Chris Sale (5-5-2-2-10, 97) was not economical with his pitches all afternoon and had trouble with the Tigers after his first time through the order. Sale did strike out two batters in each of his five innings, though. Colten Brewer (and, by extension, manager Alex Cora) let the game get out of hand in the eighth as Cora seemed reluctant to make a pitching change.
Sale allowed only a walk and a single in the first two innings, but threw 44 pitches. The Tigers fouled off 16 pitches in those two innings, and 25 in total off Sale.