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• Former White Sox slugger Greg Luzinski and one-time White Sox catcher Ben Davis were pregame visitors in the White Sox clubhouse on Friday.

• Right-handed reliever Brian Omogrosso has been placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to June 29 with a right triceps strain. Omogrosso has not pitched for Triple-A Charlotte since being optioned on June 28 and must be placed on the Major League DL. The White Sox have used the disabled list 11 times in 2013, compared to 13 in 2012.

• MLB Network will broadcast an hour-long documentary on White Sox television play-by-play announcer Ken "Hawk" Harrelson on July 18, beginning at 6 p.m. CT. Bob Costas narrates "Hawk: The Colorful Life of Ken Harrelson," chronicling Harrelson's 50 years as a MLB player, general manager and broadcaster. Harrelson is in his 29th season broadcasting for the White Sox.

• The White Sox are hitting .291 with runners in scoring position since June 1, ranking second in the American League in that span, and third overall in Major League Baseball.

• Ventura doesn't see any lingering bad blood between his team and the Tigers because of Thursday's benches-clearing argument.

"It's just baseball," Ventura said. "Part of competition is all that kind of stuff, but I don't see anything coming out of it."

Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin.
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