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Yoan Moncada’s White Sox debut a boon for attendance, TV ratings

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Officially, Yoan Moncada was 0-for-2 during his Chicago White Sox debut on Wednesday night, but the No. 1 prospect in baseball was a big hit at the box office and with local TV ratings.

The Sox said they sold nearly 5,000 tickets from the time they announced Moncada was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday night until game-time on Wednesday.

Moncada drew a standing ovation from the crowd of 24,907 when he stepped to the plate in the second inning at Guaranteed Rate Field and then again when he worked a walk off Los Angeles Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda.