaign is officially over, the attention will turn to his starting rotation cohorts. Ranger Suárez and Aaron Nola each looked strong this weekend.

The Nationals will turn to Jake Irvin. The righthander has had a rough month of August with an ERA of 9.31 in four starts. Game time is 1:35 and will be televised locally be NBCSP.

Cristopher Sanchez (11-4, 2.41 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 169 strikeouts); Mets: Kodai Senga (7-5, 2.58 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 99 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Phillies -126, Mets +105; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets host the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday to begin a three-game series.

The New York Mets are a season-worst seven games behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East entering a three-game home series against the Phillies