Maeda struggled Sunday versus the Padres, allowing four runs with five strikeouts and one walk in just five innings. He did not factor into the decision.
Maeda cruised into the fifth inning, but he allowed five men to reach and surrendered all four runs while elevating his pitch count to the point that the club chose to yank him for a pinch hitter. He's failed to make it out of the fifth inning in each of his last three starts, with a 7.71 ERA in 14 innings, and he'll look to turn things around this coming weekend at the Mets.