When Mick Abel called his dad back home in Oregon a few days ago, the conversation began differently than usual. “Is mom in the room?” Abel asked. Abel’s dad put Mick’s mom on speaker phone, then added his brother to the call.

Mick Abel tied a franchise record with nine strikeouts over six innings in his Major League debut as host Philadelphia completed a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh with a 1-0 victory. Abel (1-0), a first round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft out of Jesuit High School in Portland,