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Lawrie’s sore hamstring won’t lead to DL stint
- Updated: July 23, 2016
CHICAGO — The tightness in White Sox second baseman Brett Lawrie’s left hamstring worsened enough Friday that the team ordered an MRI.
Lawrie, the White Sox’s starting second baseman, left in the fourth inning of a series-opener against the Tigers on Thursday, a rain-shortened 2-1 loss. Manager Robin Ventura and Lawrie both felt the injury was minor following the game, but that changed in less than 24 hours when Lawrie wasn’t included in the starting lineup.
After a 7-5 loss to the Tigers on Friday, Ventura said a disabled list sint was unlikely and that Lawrie could return to the starting lineup as soon as Saturday.
Lawrie first felt the tightness before the game Thursday. Prior to starting the game, he came back into the White Sox’s clubhouse and tried to get it loosened up. Lawrie played the first three innings, going 0-for-1, before he was replaced by Saladino to start the fourth.
“Nobody knows your body like you know yourself,” Lawrie said Thursday night. “That being said, I know what’s going on with myself and I know how I feel, so when I go out there and I know that I can’t compete at [100] percent, then that for me is like, ‘Well, maybe I need to take a step back and deal with this before it gets to a point where I’m gone for a month or a month and a half.'”
Losing Lawrie for extended time would …
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