MLB Hook Up

Displaced Dodgers infielder Blake DeWitt was asked to play shortstop on Saturday for the first time since he was in high school as part of an audition for a utility role. Third base coach Larry Bowa, who has run special early-morning infield practice for DeWitt and told the Los Angeles Times he was pleased with what he saw from his pupil. "I don't know what his range is going to be, but he gets good jumps, good reads," Bowa said. "He just has good instincts wherever you put him." Dewitt start at third base on opening day as a rookie last season. He was moved to second base in September and entered spring training as the projected starter at the position until the Dodgers signed Orlando Hudson.