Chris Sale sumó ocho ponches en su labor de siete entradas, durante las que permitió sólo una carrera, y los Bravos de Atlanta se impusieron el viernes 4-2 sobre

In the modern baseball era, Blake Snell leads the majors in strikeouts per nine innings (11.17) for pitchers with at least 1,000 innings pitched. Chris Sale sits second (11.11) while reaching the 2,500 plateau in Ks on Thursday.

Zack Wheeler embraced another chance to square off with Chris Sale. The first meeting between the top-two finishers in last year's NL Cy Young Award race didn't quite live up to expectations. Each ace

The floodgates suddenly opened. Matt Olson and Austin Riley doubled, Ozzie Albies’ fly ball snuck over the right-field ball, and the Braves grabbed a 4-0 lead. The flurry snapped Wheeler’s scoreless innings streak at 26.

Right-hander Shane Smith has the lowest ERA by a White Sox pitcher in his first 10 career starts since Chris Sale in 2012.

Edmundo Sosa threw his bat to the ground in frustration, and then slammed down his helmet for good measure. He had swung through a slider in the dirt from Chris Sale to end the sixth inning, and in doing so helped the Braves lefty become the fastest pitcher in MLB history to reach 2,