White Sox: Leury Garcia promoted as Bonifacio goes on DL

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BOSTON — Emilio Bonifacio has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain on Wednesday afternoon.

The White Sox utility man crumpled to the ground in pain and grabbed his side during a third-inning at-bat in Tuesday night’s 9-4 win over the Boston Red Sox. Leury Garcia — who had been called up over the weekend when Bonifacio went on the bereavement list — has been promoted from Triple-A Charlotte.

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Bonifacio’s start on Tuesday was the first time he had played in 11 days and his first start since June 28. He only accumulated 81 plate appearances through the team’s first 98 games.

Garcia, who singled in his only major league at-bat this season, was hitting .296/.338/.364 with 28 stolen bases in 75 games at Charlotte. The player who came back in the August 2013 trade of Alex Rios, Garcia appeared in 74 games for the White Sox in 2014 and stole 11 of 12 bases.

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