For example, he didn’t hit his first home run of he season until his 40th game. He hit two that day, May 25, at Yankee Stadium, lifting his batting average to a lofty .181 in the process. “I went to Florida and took it very serious, got my work in,” said Sanchez, whose record improved to 13-2. In the sixth, Pedro Alvarez battled Sanchez through an 11-pitch at bat but Sanchez froze him with a curve ball for the strikeout. In all, over his six innings of work, Sanchez gave up five hits – all singles – and walked three, striking out just two while delivering a career-high 112 pitches.

Source: National Post September 01, 2016 03:09 UTC