Sanchez Dominant, Schwarber Homers, Clemens Walks it Off: Phillies Twitter Roundup

A pitcher's duel with a wild finish. Phillies beat the Rays, 2-1.

Cristopher Sanchez entered Monday night's game with a National League-best 2.24 Home ERA. That figure dropped to 2.11 after he delivered six scoreless innings at Citizens Bank Park.

Sanchez's dominant performance was almost all for naught, as the Phillies were held hitless through 5.1 innings. Luckily, Kyle Schwarber ended the drought in a big way:

Schwarber was named the NL Player of the Week earlier in the day.

After Orion Kerkering and Jeff Hoffman preserved the Phillies' shutout into the ninth, things got weird. The Rays tied the game on a home run ball that Johan Rojas almost robbed.

Not to worry. The Phillies came through in the bottom of the ninth. Bryce Harper led off the inning with a single (that probably should have been a double).

Bryson Stott singled and Buddy Kennedy walked to load the bases. With two outs, Kody Clemens came up clutch: