PHILADELPHIA — The scoreless innings streak ended on a sinker inside to Jackson Merrill, who sent Cristopher Sánchez’s offering bouncing through the infield into left. After Ty France crossed home plate to put an end to 50 2/3 spectacular and nerve-racking and awe-inducing innings, Phillies fans stood. They clapped, they whistled, they cheered — and Sánchez waited to throw his next pitch. It was 63 seconds of raucousness before he did so.
Sánchez’s scoreless streak ends at 50 and 2/3 IP, the fifth longest in MLB history. pic.twitter.com/VKGtmHW9eU
— Charlotte Varnes (@charlottevarnes) June 4, 2026Sánchez’s streak, which began April 30 against the San Francisco Giants, came to a close on June 3 against the San Diego Padres. He entered a new echelon of baseball history while doing so, becoming one of just five pitchers in major-league history to pitch 50 scoreless consecutive innings and the only lefty to do so.“Pretty amazing,” Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly said pregame Wednesday. “I don’t really know how to categorize it, other than it just seems like every time now it’s really good.”
Longest scoreless streaks in MLB history PitcherYearStreakOrel Hershisher198859 IPDon Drysdale196858 IPWalter Johnson191355 2/3 IPJack Coombs191053 IPCristopher Sánchez202650 2/3 IP
