Cristopher Sánchez made his 2023 debut in the majors this afternoon and started off with a feat that feels rare as of late for the Phillies - a clean first inning. It was a good sign of how the afternoon would play out.
The scoring started in the second inning when Nick Castellanos ended his home run drought as he got a piece of a slider from Kyle Freeman and sent it over the left field wall, landing 378 feet from home plate. In the dugout, he and Bryce Harper embraced as the team celebrated. Castellanos leads the league in doubles, but until today struggled to go yard.