The bench-clearing incident between the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday has sent a White Sox player to the injured list.
The White Sox placed reliever Joe Kelly on the IL Monday with a groin injury. Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times confirmed that Kelly suffered the injury while running in from the bullpen to join the incident.
It may not exactly be the best way to suffer an injury, but it's definitely a fairly amusing one. Kelly might as well embrace the ridiculousness. The 34-year-old had appeared in three games on the season, allowing three earned runs in 2.2 innings of relief work.
Sunday’s bench-clearing incident started in the wake of a controversial play at the plate that injured Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz, which is set to keep him out of action for around four months.
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