Red Sox reinstate and start LHP Chris Sale after 2-year absence

The Boston Red Sox officially reinstated left-hander Chris Sale from the 60-day injured list Saturday, completing his two-year return from an elbow injury and eventual Tommy John surgery of March 2020.

Sale is scheduled to pitch in the Red Sox's home game Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles.

A top-five finisher in the American League Cy Young Award voting six times, Sale will take the 40-man roster spot of infielder-