Cristopher Sanchez Matches Dodgers Legend With Historic Stretch

Sanchez is now in rarified air with one of the most dominant stretches in MLB history. As shared by OptaSTATS on X, he is only the second pitcher in the modern era to have a three-start stretch of 24+ innings pitched, 30+ strikeouts, no more than one walk issued and zero runs allowed.

The only other pitcher who has reached those plateaus was future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2015.

This stretch started for Sanchez on May 5 against the Athletics. He had his best outing of the season to that point, throwing eight innings while striking out 10, issuing one walk and allowing only three hits.

In his following start, he threw seven innings against the Colorado Rockies. He struck out seven hitters, allowing only six hits.

Since Mattingly has taken over as manager, Sanchez has been arguably the most dominant pitcher in baseball. He has thrown at least 6.2 innings in all four of his starts and has gone 30.1 consecutive innings without allowing a run.

On the season, his ERA now sits at 1.82, to go along with a 1.20 WHIP across 64.1 innings. He has struck out 80 batters compared to only 14 walks, now combining his pinpoint precision with wipeout stuff to rack up eye-popping statistics.

With him atop the rotation alongside Zack Wheeler, the Phillies have one of the best one-two punches in baseball. As long as they continue performing at a high level, Philadelphia is going to be a tough team to beat.

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