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.
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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.
