Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale, shaking off his early-season struggles, struck out a career-high 17 batters in seven innings against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.
Sale became the first pitcher ever with as many as 17 strikeouts in an outing of seven innings or less. He threw 108 pitches and left with a 3-2 lead.
The 17 strikeouts are the most by any pitcher in a game since Max Scherzer struck out 20 on May 11, 2016, against Detroit, and the most by a Red Sox pitcher since Pedro Martinez had 17 in 2000.