BOSTON -- The roars in the crowd were building, as everyone could sense that Chris Sale's latest overpowering masterpiece was about to be over.
Perhaps Sale felt the adrenaline of the moment. It would have been hard not to. The lefty reached back for one more unhittable pitch, and Ryan Rua waved weakly at the 98.1-mph heater to end the top of the seventh inning in what wound up to be a 4-2 victory over the Rangers on Wednesday night at Fenway Park.
That made it nine in a row for the sizzling Red Sox, who are now an MLB-best 65-29.