For the second night in a row, the Diamondbacks stymied the Phillies by preventing the offense from tearing open the game, and by taking advantage of painfully poor pitching in what quickly devolved into a grisly bullpen game to tie up the NLCS at two each.
Cristopher Sánchez last started a game on September 24th. Behind an effective changeup and sinker combination, the lefty’s performance this year helped lead the Phillies to another post-season. The question before he took the mound tonight was whether the simulated game he recently threw was enough to knock free a month’s worth of rust.