Chris Sale's Mystifying Season Continues With Another Bad Start Vs. Yankees
One can't help but wonder how differently the AL East might look if Chris Sale had been able to handle the Yankees this season.
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One can't help but wonder how differently the AL East might look if Chris Sale had been able to handle the Yankees this season.
Alex Cora was ready to take Chris Sale out against the Rays twice. But the lefty convinced his manager to let him stay in, and it paid off both times.
Chris Sale was downright dominant against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, earning his first regular season win at Fenway Park in over a year.
It has been over a year since Chris Sale won a regular season game at Fenway Park. A full calendar year.
Sale allowed three homers, five earned runs, nine hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch while striking out just five Blue Jays over 5.2 innings en route to a 6-3 loss in Toronto on Wednesday night. Afterwards, Sale had no explanation, other than to say he is embarrassed.
Jose Abreu took Matt Barnes deep for a two-run home run in the ninth, giving Chicago an 8-7 win over the Red Sox.
It's been a very strange first half of the season for the defending-champion Boston Red Sox. The ace of their staff represents arguably the strangest development.
To say the Red Sox' bullpen problem has gotten worse in recent weeks would be putting it lightly.
Chris Sale was dominant once again Wednesday night, tossing a complete-game shutout against the Kansas City Royals in a 8-0 Red Sox victory. His stellar evening included another immaculate inning from the Boston ace -- his second of the season.
Chris Sale tossed a three-hitter for his third career shutout, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rafael Devers drove in three runs apiece, and the Boston Red Sox trounced the woeful Kansas City Royals 8-0 on Wednesday night.
Chris Sale is back. Unfortunately, he can't seem to get a win for his efforts.
Chris Sale almost made some history on Tuesday night.
Great moments in the 2019 Boston Red Sox season have been in short supply, but Chris Sale executed a pretty rare feat on Wednesday night in Baltimore.
Boston fans will get their first look at one of the Red Sox' most promising prospects in Game 1 of their Tuesday double dip with the Tigers.
Chris Sale didn't sugarcoat his outing against the Yankees.
The Red Sox only got four ineffective innings out of ace Chris Sale, as the Blue Jays earned a 7-5 victory at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox held a grand party at Fenway Park on Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately, they had to play baseball after, and it did not go well for Boston ace Chris Sale.
Manager Alex Cora said the drop in speed was not without reason. Sale, he said, was sick.
A new banner. Some fancy rings. The Super Bowl champs. It's going to be a busy day at Fenway Park on Tuesday.
The Red Sox finally got a quality start from one of their starting pitchers. But Chris Sale's six innings of one-run ball wasn't enough to get the team back in the win column.
And while there are issues to be found up and down the roster, starting pitching has clearly been problem No. 1 for the team thus far. And problem No. 2. And No. 3. And four and five.
Red Sox lefty Chris Sale was ace-like in his first inning of the 2019 season. The rest of his Opening Day start did not go so well.
With the Red Sox set to open their season in Seattle tonight, here are 19 story lines we'll be following.
Pitcher Chris Sale has officially signed a five-year contract extension with the Boston Red Sox.
Chris Sale will be on the mound as the Red Sox begin their quest for a second straight World Series.
The city of Methuen, Massachusetts is trying to figure out how to deal with a nearly $10 million school budget shortfall.
There was a stunning turn of events in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesday when a Boston man reversed course mid-hearing, backing out of a plea deal that could have led to his release from jail within months.
The "dirty soda" trend is coming to drive-thrus all over Massachusetts as Dunkin' is now serving up its own version of the viral drink.
Smokey Bones is closing all of its restaurants, including Massachusetts locations in Tyngsboro and Taunton.
The Red Sox will be without their ace for the immediate future as he deals with a shoulder injury.
Boston's 2030 climate action plan calls for studying congestion pricing to discourage car trips.
The Red Sox will be without their ace for the immediate future as he deals with a shoulder injury.
Rob Gronkowski will be the next member of the Patriots Hall of Fame, the team announced Wednesday.
Haverhill Police arrested an 18-year-old woman Wednesday and charged her with setting a huge fire at an abandoned mill.
The recent right whale calving season has produced 23 births, the highest number for the species in 17 years.
There was a possible measles exposure at Logan Airport in Boston last week, Massachusetts health officials say.
A new study finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear.
The Lone Star tick, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome, is spreading north throughout Massachusetts.
Boston's cold and snowy winter might have an effect on this year's pollen allergy season.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
There have been four violent attacks in three weeks at Tewksbury Hospital and a state representative is taking the fight to Beacon Hill to give security the non-lethal equipment back.
A family is demanding answers from the Gloucester, Massachusetts school district, after learning their five-year-old son was left alone in a quiet room for nearly half an hour.
A nurse says the decision is leaving the staff and patients at Tewksbury Hospital vulnerable to serious injury.
A Dorchester woman says Boston Police opened fire through her closed apartment door and the bullets went into her 5-year-old son's bedroom.
The I-Team has learned the Massachusetts Dept. of Health wants to take away pepper spray and non-lethal restraints from Tewksbury State Hospital safety officers.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
The "dirty soda" trend is coming to drive-thrus all over Massachusetts as Dunkin' is now serving up its own version of the viral drink.
Smokey Bones is closing all of its restaurants, including Massachusetts locations in Tyngsboro and Taunton.
Boston ranks right up there with Hawaii as one of the most expensive vacation spots in the country, according to a new report.
The Market Basket Board of Directors was justified in firing longtime CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, a judge ruled Monday.
April 20 is Patriots' Day and Marathon Monday in Massachusetts. Here's what's open and what's closed.
Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor is a 114-acre destination just 4 miles from downtown Boston.
A modern school with a historic aesthetic, St. Benedict Classical Academy in Natick blends contemporary design with timeless style.
The Lexington Minute Men represent the original colonial militia who fought in the first battle of the American Revolution.
In the middle of Maine's forests lies the Desert of Maine, a surprising stretch of rolling sand dunes formed when farming practices exposed ancient glacial sand.
Known for her vibrant, handcrafted pottery, Boston artist Jill Rosenwald has made a name for herself in the industry.
The Red Sox will be without their ace for the immediate future as he deals with a shoulder injury.
Rob Gronkowski will be the next member of the New England Patriots Hall of Fame, the team announced Wednesday.
The Boston Bruins avoided elimination with a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night.
The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Tuesday night.
The Philadelphia 76ers avoided elimination, beating the Boston Celtics 113-97 in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night.
A Boston man says he's lucky to be alive after jumping into the Charles River to save his dog.
Little Joe the gorilla is leaving Boston after decades at the Franklin Park Zoo.
There's been another sighting of an unusual killer whale named Old Thom in the waters off Massachusetts.
A soccer coach in Ludlow, Massachusetts plans to pay it forward after winning big on a lottery scratch ticket.
The Rumney Rocks Climbing Area is partially closed as nesting peregrine falcons could attack rock climbers.