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MLB Sends Chris Sale Message After Historic News on Thursday
MLB Sends Chris Sale Message After Historic News on Thursday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Chris Sale has long been recognized as one of Major League Baseball's premier pitchers. He has eight All-Star game appearances to his name, and he played on that 2018 Boston Red Sox team that won the World Series championship over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Advertisement Now 36, he remains a vital asset for the Atlanta Braves. On Thursday, during a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Braves dropped the first game 5-4 but rebounded impressively to dominate the second contest, winning 9-3. During that second contest, Sale recorded his 2,500th career strikeout in fewer games than any other player, and MLB honored that accomplishment on its official X account. The Braves, who won the world championship in 2021, have struggled so far this season, especially since star right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was out of action until just days ago. They hold a 26-29 record, which puts them in third place in the National League East and 9.5 games behind the first-place Phillies. Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale (51).Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Just last year, Sale not only got his eighth All-Star nod but also won the Cy Young Award, Gold Glove award and Triple Crown for the first time and led the majors with an earned run average of 2.38 and 225 strikeouts. Advertisement He had to overcome Tommy John surgery in 2020 in order to return to the heights he had enjoyed several years ago when he was a regular in baseball's midseason classic, and he responded with a career-best effort in 2024. Related: NBA Reacts to Postgame Handshake Between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Anthony Edwards This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
Fox News
2 days ago
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- Fox News
Braves' Chris Sale reaches 2,500 strikeouts faster than any pitcher in MLB history
Atlanta Braves starter Chris Sale reached 2,500 strikeouts, faster than any pitcher in MLB history, during the team's 9-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies Thursday night at Citizen Bank Park. Sale, 36, struck out Phillies' third baseman Edmundo Sosa with his signature wipeout slider to end the sixth inning. Sale surpassed the 2,500-strikeout mark in 2,026 innings, breaking the record of 2,107⅔ innings set by Randy Johnson. Sale pitched six shutout innings, yielded only two hits and three walks and struck out eight batters in the win. Sale became the 40th pitcher in major league history to reach 2,500 strikeouts, joining Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer as the only active pitchers to have reached that plateau. The eight-time All-Star won his first career Cy Young with the Braves last season while leading the National League with 225 strikeouts. Sale spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Chicago White Sox and was traded to the Boston Red Sox. Sale was an integral part of the 2018 Red Sox team that won the World Series. Sale spent six seasons with the Red Sox before they traded him to the Braves prior to the beginning of the 2024 season. The Phillies and Braves played a doubleheader and split it. The Phillies won the first game, 5-4, before the Braves bounced back behind Sale's strong outing. The Braves (26-29) begin a three-game series with the Red Sox (27-31) Friday at 7:15 p.m. ET. The Phillies (36-20) begin a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers (29-28) Friday at 6:45 p.m. ET. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Fox Sports
2 days ago
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Last Night in Baseball: Chris Sale makes strikeout history
There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to handle themselves. That's why we're here to help, though, by sifting through the previous days' games, and figuring out what you missed, but shouldn't have. Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball: Sale speeds to 2,500 Ks Chris Sale, while facing the Phillies on Thursday in the second game of a doubleheader, recorded the 2,500th strikeout of his career. Sale pitched six shutout innings, scattering a pair of hits and three walks while striking out eight batters — the last of which let him finish the day at exactly 2,500. It's notable as more than just a round number, too, as Sale is the fastest-ever pitcher to reach 2,500 punch outs, in just 2,026 career innings. He's also just the 40th player to ever reach that many career strikeouts, which, when combined with the speed with which he got here, is incredible to consider given that he was a reliever for the White Sox for the first two years of his MLB career before transitioning to the rotation. A reliever who struck out 111 batters in 94.2 innings, sure, but still. The list gets even shorter from here, however: when Clayton Kershaw (2,974 career Ks) gets to 3,000 strikeouts, he'll be merely the 20th to ever get that many in an MLB career. Sale is next up among active players, at 2,500, and should be able to get there as well, so long as he can stay healthy and effective for a little bit longer. That's been a question with him more often than you'd like, especially on the health side, but there's no denying that this guy can still miss bats. He led the National League in strikeouts in 2024 en route to a Cy Young, and it was the third time he led his league. In 2017 with the Red Sox, he led the majors with 308 of them. He's currently in sixth in 2025, despite a slow start to the year, but he's recorded 62 strikeouts in his last 48.2 innings while posting a 1.66 ERA in that eight-start stretch, so it's safe to say he's in fine form once more. Blue Jays hit 4 HRs in 12-0 victory The Blue Jays and Athletics are playing a four-game series this weekend, and Toronto kicked things off by… well, kicking the A's, mostly. Four home runs in a 12-0 victory is a great/terrible way to start off a series, depending on which side of things you're on. Ernie Clement (a three-run homer), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (two-run blast), Bo Bichette (two-run dinger) and George Springer (solo shot) were responsible for the flurry of long balls, with Athletics' starter Jacob Lopez responsible for giving up the first two, and Anthony Maldonado the later ones. The day went beyond those four players going yard, however: that was just eight of Toronto's 12 runs accounted for. Clement actually added another two RBIs to the mix on a day in which he went 3-for-5 with a double on top of the homer, and Bichette added another RBI, along with a double, as well. What's a little terrifying about the Jays scoring 12 runs is that they stranded nearly as many runners as they plated: they had 18 hits and five walks on the day, went 6-for-11 with runners in scoring position, and left 11 runners on the bases. So, you know. Could have been worse, A's fans. Could have been a lot worse. Today's a new day and all that, and maybe it'll be better than yesterday. It would be difficult for it to get worse and all. Fan catch This is incredible. Ernie Clement's aforementioned three-run homer went in and out of the glove of a young Blue Jays' fan in attendance, which must have felt just awful. So close to the rarest of souvenirs, yet so far. When would this kid ever have the chance to catch a home run from a Blue Jays' player, or any player, again? Not all that long, it turns out. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s shot went to the exact same location, except this time, it stayed in the young fan's glove. Which pumped them up just a bit, as you can see. Now there's a story that no one will believe years from now — good thing it was caught by the cameras, huh? Nationals 7-run 10th You get into extra innings, and anything could happen. It's like a brand new ballgame, only without starting pitchers. The Mariners and Nationals went into extras in Seattle on Thursday, tied 2-2, and things started out innocently enough. The Nats scored on a sac fly to deep right, giving them a 3-2 lead courtesy Daylen Lile's first RBI in the majors. Ho-hum, such is the way of things when you start a runner in scoring position in the 10th. And then, the Nats kept scoring. CJ Abrams doubled. James Wood was intentionally walked. Nathaniel Lowe then scored Abrams with a single to left, then the bases were loaded on a fielder's choice gone wrong. Luis Garcia Jr. would double, scoring two, then Josh Bell would homer, putting the Nationals up 9-2. The Mariners would get one back in the bottom half of the 10th to make it a 9-3 Washington victory, in a series that just kind of went like that. The Mariners won the first game on Tuesday, 9-1, then the Nationals blanked Seattle 9-0 on Wednesday. We should have known all along that one of these teams would plate nine runs again on Thursday, even if things were slow on that front for 9/10ths of the game. Simpson doesn't need a hit to score Chandler Simpson is fast. If you've seen him run before, you already know this. On Thursday, he drew a walk against Astros' pitcher Ryan Gusto, and then stole second base a few pitches later. Not satisfied with one theft, Simpson went for a second just three pitches later: on another low breaking ball, he took off for third, and the throw ended up off-target and in left field. Simpson picked himself up — once the diving third baseman, Isaac Paredes, was no longer on top of him — and headed home on an E2. The Rays would win, 13-3, so it's not as if Simpson's run happened in a moment where they absolutely had to create a run out of practically nothing. But he showed he could do it, through the patience to draw a walk, waiting for the right pitches to go on to give himself an edge, and being enough of a nuisance to everyone that, eventually, there was a rushed throw, and a chance to score. That's going to come in real handy someday. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! 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USA Today
2 days ago
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Braves' Chris Sale becomes fastest major league pitcher to 2,500 strikeouts
Braves' Chris Sale becomes fastest major league pitcher to 2,500 strikeouts Show Caption Hide Caption Does Alex Rodriguez think Ohtani should get back into pitching? Sports Seriously's Mackenzie Salmon asks Alex Rodriguez about the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani's focus on hitting than pitching right now. Sports Seriously Chris Sale added another milestone to his Hall of Fame resume. The reigning National League Cy Young winner became the fastest pitcher in major-league history to reach the 2,500-strikeout milestone, breaking the record previously held by Hall of Famer Randy Johnson. On his final pitch Thursday night, Sale struck out Edmundo Sosa of the Philadelphia Phillies to end the sixth inning for his 2,500th victim. The Atlanta Braves left-hander reached the milestone in 2,026 innings, besting Johnson's record of 2,107 ⅔ innings in 1999. In doing so, Sale also became the 38th pitcher in modern history to reach the milestone. "I appreciate it for what it is, but I try not to get too caught up in stuff like that right now," Sale said after the Braves' 9-3 win in Philadelphia. "I know what our job is here. And no matter whether you have a good one or a bad one, the next one is the most important one." Said Braves manager Brian Snitker: "He's kind of doing Hall of Fame stuff. That guy is probably as big a baseball fan as anybody, just the history of the game and the competition. He's a ballplayer, and it's really cool to watch." Sale, who is one of the highest-paid starting pitchers this season, is 3-3 with a 3.06 ERA through 12 starts this year. Last season, he went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA and led the NL with 225 strikeouts en route to his first Cy Young award. During the course of his 15-year major league career, he has struck out 200-plus batters eight times and is one of four active pitchers with 2,500-plus career strikeouts, trailing Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Ex-Red Sox ace makes MLB history with strikeout milestone
Chris Sale continues to thrive with the Braves. The left-hander reached a new milestone on Thursday when he recorded his 2,500th career strikeout in the bottom of the sixth inning of Atlanta's game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Advertisement Not only did Sale join Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw as the only active MLB pitchers to reach the feat, he became the fastest pitcher to get there. Sale needed 2,026 innings, which beat legend Randy Johnson – who recorded 2,500 strikeouts in 2,107 ⅔ innings. You can view the strikeout here Sale, who was traded to the Braves in 2023 by the Boston Red Sox, has had a career resurgence with his new team. After Sale helped lift the Red Sox to a World Series title in 2018, he faced a slew of injuries the following years including Tommy John surgery. He also suffered a stress fracture in his ribcage, broke his pinky finger when he was drilled by a comebacker and broke his wrist riding his bicycle while rehabbing his finger. But in 2024, Sale went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA, 225 strikeouts and a 1.013 WHIP en route to his first career Cy Young Award. More Red Sox coverage Read the original article on MassLive.
