MIAMI — Trevor Rogers handed the ball to manager Skip Schumaker and started making his way to the dugout. The Miami Marlins’ left-handed pitcher’s start had come to an end after allowing back-to-back hits to start the seventh inning, the only time he had allowed multiple runners to reach base in an inning on Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
As Rogers walked off the field, the loanDepot park crowd gave him a rousing ovation. He tipped his teal cap back.
Rogers’ effort in Friday’s 5-1 win to begin a three-game series with the Diamondbacks — and to put Miami at .500 with a 7-7 record — was one reminiscent of his 2021 season when he was an All-Star and the runner-up for the National League Rookie of the Year.
