Tilson latest Chicago White Sox prospect to suffer injury

The Chicago White Sox are out of the playoff race, again, and that typically means the final two months of the season are going to be spent watching young players who might have a chance to help out in the future.

Well, enjoy Tim Anderson, Sox fans.

For the most part, the rookie shortstop has been fun to watch and Anderson appears to have impact potential.

As for other Sox prospects, kindly check the disabled list.

Before Tuesday night's game at Detroit, the White Sox already experienced some unbelievable bad luck with youngsters making their debuts.

In late April, catcher Kevan Smith came up from Class AAA Charlotte and was about an hour away from playing in his major-league game at Toronto before being scratched with back spasms that were later diagnosed as a sacroiliac joint dysfunction.

In his big-league debut with the Sox in early June, outfielder Jason Coats had to make an early exit in an game against Detroit after colliding with J.B. Shuck. Coats avoided a concussion but needed five stitches to close a cut in his mouth.

Coming up from Charlotte in late June, Matt Davidson debuted for the Sox and singled in his second at-bat. But the third baseman fractured his right foot rounding first and could miss the rest of the season.

"I think they're afraid to come up," manager Robin Ventura said after Davidson went down. "It's odd."

There was more odd in Tuesday night's 11-5 loss to the Tigers.

Acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday in a trade for veteran relief pitcher Zach Duke, center fielder Charlie Tilson was in the White Sox's starting lineup, and he singled in his first major-league at-bat.

But the run of rotten injury luck continued in the fifth inning when Tilson injured his left hamstring, and possibly his knee, trying to make a diving catch on a Miguel Cabrera drive.

Tilson, a New Trier High School graduate, had to be helped off the field by Ventura and trainer Herm Schneider.

"Good kids, and they're just playing hard," Ventura told reporters after the Sox lost to Detroit and dropped to 51-55 on the season. "You look back over all of them, and they're some freak injuries."

Avisail Garcia hit a pair of home runs for the Sox, and Todd Frazier added a solo shot, his 30th of the season.