Farquhar critical with hemorrhage

CHICAGO — White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar was in stable but critical condition Saturday, a day after suffering a brain hemorrhage while in the dugout during a game.

Farquhar passed out in the sixth inning Friday night after getting two outs against the Astros. He was helped by team medical personnel and on-site EMTs and regained consciousness before he was taken to a hospital by ambulance.

The White Sox announced that additional testing revealed the brain hemorrhage was caused by a ruptured aneurysm. Farquhar was being monitored in the neurosurgical ICU unit at Rush University Medical Center.

Asked if the right-hander required surgery, manager Rick Renteria said, “We’ll see how they proceed, and hopefully the outcome is a positive one.”

The team said it would provide updates as appropriate but requested privacy for the family.

Farquhar, 31, fainted shortly after leaving the mound.

Renteria said Saturday that Farquhar “had a strong heartbeat, a good pulse and was breathing well” when he left Guaranteed Rate Field after pass- ing out. Renteria said no one on the team saw advance signs that Farquhar might be in distress.

“It crushes us in this clubhouse,” said James Shields, who started Friday’s loss. “And nothing really matters baseball-wise when something like that happens.”

Astros manager A.J. Hinch said some of his players saw Farquhar collapse.

“We could see across the way that something was going on,” he said. “As the group went around him, it just became a scary scene.”

The White Sox put Farquhar on the disabled list and recalled right-hander Gregory Infante.