The Marlins won’t have their starting right fielder while they hope to somehow sneak their way into the final National League playoff spot.
Dane Myers had to be carted off the field after crashing into the right-field wall Tuesday night while attempting to field a Max Kepler double during the 6-5 victory against the Phillies in 11 innings.
Myers did not rise to his feet before being being placed on the cart, and was later diagnosed with a knee laceration that manager Clayton McCullough called “pretty nasty.”
He will be placed on the injured list, ending his season with five games left in the regular season.
“It was a pretty nasty gash on his knee,” McCullough told reporters after the game. “Dane is going to have to go on the IL for this. Unfortunate, but I think you see what Dane, that’s just what he does. He goes back trying to make a play, and so it’s a pretty nasty cut on his knee. That’s all I got for it right now.”
Myers suffered the injury in the second inning with the Phillies leading, 1-0, when he leaped in the air in an attempt to catch the ball, with his momentum taking him into the scoreboard.
He attempted to run toward the ball while it careened toward the infield, but had to stop himself and rolled over to grab his knee before being removed from the game.
Myers ends the season with a .235 average, six home runs and 31 RBIs in an injury-filled campaign.
He previously missed time with an oblique strain, which landed him on the IL twice.
Myers missed two months with an injury last season after he fractured his left ankle as a result of kicking a door.
The Marlins ultimately rallied to win in extra innings and improved to 77-80, continuing their magical run in September that has them 11-4 in their last 15 games and still alive in the playoff race, four games behind the Mets for the final wild-card spot.
Miami finishes out its regular season with two more game against the Phillies and then a three-game home set with the Mets, who will likely need every bit of those three games in a bid for the postseason.
The Marlins finish off their series with the Phillies on Thursday before Sandy Alcantara greets the Mets on Friday for their series opener.