White Sox pitchers Chris Sale, Jose Quintana finish in top 10 in AL Cy Young voting

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White Sox starter Chris Sale finished fifth in the American League Cy Young Award vote, and teammate Jose Quintana tied for 10th.

The announcement Wednesday means a fourth straight top-five finish in the AL Cy vote for Sale, who went 17-10 with a 3.34 ERA in 32 starts.

Boston’s Rick Porcello narrowly edged Detroit’s Justin Verlander with 137 points to 132 for his first-ever Cy Young Award. Verlander received more first-place votes (14 to Porcello’s eight) but was left off two ballots.

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Cleveland’s Corey Kluber finished third overall (98 points), and Baltimore’s Zach Britton was fourth with 72 points. Sale, who also earned a sixth-place finish in 2012, finished with 40 points.

Quintana went 13-12 with a 3.20 ERA in 32 starts and received one fifth-place vote to tie with Detroit’s Michael Fulmer, who was named the AL Rookie of the Year on Monday.

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