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PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Cristopher S\u00e1nchez finally allowed a run after 663 pitches, 190 batters faced and 50 2\/3 scoreless innings \u2014 a feat that placed the Phillies\u2019 ace among Hall of Fame company.<\/p>\n

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After a run scored against the left-hander for the first time since late April, more than 40,000 fans at Citizens Bank Park stood and gave him an ovation that lasted more than a minute. Yes, those Phillies fans were cheering after a run was scored against the home team. <\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez held his stern demeanor for as long as he could, wanting to throw the next pitch. Finally, he cracked a smile. He raised his cap, wiped his forehead and Phillies fans and his teammates kept applauding S\u00e1nchez, celebrating a rare milestone in baseball history.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a big moment, a huge moment for me,\u201d S\u00e1nchez said through an interpreter. \u201cI think that I just had to do something for the fans and react to the love that they brought it.\u201d<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez pushed his consecutive shutout innings streak to just short of 51 innings Wednesday night before allowing a two-out RBI single to San Diego\u2019s Jackson Merrill in the seventh and earned the win after J.T. Realmuto and Kyle Schwarber homered in the seventh inning, leading the Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the Padres.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something I never imagined in my life that I would do,\u201d S\u00e1nchez said.<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez\u2019s streak ranked as the third-best overall dating to the start of the Live Ball Era in 1920 behind the Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 Orel Hershiser, with a record 59 straight scoreless innings in 1988, and Don Drysdale with 58 in 1968. He struck out San Diego\u2019s Fernando Tatis Jr. and set the Padres down in order in the first to pass Carl Hubbell at 45 1\/3 innings and become the career leader among left-handers.<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez breezed through six scoreless innings before Ty France doubled with two out in the seventh. Lefty-swinging Merrill then punched a single to left that accounted for the only run allowed by S\u00e1nchez in more than a month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know my vocabulary is probably not good enough for him right now,\u201d Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly said. \u201cYou could feel it every inning, they knew exactly what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez also passed Sal Maglie, Zack Greinke, and Bob Gibson on the shutout streak list since 1920. He surpassed Gibson\u2019s 47 consecutive shutout innings in the same 1968 season as Drysdale, dubbed the year of the pitcher.<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez \u2014 throwing a changeup that averages 86.5 mph and holding hitters to a .153 average \u2014 hadn\u2019t been in any serious jeopardy of allowing a run since permitting two runs in the first inning of a 3-2 Phillies win over the Giants on April 30.<\/p>\n

He worked seven shutout innings in his last start against the Padres to eclipse the Phillies\u2019 franchise record of 41 innings, set in 1911 by Grover Cleveland Alexander.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou don\u2019t get to see things like this very often,\u201d Mattingly said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those things that\u2019s not happened very often. It\u2019s hard to categorize it. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve seen anything that\u2019s really been better than this.\u201d<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez, who had had thrown at least seven shutout innings in five straight starts, struck out eight. He improved to 7-2 and lowered his ERA to an MLB-best 1.46.<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez was named NL pitcher of the month for May earlier Wednesday. He went 4-0 and struck out 45 \u2014 with only three walks \u2014 over 39 innings in the month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool what he\u2019s doing,\u201d Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper said. \u201cLot of punch-outs, as well, so that helps us on defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez also set a Citizens Bank Park scoreless streak record at 34 2\/3 innings, topping Cliff Lee (29 innings) and Roy Halladay (33) and he became the second pitcher this season to reach 100 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez was the NL Cy Young Award runner-up in 2025 when he went 13-5 with a 2.50 ERA and struck out 212 in 202 innings. He signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an international free agent in 2013 and was traded to the Phillies six years later for infielder Curtis Mead in a little-noticed offseason transaction. He made his big-league debut in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember they were talking about releasing him in 2020,\u201d Harper said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen it from the jump, just kind of the way he approaches it. Just super special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drysdale threw a major-league record six straight shutouts as part of his streak from May 14- June 8, 1968. Hershiser pitched six scoreless starts in September 1988 as part of his record-breaking streak. Hershiser, now a broadcaster for the Dodgers, said last week he was fine if S\u00e1nchez broke his record.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pulling for anybody to have a life-changing moment,\u201d said Hershiser, who still holds the record.<\/p>\n

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