Phillies Beat Rangers 5-3 on Opening Day as Sanchez Outduels Eovaldi

Overview

• The Phillies won 5-3 after Thursday's opener in Philadelphia, with Cristopher Sanchez firing six scoreless innings and striking out 10.
• Nathan Eovaldi logged seven strikeouts with no walks yet allowed a two-run homer to Kyle Schwarber in the first and a three-run shot to Alec Bohm in the fifth.
• The Rangers mounted a ninth-inning push as Jake Burger launched a two-run homer and Danny Jansen added an RBI single before Evan Carter grounded out to end it.
• Texas relievers covered 3 1/3 scoreless innings to hold the line, while Philadelphia’s bullpen gave up three runs in the final frame.
• Manager Skip Schumaker struck an optimistic tone, pointing to late at-bats as progress after the lineup was stymied by last year’s Cy Young runner-up.