PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Zack Wheeler pitched six dominant innings and the Philadelphia Phillies scored in four separate innings to complete a 7-0 shutout of the Miami Marlins on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park in front of 39,241 fans.

The game lasted 2 hours, 45 minutes.

Wheeler allowed just two hits and struck out nine without permitting a run, improving to 6-1 on the season. Ryan Gusto took the loss for Miami, falling to 0-2 after allowing five runs on six hits over 4 1/3 innings.

Philadelphia struck first in the bottom of the second inning when Gabriel Rincones Jr. launched a solo home run to right field, his first of the year, giving the Phillies a 1-0 lead.

The Phillies expanded their advantage in the third. Brandon Marsh led off with a double, moved to third on a fielder’s choice and scored on a forceout grounder by Rincones. Justin Crawford then singled to center, driving in Bryson Stott to make it 3-0.

Miami’s offense never got going against Wheeler. The Marlins managed only five hits in the game, with Liam Hicks collecting two singles. Joe Mack doubled in the fifth inning, but Miami could not push a run across. Wheeler retired the side in order in the first, third and sixth innings.

The decisive blow came in the bottom of the fifth. With Bryson Stott on base via a walk, J.T. Realmuto crushed a line-drive home run to left field, scoring Stott and extending the Phillies’ lead to 5-0. It was Realmuto’s fifth home run of the season.

Philadelphia added two more runs in the eighth inning. Justin Crawford singled, moved to third on a single by Edmundo Sosa, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Alec Bohm. Sosa then scored on another sacrifice fly, this one by Bryce Harper, making the final margin 7-0.

Wheeler faced 23 batters over six innings, allowing only a leadoff single to Liam Hicks in the first and a double to Joe Mack in the fifth. He walked one and struck out nine, throwing 68 of his 94 pitches for strikes.

Tim Mayza pitched a scoreless seventh inning, allowing one hit and striking out one.

Crawford led the Phillies’ offense with three hits in four at-bats, including an RBI single. Marsh added two hits in five at-bats, and Sosa went 2 for 4. Realmuto finished 1 for 4 with two RBIs.

For Miami, Hicks had two hits in four at-bats. Heriberto Hernández singled in the ninth inning. The Marlins struck out 12 times as a team.

The loss dropped Miami to 36-37 on the season. The Marlins had won three of their previous four games, including a 4-2 victory at Pittsburgh on Sunday. Miami opened the series having taken two of three from the Pirates over the weekend.

Philadelphia improved to 39-33. The Phillies had lost four of their previous six games, including a 4-0 defeat at Milwaukee on Sunday. The victory was their first shutout since May 17 at Pittsburgh.

The two teams are scheduled to play two more games in this series, Tuesday and Wednesday, before Miami returns home to host the San Francisco Giants on Friday. The Phillies will host the New York Mets beginning Thursday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Philadelphia 7, Miami 6. Interstat’s ELO system projected the Phillies with a 60.40 percent probability to win. Philadelphia was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5 runs. The total of seven runs went over the over-under line of 7.5.