White Sox employing eight-man ‘pen

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CHICAGO — The White Sox are going with eight relievers for the time being, after adding right-hander Tommy Kahnle as the 26th man for Monday’s doubleheader against Cleveland.

Infielder Carlos Sanchez was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte in between games to make room for second-game starter Erik Johnson, and Johnson was sent back to Charlotte after the loss. The team had Dioner Navarro, Jerry Sands and Jimmy Rollins on the bench Tuesday night.

“Going into the doubleheader, we wanted to make sure we were covered down there,” White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “You never know how that’s going to go. It just seemed going into the second game we would do that.”

Ventura seemed to indicate that the White Sox could go back to an extra position player for an Interleague series …

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