Andrew Benintendi is the only player on the White Sox roster who can count his years in decades, his games in thousands, his extra-base hits in the hundreds. He is the only player on the roster in possession of a World Series ring.But as he begins the fourth season of the White Sox chapter of a distinguished career marked mostly on the South Side by losing (another 5-3 loss to the Orioles Wednesday), disappointment, injuries and unrealized expectations, this left a fresh wound.One out in the seventh inning, the Sox trailed by a run against the Orioles. Miguel Vargas has beaten out an infield hit, Colson Montgomery has been hit by a pitch, and winning time beckons.Benintendi was the next batter due to hit.He had tripled and scored in his first at-bat, then struck out in his next two turns. Awaiting him on the hill was a left-handed reliever, Grant Wolfram, who had struck out Munetaka Murakami to start the inning.“Obviously I want to be in that position,’’ Benintendi said of a chance to deliver. “Obviously I’m not swinging great right now, but I don’t think there will ever be a time where I don’t want to be hitting in that spot. It doesn’t matter who’s on the mound.’’Benintendi never got to the plate. White Sox manager Will Venable lifted him for a pinch-hitter, Derek Hill, who like Benintendi was a former No. 1 draft choice (Hill in 2014, Benintendi 2015), but had labored through long seasons in the minors,…
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