The first White Sox home game under manager Pedro Grifol did not go well.
Andrew Vaughn hit an RBI double in a two-run seventh. Robert added a solo shot in the eighth for his second homer in as many days. But it was a rough home opener for the White Sox after they split four games at defending World Series champion Houston.The start time was moved up an hour because of forecast rain. The White Sox announced the change on Sunday.Giants: OFs Mitch Haniger and Austin Slater were to return to San Francisco and resume baseball activities.
White Sox: Closer Liam Hendriks was beginning his final round of chemotherapy on Monday. Hendriks, battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma, made the announcement in an eight-second video shown prior to the game. GM Rick Hahn said Hendriks and LHP Garrett Crochet are"progressing," though the White Sox won't have a timeline on their returns until they begin rehab assignments. He said the two relievers are on the 15-day injured list rather than the 60-day IL"for a reason.
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