Phillies’ Cristopher Sánchez gets thumb to stop bleeding, throws gem in final home start before All-Star break

Cristopher Sánchez threw seven shutout innings. (Brendan Baldwin/Phillies Nation)
PHILADELPHIA — Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly was worried as he walked out to the mound to check on Cristopher Sánchez. By the time the club figured out what happened, the pitcher’s teammates were laughing.With a scratch on the top of his pitching thumb, the left-hander called for an athletic trainer during the top of the second inning. It wasn’t anything major. Sometimes hi