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- Updated: August 21, 2016
CHICAGO — Chris Sale’s personal winless streak ended at six Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
The White Sox left-hander allowed three hits over eight scoreless innings, matching a season high of 120 pitches. He received plenty of run support and cruised to a 6-2 victory over the A’s. The win evens the weekend series at one win apiece, after Oakland claimed a 9-0 decision in the series opener.
Sale had last won on July 2 at Houston and had been 0-4 with a 4.43 ERA since. He allowed four hard-hit balls in the first on Saturday, including singles from Jake Smolinski and Danny Valencia, but he escaped unscathed courtesy of Khris Davis’ double-play ground ball. The A’s didn’t put more than one man on base in an inning after the first against Sale, with the left-hander striking out eight and five …
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