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Twins overcome Sale to end year on high note
- Updated: October 2, 2016
CHICAGO — Chris Sale’s final pitch of an All-Star 2016 season was a slider that caught Miguel Sano looking in the fifth inning of a 6-3 Minnesota victory over the White Sox Sunday at U.S. Cellular Field. Whether that pitch will be Sale’s last as part of the White Sox remains to be seen.
A little more light figures to be shed on that matter Monday morning, when general manager Rick Hahn meets the media, and certainly as the offseason progresses. But as of Sunday, Sale could revel in another great yearlong performance, despite the Twins getting to him for five runs on six hits, including a home run from Sano and an inside-the-park homer from Byron Buxton on the game’s first pitch.
Sale finished with a career-high 226 2/3 innings pitched, while his 233 strikeouts represent the sixth-highest single-season total in franchise history. Sale set the franchise mark with 274 …
