White Sox rookie Tim Anderson still learning to walk

You could say Tim Anderson has learned to run before learning to walk.

After tattooing a double off the left-center field wall to lead off the White Sox’s first inning Saturday, the rookie shortstop drew a rare base on balls his second time at bat.

It marked the third time in 209 plate appearances that Anderson, a self-described “aggressive” hitter, had walked.

“If I get a good pitch to hit, I’m going to swing at it,” Anderson said. “It’s something that’s going to change as I grow and mature and become a better player. It will click one day.”

White Sox manager Robin Ventura said Anderson passes the “good eye” test and he believes he will learn patience.

“Probably be hard to think of that happening today, but hopefully in the future he could do that,” Ventura said. “I don’t expect him to just automatically do that overnight.”

Anderson returned to the lineup Saturday after being absent from it for a day to rest his left hand, which was hit by a Jordan Zimmermann pitch during the Sox’s victory Thursday against the Tigers.

During his day of downtime, the 23-year-old had brief flashbacks of a 2014 pitch that broke his right wrist when he was playing for Class A Winston-Salem. He continued to suit up for 10 or so days before the break was discovered.

Fortunately, this wasn’t like that.

“I kind of had a feeling that it wasn’t anything serious,” Anderson said. “It was just sore. … It wasn’t that same feeling (as 2014).”

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Third a charm? Adam Eaton batted third for the White Sox on Saturday, just the second time in his career he has hit there.

He was 2-for-4 with a sacrifice on Thursday from that spot.

“He fancies himself a three-hole hitter anyway,” Ventura said.

Eaton singled to right field in the third inning.