Chris Sale exits after line drive hits his left hand, Red Sox confirm broken pinkie
Aaron Hicks line drive breaks Sale’s pinkie finger
Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale left Sunday’s game against the Yankees after only two thirds of an inning, when he was hit on his left hand by a line drive hit by Aaron Hicks.
Right-hander Hirokazu Sawamura took over for Sale on the mound.
The Red Sox confirmed that Sale broken his left pinkie finger. Following the game manager Alex Cora was asked about if Sale will pitch again this season, “Hopefully, yeah. We just have to wait… We’ll probably know more tomorrow.”
Sale, who missed the entire 2021 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, also started this season on the injured list due to a stress fracture in his right rib cage and made his first MLB start on July 12 against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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