PHILADELPHIA — Matt Vierling hadn’t played second base in a game before. Not in high school. Not in Little League. Never. But there he was, playing second base for nine innings of a major league game Saturday.
And nobody with the Phillies was the least bit concerned.
It worked out because, well, everything always works out for Rob Thomson’s Phillies. Star-crossed under deposed Joe Girardi, they have been flawless for eight days under their interim manager. So, to reinforce the trend, Vierling easily handled six grounders and Nick Castellanos drove in a run with an excuse-me, check-swing double in a breezy 4-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
