CHICAGO — Robin Ventura insists he can work with Chris Sale despite the suspended ace’s critical comments about the White Sox manager.

Sale is serving a five-day, unpaid ban after he destroyed throwback uniforms the team was supposed to wear for his start Saturday. Sale told MLB.com in a story published Monday that he doesn’t regret standing up for what he believed and said Ventura should have stood up for his players.

Ventura shook off the comments before Tuesday night’s 3-0 win over the Cubs and supported general manager Rick Hahn’s decision to send the left-hander home after the incident.

“Everything that happened in (the clubhouse) I’m going to keep it in there. But we had to act,” Ventura said. “It was over the line.”

White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams expressed support for Ventura and Hahn before Tuesday night’s game against the crosstown Cubs. Ventura, in his fifth year as manager, is in the final season of his contract and Chicago is fading from playoff contention after a 23-10 start.

“The one thing I can say is the way that Rick and Robin I think handled the situation, it was a difficult situation, certainly a unique situation, but one in which I think they handled in an excellent fashion,” Williams said.