The Two Day Sale
It took the Red Sox 101 years of playing baseball to have one of its hurlers toss an immaculate inning. It should come as no surprise that lefty flamethrower Chris Sale accomplished the feat twice in one season. Just take a step back from your screen, take a nice deep breath, and let that sink in for a moment. The man went out there and did the dang thing TWICE in a single season, insane.
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Say what you will about the Chris Sale extension (so far, so bad), but since the Sox acquired him in 2017 he’s made two all-star teams, closed out a championship, and has struck out SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE batters during his tenure in Boston. There’s a reason that’s in all caps, it’s freakin’ ridiculous!
Even last season, his worst statistically in Boston, Sale threw two immaculate innings less than a month apart. On May 8th during the 7th inning of a 1-1 game, Sale sent three Orioles back to the bench to ride some pine. Then on June 5, he did the same to the Kansas City Royals in the bottom of the EIGHTH inning.
As 2019 progressed it felt like The Condor just couldn’t get out of the gates, but there was always hope. For each poor outing, there would be a night filled with strikeouts or as mentioned here the immaculate inning. We won’t be seeing Sale in 2020 thanks to Tommy John surgery, after months of dealing with a pesky left elbow that wouldn’t get any better.
Hopefully, Sale can come back from Tommy John surgery with some semblance of the guy who battles even when he’s struggling. When he’s on, he’s one of the best to ever wear a Red Sox uniform. His two immaculate innings are proof of that, and if we know anything about the southpaw, he’s a maniac that will come back stronger than ever.