Sanchez returns to All-Star form in Phillies' win
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- Cristopher Sanchez rebounded from a career-worst Monday start — nine earned runs in 3⅓ innings — to strike out seven over seven innings Saturday, anchoring the Phillies' 4-2 win over the Tigers.
- The Phillies ended the Tigers' six-game winning streak with the Saturday victory.
- Sanchez, an All-Star, returned to form three days after his historically poor outing, delivering seven innings with seven strikeouts against Detroit.
- The stark contrast between starts — a career-high nine earned runs Monday versus seven shutout-adjacent innings Saturday — highlights the volatility in Sanchez's recent performance.
Why it matters: Sanchez's bounce-back matters because the Phillies needed their All-Star left-hander to steady a rotation shaken by a career-worst nine-earned-run outing — and his seven-inning, seven-strikeout performance did exactly that, while also halting Detroit's six-game streak.
