Sale (7-2) allowed three runs on six hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Orioles.
Sale was presented with a 2-0 first-inning lead, only to have Pablo Sandoval's ruinous defense help hand three runs to the O's in the bottom of the frame, running up the left-hander's pitch count to 39. No problem; that just gave Sale an opportunity to show off his bulldog side, slamming the door on Baltimore over his final five innings. Sale is next scheduled to start Friday, when Boston returns home to face Detroit.