{"id":39625,"date":"2017-08-09T05:23:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T05:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=39625"},"modified":"2017-08-09T05:23:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T05:23:50","slug":"chris-sale-strikes-out-13-as-red-sox-with-7th-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/mlb\/chris-sale-strikes-out-13-as-red-sox-with-7th-in-a-row.html","title":{"rendered":"Chris Sale strikes out 13 as Red Sox with 7th in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Sale strikes out 13 as Red Sox with 7th in a row<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Working on six days\u2019 rest, Chris Sale followed up his worst start of the season with one of his best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sale allowed two hits and struck out 13 in eight innings, and the Boston Red Sox won their seventh straight, 2-0 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. Last Wednesday, Sale gave up seven runs in five innings against Cleveland.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I was flat-out embarrassed last time I was on a baseball field,\u201d Sale said. \u201cYou have some added fuel when you don\u2019t do so well your last time out. I wanted to come back and be good for this one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He was more than just good. Sale reached double digits in strikeouts for the 15th time this season, the first time that\u2019s been done since Randy Johnson in 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

The win pushed Boston\u2019s AL East lead over the New York Yankees to four games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dustin Pedroia, back in the Boston lineup as a DH after a stint on the disabled list, scored the first run on a fielder\u2019s choice in the fourth. A bad throw by Austin Pruitt (6-3) prevented a possible inning-ending double play on Rafael Devers\u2019 chopper to the mound.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the only run allowed by Pruitt in his fourth major league start.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rays were shut out for the third time in four games. The Brewers held them scoreless on Saturday and Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to find a way to win when our pitchers do so well,\u201d Rays manager Kevin Cash said. \u201cThe offense is going to get going. We ran into a little buzzsaw against Milwaukee, and Chris Sale is the biggest buzzsaw.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sale (14-4) gave up singles to Wilson Ramos in the fifth and Peter Bourjos in the sixth. The Rays did not get a runner to second base until the seventh, when Sale followed a walk to Logan Morrison with a wild pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAny pitcher can go out and dominate the first couple innings,\u201d said Jackie Bradley Jr., who drove in Boston\u2019s other run with a ninth-inning single. \u201cHe was able to do it throughout the game. That\u2019s what makes him a special pitcher.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sale, who leads the majors with 229 strikeouts in 23 starts, has struck out at least 12 in all four of his starts against the Rays.<\/span><\/p>\n

Craig Kimbrel struck out the side in the ninth for his 28th save.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eduardo Nunez and Xander Bogaerts each had three of Boston\u2019s 12 hits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/2017\/08\/08\/sale-strikes-out-13-rays-red-sox-win-seventh-straight-2-0\/104424192\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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