“Unraveling the Crucial Blunder: Rojas and Sosa Reveal the Hidden Tensions Behind Wheeler’s Costly Defeat for the Phillies”
Rob Thomson started Johan Rojas in center field and Edmundo Sosa in left Tuesday against left-hander Chris Sale. It was Sosa’s first career start in the outfield and in his first defensive chance in the opening frame, he leaped over the wall to rob Marcell Ozuna of a home run.
But the Phillies’ inexperienced outfield arrangement more than offset the robbery an inning later when Rojas and Sosa didn’t communicate properly and let a routine flyball drop gently in front of Rojas for an Austin Riley “double.” Wheeler had retired the batter before and after Riley, but the mental error extended the inning for Sean Murphy to eventually hit a three-run homer.
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