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WASHINGTON — Dave Dombrowski had troubling news to share early Saturday evening from the visiting clubhouse at Nationals Park.

Minutes after the Phillies’ 2-0 loss to Washington , Dombrowski announced that Zack Wheeler is being placed on the 15-day injured list with a “right upper extremity blood clot.”

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The Phillies’ president of baseball operations was joined by head athletic trainer Paul Buchheit.

“There’s not a whole lot we can say on it at this time,” Dombrowski said, “but I commend Paul and the doctors for finding this because it could’ve been a much more trying situation than what it is.”

The 35-year-old Wheeler has been a bona fide ace since signing with the Phillies in De

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