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Chicago White Sox's Moncada 'relieved' after collision

After surviving it, Yoan Moncada watched the video.

"I saw it a few times," Moncada said through a translator. "It was a very, very hard crash."

Moncada, a huge piece of the Chicago White Sox's future, collided with right fielder Willy Garcia in Monday night's win over the Blue Jays at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Sprinting out into short right from second base trying to catch a Darwin Barney flyball, Moncada struck the right side of Garcia's head with his right knee.

Garcia was knocked out on impact, and Moncada tumbled to the grass and clutched his knee.

X-rays were negative, and Moncada might be back on the field as early as Wednesday.

"It was above the knee," Moncada said. "It was on the muscle, not in the bone. That's why I'm kind of sore right now. After the collision, I was very concerned about the knee because I was in a lot of pain. But once they brought me in here, they told me it was nothing serious and I feel relieved."

Garcia on DL:

Willy Garcia was able to get up on his feet and walk off the field after Monday's scary collision with Yoan Moncada.

Before Tuesday night's game against the Blue Jays, Garcia was placed on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion.

Manager Rick Renteria said neither Garcia nor Yoan Moncada were to blame for failing to communicate before running into each other.

"That has nothing to do with communication," Renteria said. "Those are two guys coming after a ball. That's a Texas Leaguer and both of them are aggressively charging to try to make the catch. Honestly, Moncky almost was able to get over him.

"His knee ended up lagging and hitting him as he was going down. Those plays happen. I wish I could tell you it would take more communication, but when two guys are going at a ball that's in between both of them, every now and again those occur."

Night off:

Center fielder Adam Engel also was out of Tuesday's White Sox lineup after slamming into the fence trying to catch Josh Donaldson's home run the night before.

"He was a little sore today," manager Rick Renteria said. "He took a pretty good jolt. He's another one, I think today is a good day to give him a little blow."

Robert returns:

Out since July 4 with a knee injury, top outfield prospect Luis Robert returned to the Dominican Summer League White Sox's lineup Tuesday.

Batting third as the designated hitter, Robert was 2-for-3 with a 2-run homer.

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