{"id":668823,"date":"2026-04-07T17:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/668823\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:48:17","slug":"braves-chris-sale-punches-himself-in-head-during-frustrating-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/668823\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves’ Chris Sale Punches Himself in Head During Frustrating Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"AAn explosive, expressionist depiction of Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale’s uncharacteristic outburst of self-directed frustration during a tough outing against the Angels.Los Angeles Today<\/p>\n

Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale had a frustrating outing against the Los Angeles Angels, walking the bases loaded. In a display of self-directed anger, Sale slammed the baseball into his own head while walking back to the mound, an unusual and shocking display that went viral on social media.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

Sale is known as one of the most intimidating pitchers in MLB, so his uncharacteristic outburst of self-directed frustration during the game was highly unusual and captured widespread attention online.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

After walking the bases loaded in the game, Sale expressed his frustration by spiking the baseball directly into his own head as he walked back to the mound. The Braves went on to lose the game 6-2 as Sale was outdueled by Angels ace Jose Soriano.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred during the Braves’ game against the Angels on April 7, 2026.<\/p>\n

The players<\/p>\n

Chris Sale<\/p>\n

A star left-handed pitcher for the Atlanta Braves who is known for his intimidating presence on the mound.<\/p>\n

Jose Soriano<\/p>\n

The ace pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels who outdueled Chris Sale in the game.<\/p>\n

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\n What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n

\u201cSpiking a baseball to your temple (willingly) is one of the most insane things ever to do\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Calico Joe<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if Sale will face any disciplinary action from the league for his unusual outburst during the game.<\/p>\n

The takeaway<\/p>\n

Chris Sale’s self-directed frustration during a tough outing against the Angels was a highly unusual display that captured widespread attention, highlighting the intense competitive drive and emotions that can sometimes boil over for even the most dominant pitchers in baseball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a An explosive, expressionist depiction of Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2390],"tags":[291,5,1165,446,3223,774,56,3224,3222,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-668823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-angels","8":"tag-angels","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-angels","12":"tag-laangels","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-angels","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesangels","17":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116364687384228662","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}