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Silverman: Chris Sale rides bullet train into Grapefruit League start

FORT MYERS — What’s Chris Sale supposed to do to save bullets this spring — throw right-handed?

Drink herbal tea before starts?

Listen to Coldplay?

Come game time, the last thing the Red Sox want to do is place a governor on the open-throttle style of their best pitcher, the guy who noted after his superb start yesterday that “obviously sucking will motivate you.”

Sale found his offseason motivation mantra because he was running on fumes last October when he got to his first career playoff start. He, uh, sucked — nine hits, seven runs, three home runs in five innings in Game 1 of the Division Series against the eventual world champion Houston Astros — and stuck the Sox deep in a hole.