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Rookie hurler to fill in for Garcia

Jun 13, 2007 - 12:32 PM Chi White Sox (27-34) at Philadelphia (34-31) 1:05 pm EDT

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- The Chicago White Sox were on track to face their old teammate, Freddy Garcia. Instead, they'll take their hacks against Kyle Kendrick.

The 22-year-old righthander will be making his major league debut Wednesday when the Philadelphia Phillies host the White Sox in the rubber game of their interleague series.

Kendrick (NR) was drafted out of high school in 2003 and turned down a football scholarship to Washington State to sign with the Phillies. After toiling in the low minors for three seasons, Kendrick had his breakthrough last year, pitching to a 3.17 ERA in 176 combined innings at low-Class A Lakewood and high-Class A Clearwater.

In 12 starts at Class AA Reading this season, Kendrick owned a 4-7 record and a 3.17 ERA.

Chicago will counter with rookie John Danks (3-6, 4.38 ERA). The 22-year-old lefthander is 0-2 over his last three outings, including a loss to the Houston Astros last Friday in his first career interleague start.

The White Sox have been struggling to score runs all season, and the first two games of the series against the Phillies have been no different. Chicago has managed just three runs combined in the first two games, dropping a 7-3 decision on Tuesday.