Lawrie exits rehab game with quad soreness

CLEVELAND — White Sox second baseman Brett Lawrie, on the disabled list retroactive to July 22 due to a strained left hamstring, left Wednesday’s contest with Double-A Birmingham after two innings.

Lawrie had quad soreness during the fourth game of his injury rehab assignment.

“That one has been pushed back a little bit,” said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of Lawrie’s recovery process.

“It was in his knee area,” added Ventura of the exact location for Lawrie’s initial injury. “You don’t really know what you are dealing with as far as if it was his knee, but this was his quad, so this is a little bit different. That comes from not playing for a while, and then you go back out and play your first game.”

Ventura hopes Alex Avila, battling back from a right hamstring strain, goes on an injury rehab assignment next week. Avila has been taking batting practice in Cleveland, and it was during those batting practice sessions where the catcher had a minor setback in Kansas City.

“Right now, he …

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