The battle of Pennsylvania concludes Sunday between the Phillies and Pirates.
On the mound for Philadelphia will be Cristopher Sanchez with Pittsburgh turning to youngster Quinn Priester .The left-hander has yet to give up more than three runs in nine starts this season, but despite the strong outings, Philadelphia has lost five of the past six games with Sanchez on the mound.The problem has been run support. In those five losses, Sanchez has allowed a total of 11 earned runs over 28 innings.Priester will be making only his third career start.
The 22-year-old managed to earn a win his last time out against the Padres, but he has been shaky through two games, giving up 11 hits, 11 runs and four home runs in 10 ²/₃ innings of work.
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