White Sox's Jose Abreu slugs ninth homer in win Wednesday
White Sox designated hitter Jose Abreu went 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBI in his team's 9-2 win over the Rangers on Wednesday.
Abreu has missed time this week while dealing with a finger injury, but he was none the worse for wear on Wednesday, knocking a two-run homer to cap a six-run second inning and coming back with an RBI single in the fourth. He could be in for more time as the designated hitter as he continues to recover from the injury, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
"Just to make sure throwing wise, the finger that it’s on is on his throwing hand," manager Robin Ventura said. "We want to make sure that if something does happen … we wouldn’t have to do the thing we did the other day, where we had Flow [Tyler Flowers] going to first base. DH is the safest spot [for Abreu] and having LaRoche over at first. If something happens, we can adjust."
Abreu has hit .286/.343/.497 with nine home runs and 32 RBI in 185 at-bats.
