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05/16 17:58 CDT Cristopher Snchez strikes out a career-high 13 as the Phillies
beat the Pirates 6-0
Cristopher Snchez strikes out a career-high 13 as the Phillies beat the
Pirates 6-0
By WILL GRAVES
AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- Cristopher Snchez struck out a career-high 13 while
picking up the second shutout of his career as the Philadelphia Phillies
drilled the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Saturday.
Snchez (5-2), the National League Cy Young runner-up a year ago, allowed five
hits and didn't issue a walk while extending his scoreless streak to 29 2/3
innings, dropping his ERA to 1.82.
Bryce Harper smashed a 457-foot three-run homer off the batter's eye in the
first inning off Bubba Chandler (1-5). Trea Turner and Alec Bohm had two hits
apiece. Kyle Schwarber, baseball's leading home run hitter, added an RBI single
as the Phillies gave Sanchez an early five-run lead and cruised.
Philadelphia improved to 14-4 over its last 18 games to return to .500 (23-23)
and made bench coach Dusty Wathan a winner during his managerial debut. Wathan
filled in for Don Mattingly while Mattingly attended his son's college
graduation.
One night after the Phillies rallied from six down to stun Pittsburgh in extra
innings, Sanchez made sure no comeback was needed. He retired the first 11
batters he faced and never really ran into trouble until the ninth inning, when
the Pirates put runners on first and third with one out.
With a reliever warming up in the bullpen, Sanchez struck out Marcell Ozuna to
reach 13 strikeouts for the first time and then retired Nick Yorke on a
groundball to end it.
While Sanchez was crisp, Chandler was not. The hard-throwing 23-year-old,
considered an important part of Pittsburgh's future, continued to struggle with
his command. Chandler issued four walks in his three innings of work, pushing
his total on the season to a major league-leading 31.
And when Chandler did find the strike zone, Schwarber and Harper made him pay.
It took Philadelphia all of three batters to take control. Turner led off with
a single. Schwarber walked, and Harper followed with his 11th homer of the
season, a monster shot that made the significant chunk of the PNC Park crowd
who made the five-hour drive across the state roar with approval.
Up next The series wraps up on Sunday when reigning NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes (6-2, 1.98 ERA) starts for Pittsburgh against Philadelphia's Zack Wheeler (2-0, 2.55). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb |
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