The Philadelphia Phillies got a gem at PNC Park. Cristopher Sánchez fired a complete-game shutout in a 6-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, striking out 13 and walking none. He needed 108 pitches to get 27 outs, 74 of them strikes, and faced 32 batters without allowing a run.

Command and efficiency

Sánchez’s line jumps off the page: 108 pitches, 74 for strikes, and 0 walks. He averaged 3.375 pitches per batter and just 12 pitches per inning, a tidy pace for nine full frames. Pittsburgh reached on six hits, but their on-base percentage against him sat at .188 for the night.

Strikeout power that set the tone

The left-hander punched out 13 hitters, good for 13.0 K/9 in this outing. He needed just 8.31 pitches per strikeout, piling up whiffs and called strikes alike. That dominance produced a Game Score of 116, the kind you circle on a season ledger.

Soft contact, no damage

There were no home runs allowed, and only six hits against him: four singles and two doubles. The Pirates put 12 men on base across the game and left them all there. A 1.167 ground-ball to fly-ball ratio, seven groundouts, and one grounded into double play kept everything calm behind him.

Season picture after the masterclass

Zooming out, Sánchez’s season numbers remain elite: 1.82 ERA, 1.197 WHIP, 11.19 K/9 and just 0.42 HR/9 to date. Opponents have a .263 batting average against him, and his fielding independent pitching sits at 1.97. On Sofascore you can track every Phillies start with pitch-by-pitch charts, box scores, and advanced splits.

Attendance was 31,296, and the scoreboard favored the visitors early and often, with Philadelphia scoring 3 in the first, 2 in the second, and 1 in the eighth. The rest was Sánchez keeping it simple and ruthless.