With 13 punchouts vs. the Rays on Tuesday, Sale picked up his 15th double-digit-strikeout game of the year. That’s the most in a season since 2002, when Randy Johnson also had 15 such games. Sale struck out 13 Yankees when he last saw them.
Montgomery was recalled from Triple-A and will start against the Sox on Sunday in place of CC Sabathia, who was placed on the 10-day DL on Friday with right knee inflammation. Montgomery tossed five frames of one-run ball on three hits vs. the Tribe.