Sale goes five scoreless innings as Red Sox roll
Chris Sale hurled five shutout innings in his second start post-Tommy John surgery, and the Boston Red Sox got back on track with a 6-0 series-opening win over the visiting Texas Rangers on Friday night.
Xander Bogaerts homered and drove in two runs, and Enrique Hernandez and Alex Verdugo each added two RBIs as the Red Sox snapped a costly three-game losing streak that dropped them to third place in the American League E