Chris Sale picked up his 300th strike out last night against the Baltimore Orioles with family and friends in attendance. "The Condor" mowed down Ryan Flaherty of Bal. in the 8th inning of yesterdays game to become only the 35th pitcher in MLB history to accomplish the feat.
Credit: TheBostonGlobe
The last player to record 300 in a season was the Dodgers Ace hurler Clayton Kershaw in 2015. Its a rare accomplishment in a game with over 100+ years of history. When he recorded number 300 there was a large contingent of RedSox fans in attendance in Baltimore that stood up and roared. Sale walked back to the dug out and the RedSox players met him on the stairs and congratulated the lefty on his accomplishment.
The last RedSox player to record 300 strikeouts was Pedro Martinez in 1999. That's elite company to be in the presence of on a franchise with rich history. A reporter questioned Chris about that..
Chris said, "That's special. We all know that's about as good a company as you can get," He added, "I'm just appreciative of it. It's fun. Being here and having that name thrown around is special to me, I don't take it lightly. He's one of the best to ever step on that mound. To be in the same sentence as him is pretty crazy to me."
Since Boston acquired Sale last year from the White Sox the pitcher has been fantastic. Chris looks poised to lead the BoSox deep into the post season. The clubs playing great ball and after wallowing with the woeful White Sox for so long, its nice as a fan to see him on a contending team with a real shot to win. After the letdown that has been the pick up of David Price a couple seasons ago its great the RedSox are getting their moneys worth and more from Chris. Of course the lefty Price has been battling injuries since he was picked up by the team.
As a note, when I was researching for this article I discovered that the great Nolan Ryan recorded 300 Ks 5 times! That is pretty impressive.
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