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Sale shows maturity in approach to Jays’ lineup
- Updated: April 27, 2016
TORONTO — Chris Sale went head-to-head against one of baseball’s toughest lineups on Tuesday and passed the test with flying colors in the White Sox 10-1 win over the Blue Jays. The Sox ace picked up his Major League-leading fifth win of the season with eight strong innings.
Sale specifically had struggled in the past against Toronto’s revered middle-of-the-order bats. Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion came into the game a combined 8-for-24 against the White Sox ace with two home runs and seven runs driven in, but they struggled to a 1-for-9 performance, with Encarnacion’s seventh-inning home run the only blemish.
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Sale relied on a combination of pitching to contact and moving the ball through the zone to give a different look to the Blue Jays, recording only …
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