{"id":36170,"date":"2025-02-23T01:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T01:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=36170"},"modified":"2025-02-23T01:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T01:00:24","slug":"nl-cy-young-winner-chris-sale-throws-2-perfect-innings-for-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=36170","title":{"rendered":"NL Cy Young winner Chris Sale throws 2 perfect innings for Atlanta&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<p>By ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2025-02-22T20:50:30+0000\"> 15:50 EST, 22 February 2025 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2025-02-22T20:50:43+0000\"> 15:50 EST, 22 February 2025 <\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) &#8211; Fresh off his first Cy Young Award, Chris Sale opened spring training with two perfect innings for the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta lost to the Minnesota Twins 3-1, but the 35-year-old Sale retired all six of his batters, although he did not strike anybody out.<\/p>\n<p>Sale is entering his second year with the Braves. The left-hander went 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA and 225 strikeouts last season, winning the National League&#8217;s pitching Triple Crown and the Cy Young. He was healthy enough to make 29 starts, his most since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Sale threw 21 pitches and 14 strikes Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale throws in the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. 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