The Chicago White Sox tried just about everything in their home finale Sunday against the San Diego Padres, including inserting catcher Korey Lee in left field after he entered as a pinch runner in the bottom of the seventh.

Lee made a sliding catch near the left-field foul line in the top of the eighth.

“See ball and catch ball,” Lee said. “Just go out and try to do whatever I can. Good things happen whenever you trust that.”

Lee dropped a fly ball in the ninth, but then made up for it on the next batter with a strong throw to the plate after making a catch, keeping a runner at third.

All the maneuvering, which manager Will Venable said led to Lee playing the outfield in an “emergency” situation, wasn’t enough as the offense couldn’t produce a big hit in a 3-2 loss in front of 24,205

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