Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sanchez continues to show his place as a Cy Younger candidate.
On Saturday, Sanchez shut down the Pittsburgh Pirates, tossing an entire sport shutout. Sanchez allowed simply six with no walks and 13 strikeouts. It was the fourth full sport of his profession and his second shutout.
Via three begins in Could, Sanchez has given up simply 15 hits and one stroll and hasn’t allowed an earned run whereas piling up 30 strikeouts in 24 innings. In response to OptaSTATS, this line by the previous All-Star (2024) has solely been carried out as soon as in Main League Baseball historical past when Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw did so in 2015.
Earlier than Saturday’s begin in opposition to the Pirates, Sanchez had an ERA of two.11, nevertheless it has since dropped to a formidable 1.82. This locations the 29-year-old in fourth in Main League Baseball and first within the Nationwide League.
Sanchez is hanging proper together with his two closest opponents for the Cy Younger Award, Pirates ace Paul Skenes, and Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale. Sale (6-3, 1.96 ERA) and Skenes (6-2, 1.98 ERA) each have ERAs underneath 2.00. Skenes will pitch Sunday, Could 17, within the sequence finale in opposition to the Phillies.
