Indeed, the Pole may earn first-choice status if he continues the form that saw him make two great saves from a Marcus Berg shot and a David Rozehnal header.
None of the four goals in the Game 6 loss could be pinned entirely on him, but he was unable to make the crucial saves necessary to protect any of the one-goal leads he was provided.
As for Sale, his strand rate of 94.4% is impossibly high and his miniscule 0.57 ERA is bound to rise, but he has notched two saves so far this month, and manager Ozzie Guillen has even named him the official closer, sort of.