White Sox OF JimÃ©nez carted off after hamstring injury

Posted April 23, 2022 7:00 am

By BRIAN HALL

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson talks with left fielder Eloy Jimenez in the dugout during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Chicago White Sox outfielder Eloy JimÃ©nez was carted off after injuring his hamstring in the second inning of Saturday's game in Minnesota.

JimÃ©nez stretched for first base while running out a ground ball to third. He stumbled after the play and his right knee appeared to lock up. JimÃ©nez fell face-first to the ground in shallow left field and immediately grabbed at his right leg.

After being down several minutes, he was taken off on a cart. The team announced he left the game with right hamstring soreness.

The oft-injured JimÃ©nez is hitting .222 through 11 games this season with one home run and seven RBIs. The 25-year-old slugger missed several months last season with a pectoral injury.

He played 55 games in the shortened 2020 season and 122 in his rookie year of 2019 when he hit 31 home runs.

Gavin Sheets took JimÃ©nez's spot in the lineup in the second game of the three-game series against the Twins.

Chicago was already without starting third baseman YoÃ¡n Moncada, starting pitchers Lucas Giolito and Lance Lynn and key relievers Joe Kelly and Garrett Crochet.

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Chicago White Sox left fielder Eloy Jimenez bundles up as he warms up on the field before a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Chicago, Sunday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) The Associated Press

Chicago White Sox's Eloy Jimenez leaves the field on a cart after falling to the turf on a groundout to the Minnesota Twins in the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) The Associated Press

Chicago White Sox's Eloy Jimenez, bottom right, gets help up from third base coach Joe McEwing, top right, and a staff trainer, left, after falling to the turf on a groundout to the Minnesota Twins in the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Minneapolis. Jimenez left the field on a cart. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) The Associated Press

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