Sale entered the game needing eight punchouts to reach the mark, and he got it to end the sixth as Edmundo Sosa swung and missed at an 81-mile-per-hour slider in the dirt.

The next time you see Sale spin a gem for the Braves, remember: No matter how much success he’s experienced in this game, he’s never been above receiving help from others.

Zack Wheeler embraced another chance to square off with Chris Sale. The first meeting between the top-two finishers in last year's NL Cy Young Award race didn't quite live up to expectations. Each ace

The floodgates suddenly opened. Matt Olson and Austin Riley doubled, Ozzie Albies’ fly ball snuck over the right-field ball, and the Braves grabbed a 4-0 lead. The flurry snapped Wheeler’s scoreless innings streak at 26.