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Chicago White Sox reinstate Yoán Moncada from the injured list and option infielder Lenyn Sosa to Triple A

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Yoán Moncada was just starting to heat up before he landed on the injured list.The Chicago White Sox reinstated the third baseman from the 10-day IL Tuesday and optioned infielder Lenyn Sosa to Triple-A Charlotte.AdvertisementMoncada was placed on the IL retroactive to June 18 with a strained right hamstring after he left in the third inning of a June 17 game in Houston. He talked with the training staff in the dugout after grounding out in the second, then remained in the game for the bottom of the second. Josh Harrison replaced him in the third.Moncada is slashing .179/.230/.292 with three homers and 12 RBIs in 29 games while dealing with a variety of injuries for much of this season.AdvertisementHe began the season on the IL with a right oblique strain and played his first game May 9. He experienced quadriceps discomfort that limited his playing time in late May.[ [Don’t miss] Lucas Giolito’s strong start goes to waste in the White Sox’s 4-3 loss ]Moncada had a career-high five hits in a 13-0 victory against the Detroit Tigers on June 15 at Comerica Park. He suffered the hamstring injury in the team’s next game.Sosa joined the Sox from Double-A Birmingham on Thursday and went 1-for-12 (.083) with a double in four games. He collected his first major-league hit in Sunday’s 4-3 victory against the Baltimore Orioles at Guaranteed Rate Field.He led the Southern League in several offensive categories — including hits (85) and batting average (.331) — at the time of his promotion.

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3 Chicago Sky players chosen as All-Star reserves — joining starter Candace Parker — for the July 10 game at Wintrust Arena

NEW YORK — Courtney Vandersloot, Kahleah Copper and Emma Meesseman will get a chance to play in front of their home fans as the trio was selected as reserves for the WNBA All-Star Game on July 10 at Wintrust Arena.The Chicago Sky stars will join Candace Parker, who was voted in as a starter last week.AdvertisementOther reserve guards picked Tuesday included the Washington Mystics’ Ariel Atkins, Phoenix Mercury’s Skylar Diggins-Smith, Dallas Wings’ Arike Ogunbowale and Seattle Storm’s Jewell Loyd, a Niles West alumna. Atlanta Dream rookie Rhyne Howard also was picked by the league’s 12 coaches, who voted for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position regardless of conference.Coaches were not able to vote for their own players.AdvertisementThe Las Vegas Aces’ Dearica Hamby, New York Liberty’s Natasha Howard and Connecticut Sun’s Brionna Jones and Alyssa Thomas also were chosen in the frontcourt. Jones is the only player to make the All-Star Game this season while coming off the bench.[ [Don’t miss] ‘We’re doing a disservice to an entire generation’: How Chicago athletes and teams reacted to Roe being overturned ]The Sky’s James Wade will coach one team while the Aces’ Becky Hammon will lead the other. The league announced last week Breanna Stewart and Sylvia Fowles will co-captain one squad and Sue Bird and A’ja Wilson will draft for the other. All four were chosen as starters. Fowles and Bird announced earlier this year they will retire after the season.The All-Star teams will be drafted Saturday.Howard, who played with Bird and Stewart in Seattle before coming over to the Liberty, put in a pitch to play with her former guard.“I would love to play with Sue one more time,” she said after practice Tuesday. “It’s her last All-Star Game.”[ [Don’t miss] As Brittney Griner’s detention nears 130 days, WNBA fans and activists want action ]The other starters announced last week were the Los Angeles Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike, the Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu, the Sun’s Jonquel Jones and the Aces’ Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young.The Indiana Fever is the only team without an All-Star.