Adam Eaton fine, but White Sox keep him out of the field

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BOSTON — Adam Eaton is healthy enough to play, but the White Sox will give him a chance to rest his arm while keeping him in the lineup.

Eaton made the first start of his career as the team’s designated hitter on Monday and could be in line for another on Tuesday.

The leadoff man missed Sunday’s game after he jammed his shoulder with a diving attempt in the outfield of Saturday’s victory over the Cleveland Indians. Though he initially feared the worst, Eaton felt pretty good as the White Sox opened their second straight four-game series, this one against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

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“Wasn’t feeling all that great (Sunday), but with the day off and some treatment last night everything’s going well,” Eaton said. “ They’re going to keep from throwing for one more day, but (I'm) able to swing and looking forward to getting back out there. Yesterday it was kind of tough to get my hand above my head, but today full range of motion and feeling good. I’m thankful it was just a jam. Was pretty scared it might be something more than that, but all the tests proved that it was just irritation and he pushed that right out and it feels good today.”

Eaton said he didn’t require an MRI but didn’t sleep well on Saturday night. Still, both he and manager Robin Ventura have been confident Eaton was fine since Sunday. J.B. Shuck started in center field in Eaton’s place on Monday.

“This is just to be able to take care of him and not send him back out there,” Ventura said. “For right now, you are just, you know you have a day or two here where you can DH him and hopefully he can feel comfortable doing that.”

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