After leaving game with bruised back, Philadelphia Phillies' Edmundo Sosa says he is feeling better
Philadelphia third baseman Edmundo Sosa left Saturday's victory over the New York Yankees after he was elbowed in the back by left fielder Brandon Marsh in a collision while catching Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s seventh-inning popup.
Sosa, Marsh and shortstop Trea Turner converged on the ball in short left field. Turner peeled off, Sosa made the catch, then was knocked to the ground by Marsh. Sosa's fall caused the ball to pop out of his glove.
After Phillies head athletic trainer Paul Buchheit and manager Rob Thomson came out to attend to Sosa, the third baseman walked off slowly with Marsh's arm around him.
Umpires initially awarded Chisholm a hit, but the call was changed to an inning-ending out in a video review as they concluded Sosa had possession of the ball before hitting the grass.
Otto Kemp pinch hit for Sosa in the eighth in a game the Phillies won 9-4.
Sosa said after the game he was feeling better.
"I feel good," Sosa said through a translator following the win. "I'm just feeling a little tight right now. It was just a back contusion but I feel good and I'm ready for tomorrow."
"If you look at the play, Trea goes after a ball, I go after the ball, look up, don't see it," Sosa said. "Then I see Trea looking at the ball, like trying to look at the ball, and he doesn't see it either. And that's maybe when Marsh with his instincts, very good instincts, he goes right after the ball."
Sosa was diagnosed with a bruise and did not undergo any further testing.
"I went in to check on him after the game and he was a lot better than I expected," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. "So he may be able to be in the lineup tomorrow."
