Sánchez's historic scoreless streak ends; Phillies lefty ranks among all-time greats after run through May

A dominant pitching performance like this shapes playoff expectations and individual Hall of Fame trajectories; Sánchez's May established him as one of baseball's most reliable arms heading into the season's second half.
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