The Marlins received’t have their beginning proper fielder whereas they hope to one way or the other sneak their manner into the ultimate Nationwide League playoff spot.
Dane Myers needed to be carted off the sphere after crashing into the right-field wall Tuesday night time whereas trying to discipline a Max Kepler double in the course of the 6-5 victory in opposition to the Phillies in 11 innings.
Myers didn’t rise to his ft earlier than being being positioned on the cart, and was later recognized with a knee laceration that supervisor Clayton McCullough referred to as “fairly nasty.”
He might be positioned on the injured record, ending his season with 5 video games left within the common season.
“It was a fairly nasty gash on his knee,” McCullough informed reporters after the sport. “Dane goes to should go on the IL for this. Unlucky, however I believe you see what Dane, that’s simply what he does. He goes again attempting to make a play, and so it’s a fairly nasty minimize on his knee. That’s all I bought for it proper now.”
Myers suffered the harm within the second inning with the Phillies main, 1-0, when he leaped within the air in an try to catch the ball, along with his momentum taking him into the scoreboard.
He tried to run towards the ball whereas it careened towards the infield, however needed to cease himself and rolled over to seize his knee earlier than being faraway from the sport.
Myers ends the season with a .235 common, six house runs and 31 RBIs in an injury-filled marketing campaign.
He beforehand missed time with an indirect pressure, which landed him on the IL twice.
Myers missed two months with an harm final season after he fractured his left ankle because of kicking a door.
The Marlins finally rallied to win in additional innings and improved to 77-80, persevering with their magical run in September that has them 11-4 of their final 15 video games and nonetheless alive within the playoff race, 4 video games behind the Mets for the ultimate wild-card spot.
Miami finishes out its common season with two extra sport in opposition to the Phillies after which a three-game house set with the Mets, who will probably want each little bit of these three video games in a bid for the postseason.
The Marlins end off their sequence with the Phillies on Thursday earlier than Sandy Alcantara greets the Mets on Friday for his or her sequence opener.
