CLEVELAND _ White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu had to be helped off the field during the seventh inning of Friday's 7-3 loss to the Indians after a breaking ball from Andrew Miller hit him below the left knee.
Abreu crumpled to the ground in pain and was limping when he was taken to the trainers room.
The Sox said it was just a bruise and swelling was nonexistent.
"He got hit pretty good, but he's going to be fine," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. "It got mostly muscle, just below the left of the knee. He's got pretty big legs."
Earlier, Abreu's sacrifice fly in the fifth snapped a 2-2 tie. But Miguel Gonzalez served up a mammoth two-run homer to Edwin Encarnacion in the bottom of the inning to give the Indians a 4-3 lead.
Gonzalez lasted 42/3 innings, allowing four runs on six hits and four walks, all with two out.
"Frustrating," he said. "One pitch away from getting out of that fifth inning. If I minimize the walks, it's a different ballgame. Got to keep working. Can't look back any more."
