Dye suspended two games
The White Sox, already mired in another offensive rough patch, lost their biggest power threat when right fielder Jermaine Dye was suspended for two games Friday.
Dye, who leads the Sox in home runs (14) and RBI (34), sat out the series opener against the Indians and he'll also miss today's game.
Dye was suspended for throwing his batting helmet toward home-plate umpire Mike DiMuro during a May 13 game at Cleveland.
The veteran outfielder appealed the decision, but Dye got word he had to sit out two games and pay an undisclosed fine before Friday's game.
"Not really," Dye said when asked if the ruling surprised him. "You have to respect the decision of the people who make the decisions, and I'll serve the two games and then move on."
Dye said he didn't try hitting DiMuro with his helmet after being called out on strikes.
"There was no intent," Dye said. "They understand that. They even said it was non-intent. The helmet just happened to hit the umpire. They still have to protect the umpires and I respect that. It's something I never intended to happen that way. I just got caught up in the emotion of the game and a big situation. I have to pay for it."
Quentin update: Carlos Quentin, scheduled to have his sore left foot reexamined by doctors today, is hoping to start running as soon as possible.
The injured left fielder landed on the disabled list May 29 (retroactive to May 26) with plantar fasciitis.
"It's getting better every day," Quentin said. "Some days are better than others. But it's improving overall."
Quentin is still wearing a protective boot while taking some light swings, and he might not be ready to go when he is eligible to come off the DL on Wednesday.
Quentin had to come out of a May 25 game at Los Angeles when a tendon on the bottom of his left foot actually ruptured while he was running the bases.
"The ligament rupturing isn't a bad thing," Quentin said. "It's just that in the short term, things like that take time to heal. Overall, in the bigger picture, it won't be anything where it will actually affect me in the future. It will actually help to stop it from happening again."
Fielding failure: It's been a rough couple of days for third baseman Josh Fields. A day after losing his starting job to Gordon Beckham, Fields was stuck with an unexpected error. Two scoring changes were announced Friday from the Sox' May 29 game at Kansas City.
A groundball single by the Royals' Billy Butler was switched to an error on Fields, and the original error charged to K.C. starter Brian Bannister on a Scott Podsednik groundball was changed to a single.