{"id":74610,"date":"2024-05-27T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=74610"},"modified":"2024-05-27T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T17:25:07","slug":"chris-sale-pitching-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/27\/chris-sale-pitching-success\/","title":{"rendered":"35-Year-Old Lefty is Dominating Hitters On a Routine Basis"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was another impressive outing for 35-year-old left-hander Chris Sale<\/a>. Sale (8-1), struck out eight while pitching seven innings of one-run ball. Sale has reformed his game<\/a>\u00a0that earned him seven consecutive All-Star selections from 2012-18 before injuries caught up to him.<\/p>\n

“Just doing what I need to do,” Sale said to The Canadian Press. “We all have our part on the team. Just posting every fifth day and trying to keep runs off the board. Take every start, you want to win. Had a couple of rough ones over the last couple of days. You want to end on a good note heading back home.”<\/p>\n

Ending on a good note, indeed. Sale has a 2.22 ERA in nine starts. He went into Sunday’s start at Pittsburgh on a six-game winning streak where he’s put up a 1.15 ERA with 50 strikeouts and only three walks in 39 innings. That success of late, according to JayHayKid, has Sale joining Fergie Jenkins<\/a> (1971) as the only pitcher to ever go 7-0 with 50+ strikeouts and four or fewer walks over a seven-start span.<\/p>\n

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Chris Sale joins Fergie Jenkins (1971) as the only pitchers ever to go 7-0 with 50+ K and 4 or fewer BB over a 7-start span.<\/p>\n

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