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Working count key to Tribe’s success off Sale
- Updated: May 25, 2016
CHICAGO — Indians manager Terry Francona watched from the dugout as White Sox ace Chris Sale mowed through Cleveland’s first two hitters.
“You watch Sale’s first couple of pitches and you’re like, ‘Who’s going to hit this guy?'” Francona said after the Tribe’s 6-2 win Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field. “It was like electric.”
Who’s going to hit him? How about the guys in Francona’s dugout.
The Indians gave Sale his first loss in 10 starts, thanks largely to a long but rewarding third inning.
Sale sent down the first two Indians hitters in the third, but Jose Ramirez worked a 10-pitch walk. Sale was never the same.
The Indians fouled off 26 pitches in the game against Sale, 17 coming in the third. Ramirez fouled off four in his at-bat. Juan Uribe fouled off six before his RBI single.
“Off a guy like that, if you hit what he wants you to hit, he’s going to dominate,” shortstop …
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