[MyDaily — Reporter Shim Jae-hee] The left-handed “monster” who dominated South Korea in the 2026 World Baseball Classic is wreaking havoc in Major League Baseball. Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Christopher Sánchez, 30, of the Dominican Republic, has now posted four straight scoreless starts, totaling 37.2 consecutive scoreless innings.
Sánchez took the mound for Philadelphia’s regular-season home game against the Cleveland Guardians at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 23 (Korean time). He threw eight innings, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out six and giving up no runs. The Phillies fell 0-1, so Sánchez received no decision. He threw 96 pitches, 60 of them for strikes.
His scoreless run began on May 6 against the Oakland Athletics at home, when he tossed eight shutout innings, allowing three hits. On May 11 vs. the Colorado Rockies at home, he went seven scoreless innings, yielding six hits. On May 17 at the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sánchez delivered a complete-game shutout — nine innings, six hits — to earn the win. In the most recent start he once again worked eight innings without allowing a run.
The 37.2 scoreless innings mark the second-longest streak in Phillies history. Sánchez has passed Cliff Lee’s 34-inning streak from 2011 and moved ahead of Larry Andersen (32.2), Turk Farrell (32.2), Robin Roberts (32), Ranger Suárez (32) and Ken Heintzelman (32). He’s closing in on Grover Alexander’s franchise record of 41 consecutive scoreless innings set in 1911.
This season Sánchez is 5-2 with a 1.62 ERA. He has worked 72.1 innings, issued 16 walks and struck out 86 batters, holding opponents to a .242 batting average with a 1.16 WHIP. On May 22, MLB’s power rankings for starting pitchers placed him at No. 1, ahead of Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski, the New York Yankees’ Cam Shulitler, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Paul Skenes.
In the WBC quarterfinal against South Korea in March, Sánchez was equally dominant. He threw six scoreless innings, allowed two hits, struck out eight and walked one as the Dominican Republic closed out a 10-0 win under the seven-inning mercy rule. Sánchez overwhelmed Korean hitters with a sinker that touched 97 mph (about 156.1 km/h) while mixing in a changeup and a slider.
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