Wheeler (10-7) took the loss Friday versus Cincinnati. He allowed four runs on four hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings.
The right-hander surrendered home runs to Joey Votto in the fourth inning and Nick Castellanos in the sixth, making this the second of his 24 starts in which Wheeler has been taken deep multiple times. The rough start bumped his ERA up to 2.56 with a 0.99 WHIP and 187:35 K:BB through 162 innings. Wheeler has given up four or more runs in five of his last seven starts, but he's managed to amass a 4-3 record in that span. He lines up for a favorable road start in Arizona his next time out.