Chris Sale is slowly working his way back to form but the ace of the Boston Red Sox staff still isn’t where he needs to be.
The final line in his latest appearance was solid enough. Sale allowed two earned runs on five hits and a pair of walks over five innings against the Detroit Tigers. Most encouraging is that he tallied a season-high 10 strikeouts.
Sale threw 72 of his 97 pitches for strikes, a healthy 74.2 percent that represents a season-high. That included 14 swinging strikes, six of which came on his four-seam fastball.