The Atlanta Braves have reinstated left-hander Chris Sale from the 60-day injured list, the team announced Saturday.

He is expected to start Saturday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies .

The reigning National League Cy Young winner had been out since suffering a fractured left rib cage in June when he dove to field a grounder. He pitched 4⅔ innings in his third and most recent rehab start at Triple-A last week.

Sale's return ends a stretch since late July in which all of the Braves' Opening Day starters had been on the injured list. Atlanta has stumbled to a 61-74 record and is set to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2017.

Sale, 36, is 5-4 and has a 2.52 ERA through 15 starts this season. He won the pitching Triple Crown in his first season in Atlanta in 202

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