CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson exited Sunday’s City Series game against the Cubs in the top of the fifth with a strained right groin. He will undergo further evaluation Monday.
Anderson took a couple of steps to left while fielding P.J. Higgins’ grounder and fell to the ground in shallow center field at Guaranteed Rate Field after making the throw to first.
He had to be helped off the field by the training staff. Danny Mendick entered as the new shortstop.
The Sox found a way to rally without Anderson, beating the Cubs 5-4 in 12 innings. Jake Burger knocked in Mendick with a single to end the marathon game.
The Sox tied the game at 1 in the ninth when AJ Pollock scored on a wild pitch.
The Cubs scored twice in the 10th, only for the Sox to come back with two in the bottom of the inning. Both teams scored once in the 11th.
Burger’s game-winning hit off Robert Gsellman came with one out as the teams split the two-game series.
Anderson, who was an All-Star for the first time in his career last season, entered Sunday third in the American League with a .354 batting average. He was tied for second on the team with five home runs and tied for first with 19 RBIs.
