Trevor Rogers left in the second inning of the Miami Marlins’ 5-3 loss to the Washington Nationals on Saturday at Nationals Park with left lat discomfort.
Rogers had faced just seven batters on Saturday before he left the mound. He gave up two runs on a Lane Thomas leadoff home run and a Riley Adams RBI double in the second that scored Luis Garcia before being pulled.
Rogers missed a little more than a month with an injured list stint due to back spasms. Since his return, he had compiled a 2.95 ERA over three starts (six earned runs allowed over 18 1/3 innings) with 22 strikeouts against three walks. He pitched at least six innings in all three of those starts after pitching that deep just once in his first 19 starts, a stretch in which he had a 5.85 ERA and was underwhelming following a runner-up finish for the National League Rookie of the Year in 2021.
