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Phillies ace Zack Wheeler tied a career high with 14 strikeouts on Tuesday in Cincinnati and then blasted MLB's decision to exclude him from next week's All-Star game in Philadelphia. "It pisses me off and it's kind of BS," Wheeler said on the postgame broadcast. Wheeler's comments came hours after MLB named three other NL pitchers as All-Star replacements. He said he was given the impression he wasn't selected because he's scheduled to pitch this weekend in Detroit. Wheeler is 9-1 with a 2.28 ERA in 14 starts this season, striking out 98 batters — including 24 in his last 11 2/3 innings — in 87 innings. The 36-year-old hasn't pitched enough innings yet to qualify for the ERA title, but if he did, his 2.28 ERA would be fourth in all of MLB. Wheeler missed the start of the season rehabbing from thoracic outlet decompression surgery last September. Less than a year later, Wheeler is back to anchoring the Phillies' rotation. For more from Wheeler, click the link in our bio. #phillie...

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