PHILADELPHIA — Edmundo Sosa was quickly tested in his first outfield appearance in exactly two years, and he did what he needed in order to pass.
After pinch hitting for the Phillies in the bottom of the eighth inning on Saturday afternoon, the natural infielder stayed in the game to play center field in the top of the ninth. The first batter, Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman, smoked a 100.8 mph liner that Sosa smoothly corralled. Enrique Hernández later hit another one to Sosa at 103 mph for the third out of the frame.
It’s funny how these things seem to work out in baseball.