From the Department of Improbable Improbabilities in Glendale, Calif.:
- Dylan Covey outduels Chris Sale in a 1-0 series-opening, road win for the Chicago White Sox.
- Covey nearly tossed more strikeouts per inning (1.17 to 1.25), less pitches per out (4.61 to 4.54) and a better strike percentage (67% to 72%) than Sale — on a night when Sale was mowing through the White Sox “batting” order and hurled the fastest pitch of his career.
- Covey is the ace of the White Sox staff.