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Chris Sale shut out the Dodgers with 11 strikeouts and his first 100mph pitch since 2018.
The 37-year-old allowed five hits across nine innings as Atlanta won 1–0 and completed a three-game sweep of Los Angeles.
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The pitching line
Sale threw a complete-game shutout, scattered five hits and struck out 11. Drake Baldwin's leadoff homer supplied the game's only run.
The velocity milestone
Sale reached 100.1mph against Shohei Ohtani, his first pitch above 100mph since July 2018 and the seventh-fastest pitch of his career.
The longer context
It was Sale's first shutout since June 2019. The win moved him to 13–9 with a 2.06 ERA and finished Atlanta's sweep of the Dodgers.