PITTSBURGH (Interstat) — Zack Wheeler pitched seven dominant innings, Bryce Harper homered off Paul Skenes and the Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 6-0 victory Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.

Wheeler (3-0) allowed four hits, struck out eight and walked one, lowering his ERA to 1.99 in six starts since coming off the injured list following surgery to remove a blood clot from his upper right arm. He retired the side in order in the first, third and fourth innings and worked around a leadoff single in the second and a one-out single in the fifth. Jonathan Bowlan and Tanner Banks each pitched a scoreless inning to finish the five-hitter.

Philadelphia broke a scoreless tie in the fifth. Adolis García walked, moved to third on J.T. Realmuto’s single and scored on a groundout by Justin Crawford. Trea Turner followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0.

The Phillies blew the game open with three runs in the sixth. Harper led off with his 12th home run, a solo shot to center field off Skenes. After Alec Bohm singled and Brandon Marsh doubled, García was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Bryson Stott doubled to right field, driving in Bohm and Marsh. Stott later added a solo homer in the eighth, his fourth of the season, to cap the scoring.

Stott finished 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and three RBIs. Harper went 1-for-4 with the homer. Realmuto had two hits. Philadelphia collected eight hits in all.

Skenes (6-3) took the loss, allowing five earned runs on six hits over five innings. He struck out seven and walked one. The Pirates managed only five hits, with Nick Gonzales, Konnor Griffin, Spencer Horwitz, Oneil Cruz and Brandon Lowe each singling. Lowe’s double in the sixth was overturned to a ground-rule double on fan interference following a replay review, and he was left stranded.

Wheeler set down the Pirates in order in the first, third and fourth innings, and after Horwitz’s single in the fifth, he induced a forceout and a strikeout to escape. He left after seven innings having thrown 70 pitches, 18 for strikes, 52 balls and 18 balls in play per the official count.

Banks worked a perfect eighth with one strikeout, and Bowlan allowed a hit and struck out one in the ninth to close it.

The game drew 37,820 fans and lasted 2 hours, 30 minutes. Philadelphia improved to 24-23, matching Pittsburgh’s record at 24-23.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Phillies a 54.90 percent probability to win. Pittsburgh had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 6 went over the over/under line of 7.