PHILADELPHIA — Chris Sale grew to become the quickest pitcher to succeed in 2,500 strikeouts, pitched six scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-3 on Thursday evening to separate a doubleheader.
The Phillies gained the afternoon recreation 5-4.
Sale (3-3) struck out Edmundo Sosa within the sixth inning for his eighth strikeout to succeed in the milestone. He did it in 2,026 innings, surpassing the file of two,107⅔ set by Randy Johnson.
Sale grew to become the fortieth pitcher in main league historical past to succeed in 2,500 strikeouts and joined Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer as the one energetic pitchers to have reached that mark.
Sosa was the final hitter Sale confronted. He allowed simply two hits in six shutout innings.
Austin Riley had a double, a homer, and 4 RBI, Ozzie Albies homered and drove in three, and Luke Williams had a pair of RBI for the Braves, who snapped a three-game shedding skid.
Zack Wheeler (6-2) allowed six runs in 5⅓ innings for the Phillies, who misplaced for simply the second time of their final 13 video games.
