PHILADELPHIA — Trea Turner and Edmundo Sosa faced live pitching at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday before the Phillies’ series opener with Miami.

Turner, who has been out since Sept. 8 with a hamstring strain, will go through the same routine again Wednesday. Sosa, placed on the IL last Tuesday, came through well enough to likely be activated on Wednesday. Sosa was eligible to come off the IL Tuesday, but the team went through an extra day of conditioning.

Both players hit off minor leaguers Andrew Walling and Danny Harper, shuttled to Philadelphia for that purpose. Manager Rob Thomson was happy with how Turner’s timing looked, and he’s hopeful Turner could be activated before the end of the regular season on Sunday.

“I’d like to see him get some at-bats, for sure,” Thomson said. “But he

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