Texas Rangers at Philadelphia Phillies

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Texas Rangers

0-1, 0-1 Away

Final
3 - 5

Philadelphia Phillies

1-0, 1-0 Home

Sánchez strikes out 10 in 6 shutout innings, Bohm, Schwarber go deep in Phillies' 5-3 win over Texas

Texas Rangers vs. Philadelphia Phillies: Game Highlights

Sánchez did not issue a walk over 87 pitches in his first career opening-day start and showed why the Phillies tore up his old deal before it expired and gave him a much more lucrative contract through the 2032 season. The 29-year-old left-hander won 13 games last season and finished runner-up behind Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes in NL Cy Young Award voting.

Skenes was chased in the first inning earlier in the day by the Mets — as 76ers star Joel Embiid mocked the Pirates ' ace on social media — while Sánchez never pitched into a serious jam against Texas and spoiled manager Skip Schumaker's Texas debut.

Sánchez pumped his fist into his mitt in excitement after he struck out Corey Seager to end the sixth inning. Sánchez walked off the mound to a standing ovation and waved to 44,610 fans.

Jake Burger hit a two-run homer for Texas in the ninth that forced the Phillies to use closer Jhoan Duran for the save.

Sánchez was backed by the usual pop in the Phillies' lineup.

Schwarber, last season's NL home run champion with 56 who agreed to a $150 million, five-year contract in the offseason, hit a two-run opposite-field homer in the first inning off Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi.

Bohm made it 5-0 and chased Eovaldi in the fifth when he also went the other way with a three-run shot to right.

Phillies rookie center fielder Justin Crawford, the son of four-time All-Star Carl Crawford, singled on the first pitch he saw in the big leagues and singled again in the fifth.

Phillies reliever Zach Pop failed the team's first Automated Ball-Strike System challenge in the eighth inning against Brandon Nimmo. Pop challenged James Hoye's ball four call but it was confirmed on replay and Nimmo walked.

Up next The three-game series resumes Saturday when the Phillies send RHP Aaron Nola (5-10, 6.01 ERA) to the mound against Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (12-8, 2.97 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Carter grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Jansen singled to center, Higashioka scored.
	9th Inning	Duran struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Duran relieved Backhus
	9th Inning	Duran hit for Smith
	9th Inning	Jung grounded out to second, Higashioka to second, Higashioka safe at third on throwing error by first baseman Harper.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	11
11	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
4	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	18
36	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
2.9	Runs Created	6.1
.229	Batting Average	.294
.250	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.529
.143	Secondary Average	.294
.250	On Base Percentage	.333
.593	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.863
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
25.0	Batter Rating	41.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.11	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.114	Isolated Power	.235
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
-.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
75.8	MLB Rating	89.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0