Realistically, why would a team not want one of the game's best pitchers on the mound as much as possible, one of the game's best in the midst of an historic run. But on the day after a tough 2-1 loss, when closer David Robertson could not hold a 1-0 lead in the ninth inning for Sale, Ventura had no second thoughts about removing Sale at 111 pitches after eight innings.
"As many pitches as he had the last time, what he goes through in between starts, our history over the years of when he gets up there in pitches what that effect is, and I know that," Ventura said.