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.
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Moncada 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.
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He 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.
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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.
