Chris Sale shut out the Dodgers with 11 strikeouts and his first 100mph pitch since 2018.
The 37-year-old allowed five hits across nine innings as Atlanta won 1–0 and completed a three-game sweep of Los Angeles.
- The pitching line: Sale threw a complete-game shutout, scattered five hits and struck out 11. Drake Baldwin's leadoff homer supplied the game's only run.
- The velocity milestone: Sale reached 100.1mph against Shohei Ohtani, his first pitch above 100mph since July 2018 and the seventh-fastest pitch of his career.
- The longer context: It was Sale's first shutout since June 2019. The win moved him to 13–9 with a 2.06 ERA and finished Atlanta's sweep of the Dodgers.