The White Sox will follow the Blackhawks to the Tampa Bay area this weekend, but they’ll do so without manager Robin Ventura.
Ventura is off for this weekend’s series against the Rays to attend the graduation of his daughter, Madison, from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The fourth-year White Sox skipper also missed a game last year to attend the graduation of his daughter, Rachel, from Oklahoma State, his alma mater.
Bench coach Mark Parent will manage this weekend’s series at Tropicana Field. Ventura will return to the dugout when the White Sox open a two-game series against the Pirates at PNC Park Monday.