Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez was held out of Saturday’s game against the White Sox in Chicago with right hand inflammation.

CHICAGO - Yordan Alvarez was scratched from the Houston Astros' lineup for Saturday's game against the White Sox due to inflammation in his right hand, manager Joe Espada said. Alvarez has been experiencing soreness in the hand "for a few days" and "didn't feel right" when he tried to hit pregame in the cage Saturday morning,

Yordan Alvarez was scratched from the Houston Astros' lineup for Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox.