*Official* 5/17 "Saleing" Along; Sox-3 Angels-0

[Lip Man 1]

16 2/3 consecutive shutout innings for the kid.

He's special.

Oh, 12 strikeouts tonight for good measure.

Lip

[Shoeless_Jeff]

A combined 16 and 2/3 innings pitched, zero runs, four hits, 3 walks and 19 strikeouts in two starts against the same team in the same week...

I'll take it.

[Dan H]

I can't remember seeing a White Sox pitcher be this dominating. The team has had some good pitchers but not like this guy.

Even more amazing is that Adam Dunn is starting to look like a major league hitter.

[slavko]

I can't recall a harder hit ball than that Dunn HR. Got out in a blink. He looks like a different player. Unfire Jeff Manto!

[tstrike2000]

Sale's a machine.

[LoveYourSuit]

Originally Posted by Dan H

I can't remember seeing a White Sox pitcher be this dominating. The team has had some good pitchers but not like this guy.

Even more amazing is that Adam Dunn is starting to look like a major league hitter.

A guy in the elite category like this, only BlackJack comes close. But BlackJack was not this filthy and over-powering.


I keep telling folks, not many teams can throw up there what we can with one and two in Sale and Peavy. That's Johnson/Schilling type of dominance you can throw in a playoff series.


If the offense could only give these guys enough of a push to get into postseason. Just be average, nothing else.

[Falstaff]

Originally Posted by Shoeless_Jeff

A combined 16 and 2/3 innings pitched, zero runs, four hits, 3 walks and 19 strikeouts in two starts against the same team in the same week...

I'll take it.

Yes! I am thinking that all that harping last winter to develop offspeed junk a la forkball/sloshball/knucklecurve much have sunk in as he is much more effective now.

[TomBradley72]

Adam Dunn is dominant right now- can't believe I'm typing that- but he is.

[BleacherBandit]

Originally Posted by TomBradley72

Adam Dunn is dominant right now- can't believe I'm typing that- but he is.

I can't believe it, either. That "new swing" must be the trick. Let's hope it's not temporary, either.

[LITTLE NELL]

A tip of the hat to these guys, this stretch of 15 of 18 on the road and so far
8-5 on those road games. Don't stop now boys.

[ChiSoxGal85]

Another gem by Sale. He has been amazing. The team gave him a little more run support this time too. Sox are becoming fun to watch...DSNB!

Konerko hit the ball pretty hard, but not much to show for it. I hope it's a sign that he's on the cusp of breaking out.

[Bucky F. Dent]

Chris Sale is the man! Let's keep this kid healthy!

[Railsplitter]

If it weren't for the Astros, the angels would be dead last in the West with thier winning percentage.

[Noneck]

Its nice to have a winning streak going. After what Ive seen over the past 2 years its way too early to get excited over dunn. Hamilton looks really bad and Pujols looks very ordinary. Its very lucky to catch the angels when the Sox did.

[SephClone89]

First true dominant ace we've had since I started watching the Sox in '98/99.

Neyer tweeted that he had a flashback to Black Jack. ("mirror image, of course")