White Sox all-star Avisail Garcia (thumb) out of lineup; heading to DL

Posted July 26, 2017 1:01 am

Scot Gregor

Chicago White Sox all-star Avisail Garcia was not in Wednesday night's lineup against the Chicago Cubs, and the right fielder is expected to miss a couple of weeks with a strained ligament in his right thumb.

Garcia, who leads the White Sox with a .303 batting average, was wearing a splint on the thumb but won't need surgery.

"I feel a big difference," Garcia said. "That's why I decided to go to the doctor today because I couldn't swing the same way that I have to swing. You could see yesterday, 0-for-5. I've been swinging too much with my shoulders. Trying to force it.

"I don't have to force it. If something's wrong I have to stop because I want to help my team. I don't want this to happen, but it happened. That's baseball. Anything can happen so I've just got to take care of this and be back and ready."

The Sox are going to replace Garcia with a minor-league outfielder by Thursday night's game. Alen Hanson replaced Garcia in right field Wednesday night.

Here's the White Sox lineup for Wednesday night's game at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Yolmer Sanchez, 3B

Melky Cabrera, LF

Jose Abreu, IB

Matt Davidson, DH

Yoan Moncada, 2B

Omar Narvaez, C

Alen Hanson, RF

Tim Anderson, SS

Adam Engel, CF

SP: James Shields

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