In the White Sox 4-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night, manager Rick Renteria benched shortstop Tim Anderson after the sixth inning for not running out what appeared to be a groundball. However, it was a line drive hit by Anderson and caught by third baseman Rossel Herrera.
This was a bizarre decision on the part of Renteria because although Anderson didn’t leave the batter’s box, his line drive was caught for an out. However, Renteria later defended his decision after the game.
“He didn’t try to do it that way.