What do you call an unbeatable Sale? Chris

NEW YORK — Chris Sale is tough to beat even on a night when the White Sox offense is not clicking on all cylinders.

Spot the four-time All-Star a six-run advantage, as the South Siders did during their 7-1 victory over the Yankees on Friday night at Yankee Stadium, and he’s virtually unstoppable.

Sale actually has been perfect throughout the entire 2016 campaign: eight trips to the mound, eight victories. He joins Jon Garland (8-0 in 2015), John Whitehead (8-0 in 1935) and Eddie Cicotte (12-0 in 1919) as the four pitchers in franchise history to win their first eight starts.

Brandon Webb was the last Major League pitcher to win his first seven-plus starts, opening the 2008 campaign for Arizona with a 9-0 mark. Sale also joined Pedro Martinez and Fernando Valenzuela as the only MLB pitchers to start a season 8-0 with a sub 2.00 ERA since the pitcher’s mound was lowered in 1969.

Whether the win-loss start matters as a sign of pitching excellence, what Sale has accomplished for the 24-12 White Sox sits near the top of his already lengthy list of accomplishments

“No doubt, but like I’ve said a million times, I wouldn’t be here without these guys,” said Sale, after throwing 71 of his 99 pitches for strikes in Friday’s six-hit, complete-game effort. “Six runs in four straight outings, I don’t know if there’s a starting …

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