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Sale, Sox happy with results of pitching plan
- Updated: August 18, 2016
CLEVELAND — There was a time earlier this season when Chris Sale and the Cubs’ Jake Arrieta were being talked about as sure-fire 20-game winners and Cy Young frontrunners — not to mention days being counted and starts being figured to see if they would match up during the crosstown series played at the end of July.
But these aces have shown a few blips on their seemingly impervious radar as the season has progressed. Arrieta walked seven over 5 2/3 innings in a victory over the Brewers on Thursday and had a 3.54 ERA in June followed by a 4.88 ERA in July.
Sale has gone six straight starts since his last victory in Houston on July 2, posting an 0-4 record and 4.43 ERA over 40 2/3 innings during that stretch. These rough runs shouldn’t take away from Arrieta’s 15-5 record and 2.75 ERA overall, placed up against Sale’s 14-6 ledger with a 3.30 ERA.
“We live in a very right-now society. It just comes with the territory,” a smiling Sale said of the questions thrown at aces when they struggle. “People see …
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