Philadelphia Phillies' Cristopher Sánchez gestures as he walks to the bench after pitching during the during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Philadelphia.
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Phillies ace Cristopher Sánchez breezed through four scoreless innings against San Diego on Wednesday night to extend his consecutive shutout innings streak to 48 2/3, good for thid place on the career list. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Orel Hershiser, with a record 59 straight scoreless innings in 1988, and Don Drysdale with 58 in 1968 are ahead of Sánchez on the list dating to the start of the Live Ball Era in 1920. Sánchez got the one scoreless inning he needed to pass Carl Hubbell and become the leader among left-handers. He struck out Fernando Tatis Jr. and set the side down in order in the first.
