Chris Sale and Blake Snell put on a pitching show in a game of aces on Monday night before the Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants 1-0 on a sacrifice fly by Travis d’Arnaud in the 10th inning.
Snell held a no-hit bid through six innings, 10 days after throwing his first career no-hitter with Cincinnati. The left-hander gave up Marcell Ozuna’s leadoff double in the seventh on his 103rd pitch.
Matt Olson followed with an infield single, but Snell threw out Orlando Arcia before being pulled. The two-time Cy Young Award winner struck out 11 batters and walked three.
Sale had 12 walks in seven innings of three-hit ball. The eight-time All-Star lowered his ERA to 2.61 in his first season with Atlanta, which held a game lead over the New York Mets for the final National League wild card.
