With the transaction being listed as retroactive to August 7, Garcia will be heading to the sideline as a result of a sprained right knee.
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“I was stretching and felt my knee pop. I just started crying”, Abreu said.
“I feel like (Eric) Hosmer and (Kendrys) Morales are swinging the bats better now, so we just chose to give it a shot”. “They realized he has a strain there”.
“Every time that I start hitting again, something happens”, Garcia said.
In a corresponding roster move, the White Sox have elected to recall fellow designated hitter and outfielder Jason Coats from Triple-A Charlotte. “At home, when I woke up, it started hurting a lot”. “Same thing, I was doing better, I was feeling really good”.
“The first couple of innings I didn’t feel like I was finishing really well on my off-speed pitches, especially”, Sale said. White Sox LHP Jose Quintana and Royals RHP Ian Kennedy are the Wednesday probable starters.
Sox left-hander Chris Sale gave up seven hits in the first three innings, including Eric Hosmer’s two-run single in the third that put the Royals on top 3-1. Paulo Orlando is 6-for-16 (.375) while catcher Salvador Perez has a.353 average, 18-for-51, with two home runs and eight RBIs.
Garcia had been heating up at the plate prior to the injury, going 7-for-24 (.292) with three homers and six RBIs in his past seven games.
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The 25-year-old Garcia has already appeared in 86 games for the White Sox thus far into the 2016 regular season.
