Sale just what White Sox needed to end skid

CHICAGO — The seeds of Chris Sale’s masterful 2-1 complete-game victory over the Astros on Thursday night, raising the southpaw’s record to 9-0 in nine starts, actually took root in the home clubhouse late Wednesday.

“We are walking around in here and Fraz [Todd Frazier] goes, ‘You pitching tomorrow?” and I say ‘yeah,’ and he says, ‘All right we got that one,'” Sale said after his 107-pitch effort produced a second straight complete game. “Hearing that and coming in today and seeing the guys …

“Everyone is up. What did we lose? Four in a row. So it’s like you would have never known that walking in today or any other day for that matter.”

That confidence on Thursday stems from everyone wearing a White Sox uniform understanding Sale’s invincibility during this present run.

Sale joined Eddie Cicotte (12-0, 1.07 ERA) as the second pitcher in White Sox history to win his first nine-plus starts of a season. Sale has won 10 straight starts dating to Oct. 2, 2015, which is the seventh longest streak in franchise history (Elias/STATS). Sale is the first pitcher since the mound was lowered …

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