Chris Sale shut the door on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series hopes Sunday night.
The Boston Red Sox pitcher came in the for ninth inning of Game 5 at Dodger Stadium and struck out the side to seal Boston’s fourth championship in 15 seasons.
Aside from winning his first career World Series championship, Sale also joined a list of pitchers who all accomplished a rare, special feat.
So rare, in fact, it hadn’t been done in 73 years.
Pitchers who got the first and last out of the #worldseries:
Babe Adams, 1909
Ernie Shore, 1916
Art Nehf, 1922
Waite Hoyt, 1928
Lefty Gomez, 1937
Paul Derringer, 1940
Spud Chandler, 1943
Hal Newhouser, 1945And Chris Sale, 2018
— Baseball Reference (@baseball_ref) October 29, 2018
Sale started Game 1 of the World Series at Fenway Park, tossing four innings with seven strikeouts in the Red Sox’s 8-4 win. He didn’t see any action again until Game 5, but he certainly made it count.
