For the first time since July 11, 2018, Chris Sale has earned a victory at Fenway Park.
Sale was sensational in the Red Sox' series finale vs. the Blue Jays, tossing six shutout innings while tallying 12 strikeouts and allowing only two hits in the 5-0 win. The left-hander entered the matchup with five earned runs in each of his previous three starts, but he looked like a completely different pitcher on Thursday.
So what exactly did Sale do differently? For one, he took some advice from legendary Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant. We'll likely never know what Tiant's "words of wisdom" were, though, as Sale opted to keep that a secret.
Whatever the advice was, it certainly didn't hurt to pick the brain of a Red Sox Hall-of-Famer.
Boston hopes Thursday's outing was a sign of what's to come for Sale, who's had a disappointing season up to this point. He'll need to be at his best in the next couple months for the Red Sox to clinch a playoff berth.
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