Zack Wheeler took the mound for the Mets on Friday night at Citizens Bank Park after the team had lost six straight and had fallen back to five games behind the Chicago Cubs for the second NL Wild Card spot.

Wheeler, 29, helped lead the team to victory even though he would only get a no-decision for his strong outing.

The right-hander had no issues through the first four innings allowing only three hits and a walk, while the game remained tied at zero.

However, the fifth inning did not go as planned and could have been a lot worse than it was in the end.

Adam Haseley led off the inning with a single to right field and promptly made it to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Aaron Nola. Corey Dickerson moved him to third with another single to right to put runners on the corners with one out.

J.T. Realmuto followed it up with a hard hit, but very quickly sinking liner to center field that Michael Conforto made a beautiful diving grab on and almost threw out Haseley at home. Unfortunately, Haseley did score to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.

After walking Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins hit a single on a 2-1 fastball which Dickerson tried to score on, but was thrown out by J.D. Davis with a great tag by Rene Rivera at the plate to limit the damage to one run. The play would be reviewed, but confirmed shortly after.

The sixth inning was quite stressful as well, as Wheeler allowed a double to Jean Segura to lead off the inning and the speedy shortstop quickly advanced to third on a Cesar Hernandez sacrifice fly to Jeff McNeil.

Wheeler put it together, though, striking out Scott Kingery and then after intentionally walking Haseley to face Aaron Nola, got the latter to ground out to Todd Frazier to end the inning.

That would prove to be all for Wheeler on Friday night as his final line would read as six innings in which he allowed one run, seven hits, and three walks while striking out four batters.

“It’s a big game,” Wheeler said. “Losing six in a row and we had to get back on the right track and that’s what I was trying to do tonight. Put up zeros and try to give us a chance to win. The guys worked hard tonight. We stayed in the game and were able to put a lot of runs on the board late.”

In 26 starts, Wheeler now has a 9-7 record, 4.41 ERA, 3.70 FIP, and 1.295 WHIP to go along with 8.9 K/9 as compared to 2.5 BB/9.

His next start will come in the series finale in Washington D.C. against the Nationals on Wednesday, which could also be a huge game for the Mets.