Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies

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Boston Red Sox

54-49, 22-29 Away

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Philadelphia Phillies

58-43, 33-18 Home

Sanchez allows 4 hits in a complete-game victory as the Phillies beat the Red Sox 4-1

Phillies get a run on catcher's interference for 2nd game in a row

Sanchez (9-2) allowed two hits in the fourth inning and largely cruised through the other eight innings for his third career complete game. The 28-year-old left-hander retired the first nine Red Sox he faced before Rob Refsnyder led off the fourth inning with a home run. Sanchez allowed three other singles and struck out 12, throwing 106 total pitches.

The Phillies provided Sanchez with an early four-run lead. Bryce Harper provided the highlight when he surprised Red Sox starter Richard Fitts, whose high fastball wasn’t fast enough to catch Harper at home on a steal attempt.

Red Sox catcher Carlos Narvaez was seemingly stunned to see Harper heading home and came out of his crouch toward the plate. He stepped across the plate, caught the ball and applied a late tag.

Narvaez was called for interference, Rule 6.01 stipulating that if a catcher or any other player “steps on or in front of home base” during a squeeze play or attempted steal, it’s an automatic interference and the pitcher is charged with a balk.

It was the second straight night that Narvaez was involved in an odd play that figured in the outcome. On Monday night, he interfered with an Edmundo Sosa swing with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, gifting the Phillies (58-43) a walk-off win via catcher’s interference.

Harper’s run was one of two the Phillies scored in the first. Kepler and Schwarber (33) homered in the second to push the score to 4-0.

Fitts (1-4) lasted 3 1/3 innings and was tagged for four runs and six hits. The Red Sox (54-49), who were riding a 10-game winning streak at the All-Star break, have lost four of five games since.

Key moment Harper's attempt to steal home that resulted in a balk and Narvaez's second catcher's interference in two games.

Key stat Sanchez coaxed 13 ground ball outs from Boston.

Up next Boston sends RHP Lucas Giolito (6-2, 3.59 ERA) against Philadelphia LHP Jesús Luzardo (8-5, 4.29) on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	González struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bregman lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Anthony struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Sosa at third base.
	8th Inning	Kemp grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Marsh lined out to center.

Statistics

BOS		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
12	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	2
0	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	1
1	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
106	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	13
31	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
0.1	Runs Created	4.5
.129	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.433
.097	Secondary Average	.333
.129	On Base Percentage	.303
.355	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.736
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
0.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.3
11.0	Batter Rating	29.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.42	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.097	Isolated Power	.200
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
-.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.100
2.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
62.3	MLB Rating	79.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0