Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks

In a rotation that features the runner-up for the National League Cy Young Award in three of the past five seasons between Zack Wheeler (2021 and ’24) and Cristopher Sánchez (’25 and possibly this season), it’s Jesús Luzardo who has been the Phillies’ rock for the better part of the last three months. That trend continued on Tuesday as the left-hander held the D-backs to one run in 6 2/3 innings in a 7-1 win at Chase Field. Their sixth straight victory launched the Phillies into sole possession of the top NL Wild Card spot and closed the gap in the NL East to three games behind the Braves. The Phillies had a run in, thanks to Trea Turner’s RBI double off the center-field wall, and runners on the corners with no outs against Eduardo Rodriguez in the first inning, but the D-backs lefty settled in and held the Phils to three runs in five innings. That was enough for Luzardo, who limited the damage to a Jordan Lawlar solo homer in the fifth. He struck out six and walked one while scattering six hits. Luzardo was disappointed to not finish the seventh inning, but he was pleased with his outing overall. “I’m super happy with the outcome,” Luzardo said. “Obviously, getting the win as a team, I think that was huge, giving us a little bit of length, saving the bullpen a touch. Great, great game overall, I feel like, from a whole team standpoint.”  Luzardo left two men on for Jonathan Bowlan in the seventh with the score still 3-1, but the righty struck out Geraldo Perdomo to escape the jam. “That was huge. He gets a big out there in the seventh, because if Perdomo hits a ball in the gap or it's a homer or something, now we're behind,” interim manager Don Mattingly said. “So I would like Zus to try to get through that inning ... but any time you start seeing a guy that third time through \[the batting order\