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27	Dezember 2018

Chris Sale finally gets Justin Verlander

There isn't much Chris Sale hasn't done in his MLB career. While he still is without aCy Young Award, one is almost certainly in his future. Salecontinues to be one of thedominant left-handed pitchers in all of baseball.But as dominant as he has been in his career, his teams had yet to win a game when Justin Verlander got the start on the Rays Womens Team Navy/Light Blue Jersey other side. The Tigers were 5-0 in starts when Verlander matched up against Chris Sale.Sale finally bucked that trend Saturday as the Red Sox exploded with eight runs over the seventh and eighth innings for an 11-3 victory at Fenway Park.Sale to sed seven innings, gave up three runs and struck out seven, and finally got that elusive win over Verlander. The Tigers starter lasted just five innings as the Red Sox made him labor with 108 pitches in those five innings.The Tigers had the third-worst ERA of any MLB team from the seventh inning on coming into Saturday's game. The eight late runs allowed Saturday helped Sale improve to 8-2 on the season with a 2.97 ERA.Studs of the NightWhile Sale finally an elusive win, St. Louis starting pitcher Carlos Martinez fulfilled a life-long dream. Martinez to sed nine innings of Tampa Bay Rays Alternate Jerseys shutout ball, allowing just fourhits and striking out 11 to help the Cardinals to a 7-0 win over the Phillies."Oh my god, it's so exciting, because it's my dream," he said after the game. "I was hoping for a long time to throw like that."Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain had a great night with two home runs in San Diego. Cain was 3 for 5 with five RBIs in a 12-6 victory. It was the fourth multi-homergame of Cain's career.Dud of the NightOrioles pitcher Chris Tillman was lit up by the Yankees, surrendering nine runs off three homers in just 1 1/3 innings of work. The Yankees went on for a 16-3 victory and it wasthe first time since June 21, 2015 that Tillman hadfailed to get more than four outs in a game.HighlightWelcome back Yoenis Cespedes. The Mets All-Star wasted no time in his first game back Saturday going 2 for 5 with four RBIs and hit his fifth career grand slam.Gue s who's back, back againYo is Matt Duffy Jersey back, tell a friend https://t.co/kT0wyJrX6O pic.twitter.com/4eoaBvd9NJ New York Mets (@Mets) June 10, 2017What's NextBrewers (33-30) at Diamondbacks (38-26), 4:10 p.m. ET Chase Anderson wasn't bad with the Diamondbacks. He had pa sable ERAs in his first two seasons in the majors with the club but still found himself a member of the Brewers two years after making it to the majors. Now he has his fourth career start against his former squad and has a great pitching matchup with Robbie Ray on tap. Ray (6-3, 2.85 ERA) and Anderson (5-1, 2.94) are fifth and eighth respectively in ERA in the National League. Ray is sixth in the league in strikeouts with 95.