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Gattis to serve as catcher on Thursday
- Updated: May 17, 2016
CHICAGO — Astros slugger Evan Gattis will start at catcher for the first time since 2014 when he gets behind the plate for Thursday’s series finale against the White Sox, manager A.J. Hinch said on Tuesday. Gattis joined the club on Tuesday after spending 10 days at Double-A Corpus Christi. He singled in his first at-bat and scored on a Jason Castro base hit.
Gattis, who caught for the Braves in 2013 and 2014, was used primarily as a designated hitter by the Astros in his first season in Houston last year. The team wanted him to get back behind the plate in the spring, but he underwent sports hernia surgery on Feb. 9 and missed all of camp.
He joined the Astros shortly after the start of the season and played in 20 games before Houston optioned him to Corpus Christi to get some extensive …
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