The 29-year-old left-hander survived early traffic and a deep Manny Machado drive, then lowered his ERA to 1.47 as Philadelphia’s defense wobbled behind him.
Sánchez also set the longest scoreless streak by a lefty in the expansion era since 1961, moving past Clayton Kershaw’s 41 innings from 2014.
His run is now the seventh-longest in MLB since 1920 and has put him within reach of Carl Hubbell’s modern lefty mark of 45 1/3, still well short of Orel Hershiser’s 59-inning record.
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