Christopher Sanchez will battle Jeffrey Springs on the mound as the Phillies take on the Athletics in the second game of the series on Saturday.
The Philadelphia Phillies will continue a three-game series in Sacramento, California, on Saturday afternoon in the second game of this weekend’s series against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park. The Phillies came away with a one-run win in the first game of the series, 4-3. Zack Wheeler won game No. 6 on the season, extending his record to 6-1 in 2025. He threw 6.2 innings with no earned runs on three hits with eight strikeouts and two walks. It took four other pitchers to close out the final 2.1 innings, with Jordan Romano giving up the three earned runs.
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Trea Turner blasted a solo home run in the first inning to put Philadelphia up 1-0. That was the only run scored by either team until the ninth inning. Alec Bohm hit an RBI double in the top of the ninth, followed by an RBI single from Johan Rojas and Turner to go up 4-0. Nick Kurtz hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth, but the Athletics couldn’t find the tying run.
Christopher Sanchez will take the mound for Philadelphia in the second game of this series. The left-hander is looking for his fifth win of the season, heading into this game with a 4-1 record with a 3.10 ERA. He has season totals of 59 strikeouts in 49.1 innings. He gave up three runs in his last start, the most he has given up in five starts. He had seven strikeouts over 6.0 innings against the Colorado Rockies.
The Athletics will start the game with Jeffrey Springs on the mound. The left-hander is 5-3 this season with a 3.91 ERA and only 41 strikeouts over 53.0 innings. Springs gave up just one earned run on two hits in his last start, which ended in a 3-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants. He struck out five batters over 6.2 innings in the loss.
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