Sale, 37, hits triple digits in complete-game shutout as Braves sweep Dodgers

On a night shadowed by personal grief, Chris Sale took the mound in Atlanta and delivered something that transcended statistics — a complete-game shutout at 37 years old, his fastball touching 100 miles per hour for the first time in eight years, as if the body had remembered what the spirit refused to forget. The Braves swept the defending champion Dodgers in three games decided by a single run each, a series that quietly announced Atlanta's October intentions. Sale pitched carrying the news of a close family friend's death, and when it was over, his son's reaction from the stands became the