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Chris Sale continues dominant start to 2016
- Updated: May 14, 2016
2:12 AM ET
Chris Sale just keeps winning.
Sale picked up his eighth win of the season in as many starts Friday night as the Chicago White Sox cruised to a 7-1 victory over the New York Yankees.
With the performance, Sale joins Pedro Martinez (1997) and Fernando Valenzuela (1981) as the only pitchers to win their first eight starts of a season while sporting a sub-2 ERA since the mound was lowered in 1969. Both of those pitchers won a Cy Young Award in those respective seasons.
Sale also becomes the fourth player in White Sox history to begin a season with wins in eight consecutive starts.
The only White Sox player with a longer such streak is Eddie Cicotte, who won his first 12 starts in 1919. John …
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