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Phillies' Zack Wheeler Says Being Left Off All-Star Game Roster Is 'Kind Of BS'

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler described his 14-strikeout outing in a victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night a "reminder for whoever needs to be reminded" that Major League Baseball erred in leaving him off of National League roster for next week's All-Star game. "It pisses me off and it’s kind of BS," Wheeler (9-1) said in postgame comments broadcast by NBC Sports Philadelphia. The 36-year-old Wheeler's career high-tying strikeout performance in a 4-1 victory came mere hours after Major League Baseball announced that three other National League pitchers — Riley O’Brien...