Cristopher Sanchez shrugged off an early homer to pitch six strong innings, Alec Bohm and Kyle Schwarber homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Friday night.
Sanchez and three relievers retired the final 21 St. Louis hitters. Nine of those outs came on strikeouts.
Third baseman Nolan Arenado left in the seventh inning with what the club described as lower-back tightness. He is listed as day-to-day. "He's been battling it for weeks now and he refuses to come out of any game or come out of the lineup," Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. "He preps for every game and he's been able to play through it. It started to lock up a little bit there and I didn't want to push through it.
After surrendering the two-run homer to Goldschmidt in the first inning, Sanchez settled into a consistent groove. After Tyler O'Neill's leadoff double in the third inning, Sanchez finished his night by retiring 12 straight. Jose Alvarado, Andrew Bellatti and Jeff Hoffman got the final nine outs in order.
"He started to pitch down in the zone and used the changeup off of it," Marmol said. "He mixed it up well."
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