Last
night in St. Louis Chris Sale joined Pedro Martinez as the only pitchers in MLB
history with eight straight starts of ten or more strikeouts. Sale went eight innings, giving up one run on
six hits and a walk to go with 12 punchouts.
Of course, the 26-year lefty didn’t win, but he didn’t lose,
either. And for us White Sox fans this
season, that’s a real silver lining.
The
sad part is that, without a crazy bounce, Sale would have lost, 1-0. Luckily, Jose Abreu hit a grounder that caromed
off of second base into the outfield, allowing Sale—on base with his first-ever
hit—to score the first Sox run. Oh, but
the second inning, that was pure 2015 White Sox. We had the bases loaded, nobody out, and got
nothing out of it.
First
up was Tyler Flowers, weighing in at 245 pounds and a .211 batting average;
Flowers struck out on three pitches.
Carlos Sanchez (195/.164) followed with a double play to end the
inning. But Sale must’ve put the
Cardinals in a funk, because they couldn’t mount anything against him or four
relievers. Tyler Flowers then evened up
his number of bats into the stands and homeruns for the game at one with a solo
shot in the 11th for a White Sox winner. My cheers were all lowercase.
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