(670 The Score) White Sox outfielder Eloy Jimenez is out of the team’s lineup once again against the Athletics in Game 2 of their wild-card round series Wednesday afternoon.
Jimenez missed the White Sox’s win in Game 1 on Tuesday and continues to deal with a foot sprain. Leury Garcia will once again play left field in place of Jimenez and hit eighth.
The White Sox’s main change in Game 2 is reinserting Edwin Encarnacion as their designated hitter after he sat out Game 1. Encarnacion hit .157 with a .627 OPS in the regular season. Yasmani Grandal will catch in Game 2 after serving as the DH in the opener. Catcher Brian McCann isn’t in the lineup in Game 2.
White Sox left-hander Dallas Keuchel will oppose Athletics right-hander Chris Bassitt. Here’s a look at the White Sox’s lineup. The game starts shortly after 2 p.m. CT.
Tim Anderson, SS
Yoan Moncada, 3B
Yasmani Grandal, C
Jose Abreu, 1B
Edwin Encarnacion, DH
Luis Robert, CF
Adam Engel, RF
Leury Garcia, LF
Nick Madrigal, 2B