Phillies ace Sanchez sees shutout innings streak end shy of 51 - ESPN

PHILADELPHIA — Phillies ace Cristopher Sanchez breezed through six scoreless innings against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night to extend his consecutive shutout innings streak to 50 2/3, good for third on the career list.

In the top of the seventh, though, that streak came to an end just shy of 51 innings when Ty France got on base with a double and Jackson Merrill singled to drive him in for the Padres first run of the night.

The streak of 50 2/3 innings is the longest ever by a left-handed pitcher and was the first run given up by Sánchez since April 30. The Phillies were leading 3-1 when Sanchez left the mound and held on to win the game 3-2.

Sanchez received a load standing ovation after the run scored, and the 29-year-old lefty stood on the mound until the applause died down.

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.

Sanchez struck out Fernando Tatis Jr. and set the Padres' side down in order in the first Wednesday night to pass Carl Hubbell and become the career leader among left-handers. He then fanned Xander Bogaerts in the second inning, and Jase Bowen in the third to keep the game scoreless.

The 29-year-old Sanchez also passed Sal Maglie, Zack Greinke, and Bob Gibson on the shutout streak list since 1920. He surpassed Gibson's 47 consecutive shutout innings in the same 1968 season as Drysdale, dubbed the year of the pitcher.

Sanchez — throwing a changeup that averages 86.5 mph and holding hitters to a .153 average — hasn't been in any serious jeopardy of allowing a run since permitting two runs in the first inning of a 3-2 Phillies win over