Chris Sale on Joining Sandy Koufax With 3rd Immaculate Inning | BOS vs MIN 8-26

Fenway Park -- Red Sox Pitcher Chris Sale spoke to the media after the teams 12-2 Win vs the Twins on Thursday. Sale finished the night with 5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 8 SO, HBP and allowed 0 hits to his first 14 batters faced (1 BB) before a 1-out single by Jeffers in the 5th, followed by an Astudillo HR. Sale threw an immaculate inning in the 3rd, striking out all 3 batters faced on 9 pitches. This was his 3rd career immaculate inning, also doing so on 5/8/19 at BAL (7th inning) and 6/5/19 at KC (8th inning) He joined Sandy Koufax as the only pitchers to throw 3 immaculate innings (source: MLB Stats). Sale's immaculate inning was the first by a Red Sox pitcher at Fenway Park since Pedro Martinez on 5/18/02 vs. SEA (1st inning). Has allowed 4 ER in 15.1 IP (2.35 ERA) over his 3 starts of the season, striking out 21 while issuing 3 walks...Has allowed 2 runs over 5.0+ innings in each of his 3 starts, matching the longest streak by a Red Sox starter in 2021 (5th time, previous: Eovaldi, 8/11-23).

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