Sandy Alcantara took the mound Friday night in Philadelphia with one goal: pound the strike zone. He certainly did that ... perhaps too much.

The Phillies again grabbed an early lead and got a stellar start from Zack Wheeler in their win Friday night over the Marlins.

Cristopher Sanchez struck out a career-high 12 batters over seven innings Thursday as the Philadelphia Phillies nipped the visiting San Francisco Giants 6-4 to earn a split of their four-game series.

Cristopher Sánchez struck out a career-high 12 over seven innings, and the Philadelphia Phillies scored five runs in the first as they beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 for a four-game split.

Cristopher Sánchez’s change-up is his most effective pitch. He turns to it 34.8% of the time in a typical outing, and uses it to put away batters 19.4% of the time. In Thursday’s 6-4 win over the San Francisco Giants,