After pitching through hamstring tightness for multiple weeks, Kenta Maeda was at last forced to the 10-day disabled list one day following an outing in which he threw a career-best 8.1 innings. The start was another encouraging outing for the right-hander who had previously struggled.
Maeda was only expected to miss one turn through the rotation, but his time on the DL spanned two weeks. He was activated to start Thursday’s rubber match against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Maeda allowed three runs in the first inning, threw 25 pitches and needed to work out a bases-loaded jam.