Chris Sale cuts down on the strikeouts; throws less pitches

Rangers @ Sox:

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sale(W, 10-2)	7.1	5	1	1	1	4	0	2.19
Omogrosso	1.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	5.40
Totals	9.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	3.93

WP: Sale.
Pitches-strikes: Sale 95-64, Omogrosso 37-27.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 11-3, Omogrosso 2-2.
Batters faced: Sale 26, Omogrosso 9.
Inherited runners-scored: Omogrosso 1-1.

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.31	89	11.14	-2.79	8	4 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 33.33%	-0.9707
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.34	95	7.73	1.96	5	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.1998
CH (Changeup)	83.85	87.3	12.33	-2.21	21	13 / 61.90%	3 / 14.29%	10 / 55.56%	-0.2522
SL (Slider)	78.88	83.7	-2.84	-7.83	17	12 / 70.59%	3 / 17.65%	9 / 64.29%	0.5263
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	92.28	96.3	10.47	0.71	44	35 / 79.55%	4 / 9.09%	22 / 70.97%	-3.3174
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	17	10	58.82	17	-0.532
2	14	8	57.14	31	-0.834
3	9	7	77.78	40	-0.848
4	11	8	72.73	51	-0.350
5	11	8	72.73	62	-0.575
6	21	16	76.19	83	-0.335
7	6	5	83.33	89	-0.561
8	6	2	33.33	95	0.220

Sale got 11 GroundOuts and 3 FlyOuts tonight.

Here’s how Sale’s start compares with his previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeup -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	–	–	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	–	–	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	–	–	11-3-1	80.48	–	–
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	–	–	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	–	–	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85

RL=Relief

More Sox pitchers inside:

Brian Omogrosso:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.05	95.5	-2.82	2.89	15	11 / 73.33%	1 / 6.67%	9 / 69.23%	-0.7904
SL (Slider)	85.25	87.7	2.65	-3.27	10	7 / 70.00%	0 / 0.00%	4 / 57.14%	-0.1132
CU (Curveball)	78.18	79.1	8.87	-9.17	6	4 / 66.67%	1 / 16.67%	3 / 60.00%	0.8459
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	94.98	95.8	-2.28	1.35	6	5 / 83.33%	1 / 16.67%	3 / 75.00%	1.3093
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	16	13	81.25	16	1.089
9	21	14	66.67	37	0.163