Chris Sale, Chris Sale’s second start of the season ended prematurely on Sunday.
Facing just his sixth batter of the game, Sale was struck by a line drive off a hit from Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks. The ball hit Sale’s pitching hand and ricocheted all the way into shallow right field. Sale fell to the ground and grimaced for a moment, before tossing his injured hand around, and ran straight into the dugout.
Sale briefly put his injured hand up in the air, which allowed cameras to capture that his pinky finger appeared to be dislocated. The Red Sox later announced that Sale had suffered a “left fifth finger fracture,” otherwise known as the pinky finger. No timetable for his injury was released.
Sale’s comeback began in the Red Sox dugout in the fourth inning. His left hand was taped up.
Aaron Hicks smokes a line drive off Chris Sale's pinky to score another run. Sale appears to have broken his finger and he exits the game pic.twitter.com/FNDsWNVzBc
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) July 17, 2022
Chris Sale
Gleyber Torres was able to score from second base after Hicks’s line drive traveled 106.7 mph off the bat according to Baseball Savant. With the ball rolling into right field, the Yankees had a 3-0 lead.
Early in Sale’s second start of the season, things didn’t go as planned. DJ LeMahieu hit a double to open the game and Sale hit Aaron Judge with a pitch. An error from Rafael Devers let LeMahieu score later. Matt Carpenter’s fielder’s choice scored Judge in the at-bat before Hicks’s.
Chris Sale
Hirokazu Sawamura replaced Sale and ended the inning in the following at-bat.
Sale has dealt with a few injuries in the past few seasons, which has resulted in him only making 11 regular-season starts since August 2019. He missed all of 2020 and most of 2021 after having Tommy John surgery. Sale suffered a rib cage fracture in February that sidelined him until this past Tuesday. He pitched five shutout innings against the Rays in his 2022 season debut.
Source: https://www.boston.com
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