Bradford with the interesting stat last night. The Sox are 21-8. But they are 7-6 in starts made by Sale and Price. Game log...
Sale
at TB (L, 6-4): 6.0 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 3 bb, 9 k, ND
at Mia (W, 4-2): 5.0 ip, 5 h, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 6 k, ND
vs NY (W, 14-1): 6.0 ip, 8 h, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 8 k, W
vs Bal (W, 3-1): 5.0 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 2 bb, 8 k, ND
at Oak (L, 3-0): 7.0 ip, 6 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 10 k, L
at Tor (W, 5-4): 6.0 ip, 4 h, 3 r, 3 er, 2 bb, 4 k, W
vs KC (L, 7-6): 7.0 ip, 5 h, 2 r, 1 er, 2 bb, 6 k, ND
TOT (4-3): 42.0 ip, 31 h, 11 r, 10 er, 10 bb, 51 k, 2.14 era, 0.98 whip, 10.9 k/9, 2-1 record
Price
at TB (W, 1-0): 7.0 ip, 4 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 5 k, W
vs TB (W, 3-2): 7.0 ip, 3 h, 0 r, 0 er, 3 bb, 5 k, ND
vs NY (L, 10-7): 1.0 ip, 3 h, 4 r, 4 er, 2 bb, 1 k, L
at LA (W, 10-1): 5.0 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 4 bb, 6 k, W
at Oak (L, 4-1): 7.2 ip, 9 h, 4 r, 4 er, 1 bb, 6 k, L
vs TB (L, 12-6): 5.2 ip, 8 h, 6 r, 5 er, 4 bb, 5 k, L
TOT (3-3): 33.1 ip, 30 h, 15 r, 14 er, 14 bb, 28 k, 3.78 era, 1.32 whip, 7.6 k/9, 2-3 record
In Sale's games:
- TB (L, 6-4): He pitched great, left with a 4-0 lead, and the bullpen imploded in the 8th.
- Mia (W, 4-2): He got no run support; the Sox finally scored after he left the game.
- Bal (W, 3-1): Same as the Miami game; no run support while he was in there.
- Oak (L, 3-0): Got no-hit that game, for crying out loud.
- KC (L, 7-6): Left with a 3-2 lead; Kimbrel gives up a homer in the 9th and they go on to lose.
I mean, Chris Sale should be 7-0 right now. Give him the loss when they got no-hit because give the other guy credit. So 6-1. Instead he's 2-1 and the Sox are just one game above .500 when he pitches. It's absurd.
For Price, he had the one inning crapfest against the Yankees, and he deserved to lose the 12-6 game to Tampa. But the Oakland game...it was 1-1 and then they extended him another inning and he gave up the 3-run homer, but the offense was a total no-show in that game. I think Price should be 3-2 with 2 no-decisions. But the Sox should have won probably three of these games that these guys pitched that turned out to be losses. That would put them at 10-3 in games these guys pitch, not 7-6.
Sale looks like he's gonna end up with 16-17 wins, a tiny era, and great stats, when he really probably should be about a 22-23 game winner. Ugh.