Chicago White Sox first baseman Miguel Vargas was in serious pain after a collision on Aug. 28 against the New York Yankees .

He had attempted to receive a throw from third baseman Curtis Mead in the fifth inning at Rate Field. The ball and Aaron Judge arrived at the same time.

Vargas exited the game with a left hand sprain.

Vargas went on the 10-day injured list on Aug. 29 and recovered quickly to return to the Sox lineup for Wednesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Rate Field.

“Really happy that he was able to recover,” manager Will Venable said before Wednesday’s game. “Yeah, when it happened I thought something might have been broken with a collision with Judge like that and how he responded. But he really went to work on the treatment.

“The training staff did a good job

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