Return to Guaranteed Rate Field comes when former White Sox star is struggling at plate...
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But his homecoming occurred with Abreu in the midst of a spring slump, batting just .218 in his first 36 games as an Astro. Meanwhile, the White Sox entered the series against Houston with a 13-26 record, worse than every American League club except Kansas City and Oakland.“It’s weird,” Abreu said through an interpreter. “But you know, it’s what I have to go through right now.
Baker is often reluctant to bat his two left-handed hitters in Tucker and Yordan Alvarez back-to-back, but said he made the change to match up against White Sox right-handed starter Michael Kopeach and because the White Sox only have one left-handed reliever in the bullpen. “He’s like a legend here,” Giolito said. “When I got traded over for the first time, he was so welcoming and he was kind of like the glue for our entire clubhouse and everything that we had going here. So it was definitely pretty sad when I saw the news that he was going over to Houston. It’s pretty sad for all of us, but that’s the nature of the game and I know that he’s pretty happy over there. So I think today’s gonna be a cool moment.
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