FGCU’s Sale named Pitcher of the Year
FGCU left-handed pitcher Chris Sale earned the BFC Outstanding Pitcher Award for the 2009 Cape Cod Baseball League Season. Sale finished the summer leading the Cape Cod League in strikeouts, and innings pitched.
“It’s exciting,” said Sale. “I never really checked my stats during the year. I didn’t really know how I was holding up to the rest of the pack as for ERA, strikeouts, and what not, but it was very surprising and very gratifying.”
The 6-foot-6 Sale showed tenacity during his nine regular-season starts. He had a 4-2 record before the playoffs, tied for first in the league for wins, and leading the league in strikeouts with 57, with an astounding 57-9 strikeouts-to-walk ratio. Sale saw the most action of any pitcher this summer with 55 innings pitched, and boasted the third-lowest ERA at a miniscule 1.47.
Sale’s stats helped keep the Y-D Red Sox (28-15) at the top of the pack in team pitching. For the majority of the season, they were ranked first until the Orleans Firebirds edged them out of the top spot right before the playoffs.
Sale was selected to the All-Star team and earned MVP as well.