Chris Sale Throws Immaculate Inning Against Orioles Nine pitches. Nine strikes. br Three outs. Sale became the fifth pitcher in Boston Red Sox history to pitch an immaculate inning. The feat occurred during the seventh inning br of Wednesday's 2-1 victory over the br Baltimore Orioles. Sale had a no-hitter through 5 23 innings before it was broken up in the sixth inning by Joey Rickard. The Red Sox ace finished with 14 strikeouts over eight innings, allowing just one run and br three hits on the night. Andrew Benintendi hit the tie-breaking br home run in the top of the 12th inning. In the bottom of the 11th inning, Trey Mancini br was robbed of a walk-off home run by br Jackie Bradley Jr.