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Chris Sale shines in rehab start for Portland Sea Dogs

PORTLAND, Maine — The Double A Sea Dogs faithful brought it for Chris Sale and the Red Sox ace delivered.

Sale dazzled a sellout crowd of 7,368 to the tune of 3u2154 hitless innings as the lefthander continued his comeback from March 2020 Tommy John surgery on a sunny and humid evening.

“This has obviously been a long road,” Sale said. “This is definitely the most fun part for me . . . I like getting after it. The more repetitions I can get at high leverage, the more I can be better from it.”

Sale, who last appeared in a regular season MLB contest Aug.