Chris Sale (8-2-0-0-13, 99) pitched his best game of the season and Sam Travis and Sandy León hit home runs as the Red Sox blanked the Angels on Thursday night.
Sale faced only two batters over the minimum. Shohei Ohtani doubled with two outs in the first inning. Sale retired the next 16 Angels in a row before Mike Trout singled to begin the seventh. And That. Was. It. (Brandon Workman pitched a clean ninth, fanning two, including Trout to end the game.)
Sale threw 67 strikes and 32 balls. He threw his fastest pitch of the season (98.