BOSTON -- Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale had surgery on his broken left pinkie finger on Monday, a day after it was hit by a line drive in a game against the New York Yankees.
The team called the surgery successful but did not give a timetable for his return. A broken bone usually takes 4-6 weeks to heal, which would allow Sale to return before the end of the season.
In the first inning of Sunday's game against the Yankees -- just his second start since returning from a broken rib -- Sale was hit in the hand by Aaron Hicks' 106 mph line drive.