Dodgers World Series hero Miguel Rojas exits after experiencing discomfort

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-07 · by Thomas L. Murray

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Miguel Rojas, a middle infielder for the Dodgers, left Game 3 of the NLDS on Tuesday due to lower back pain after fouling off a fastball and showing visible discomfort. He was replaced by Tommy Edman at second base. Rojas had one hit in the series before his departure and is set to retire following this season. Earlier in the game, Kiké Hernández and Freddie Freeman homered for the Dodgers, who led 3-0 after four innings.
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During the eighth inning of Game 3 of the NLDS on Tuesday, Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas left the game due to visible discomfort and lower back pain. Rojas was evaluated by a training staff member and manager Dave Roberts after fouling off a fastball from Braves reliever Brent Suter. He went hitless in his three at-bats before being replaced by Tommy Edman at second base. Known for his heroic performance in last year's World Series when he tied the game with a home run that led to the Dodgers' eventual victory, Rojas is expected to retire after this season. In Tuesday’s game, despite Rojas’ early departure, the Dodgers scored three runs in the fourth inning thanks to homers by Kiké Hernández and Freddie Freeman.

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Thomas L. Murray
84 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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🔮 Rojas is expected to retire after the season is over.
🔮 An inning after Freeman was denied an opposite-field home run over the left field wall at Truist Park by Mauricio Dubón, he thought he might try hitting one right.
🔮 If the series is forced into a Game 5, it will be played on Friday, Oct. 9 at Dodger Stadium.
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🔮 While the Chargers’ season has gotten off to a nightmarish start, coach Jim Harbaugh will keep defending Justin Herbert.
🔮 Miller would give up two walks in the ninth, and then gave up a go-ahead two-run single to Jackson Chourio, resulting in the Padres falling 4-3.
🔮 Before the Padres were set to begin a team workout at Petco Park, a day before Game 3 of the NLDS, ESPN baseball reporter Alden Gonzalez wrote that Stammen said, “I think we’ve seen some of that from Mason, and it mostly happens in the appearances where he goes more than one inning.
2026-10-06 · assertive framing · Padres deny Mason Miller pitch-tipping speculation
🔮 For Rojas, Dodgers fans will always remember him as a World Series hero last year, when he had a game-tying home run in the ninth inning against Toronto Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman to even the score at four apiece.
🔮 On Monday, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported that Strus suffered a partial plantar fasciitis tear in his right foot and will be reevaluated again in four weeks.
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Braves Dodgers Game 3 NLDS World Series

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Rojas PERSON · 7× Dodgers ORG · 6× Braves ORG · 2× Brent Suter PERSON · 1× Dave Roberts PERSON · 1× Kiké Hernández PERSON · 1× Miguel Rojas PERSON · 1× Tommy Edman PERSON · 1× Will Smith PERSON · 1× the Blue Jays ORG · 1×

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Rojas started limping back toward the batter’s box and was immediately evaluated by a member of the Dodgers’ training staff and manager Dave Roberts.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-07
🔮 Rojas is expected to retire after the season is over.
2026-10-07 · New York Post
Dodgers World Series hero Miguel Rojas exits after experiencing discomfort · assertive framing

Claims (14 extracted, 0 hedged)

During the eighth inning of Game 3 of the NLDS on Tuesday, Dodgers middle infielder Miguel Rojas exited the game. asserted
Rojas → exit → game
Rojas was seen in visible discomfort after fouling off a fastball from Braves reliever Brent Suter. asserted
Rojas → see → Suter
Rojas started limping back toward the batter’s box and was immediately evaluated by a member of the Dodgers’ training staff and manager Dave Roberts. asserted
Rojas → start → staff
Shortly after the injury, the Dodgers announced that Rojas was removed from the game due to lower back pain. asserted
Rojas → announce → pain
Tommy Edman replaced Rojas at second base. asserted
Edman → replace → base
Rojas went 0-for-3 before departing Tuesday. asserted
Rojas → go → 0
He has one hit in the series — a double in Saturday’s 5-3 victory. asserted
He → have → victory
Rojas is expected to retire after the season is over. asserted
season → expect → ?
Rojas was a World Series hero last year after hitting a game-tying home run in Game 7 against the Blue Jays, sending the game to extra innings. asserted
Rojas → hit → innings
The Dodgers went on to win the game in the 11th when Will Smith hit a go-ahead home run. asserted
Smith → go → run
In Tuesday’s game, the Dodgers’ offense popped off in the fourth inning, when Kiké Hernández and Freddie Freeman homered to give LA a 3-0 lead. asserted
Hernández → pop → lead
The Braves scored in the fifth when Drake Baldwin grounded out to first after Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto loaded the bases. asserted
Yamamoto → score → bases
Yamamoto finished with a career-high 10 strikeouts. asserted
Yamamoto → finish → strikeouts
He tossed 98 pitches in seven innings, giving up four hits, one run and one walk. asserted
He → toss → hits
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