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Chris Sale's run of games with at least 10 strikeouts ends at 8 in row

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19456436/boston-red-sox-chris-sale-run-10-k-games-end-8-row

But he got the win.

On the cusp of setting a modern-era single-season record with his ninth consecutive start with at least 10 strikeouts, the Boston Red Sox ace lefty fanned only six Texas Rangers batters, his lowest total of the season.

But there wasn't a soul in Fenway Park on Wednesday night that probably cared less about the so-called record than Sale, who said after a start last week in Oakland that he would "rather be 8-0 with no punchouts." It was far more meaningful, then, for Sale that the Red Sox rallied for seven runs in the seventh inning, digging him out of a 3-1 hole in the process.

Sale now has had two streaks of eight consecutive starts with at least 10 strikeouts, having also achieved the feat in 2015 with the Chicago White Sox. Pedro Martinez (1999 with the Red Sox) is the only other pitcher with a streak of eight straight double-digit strikeout starts.