Evan Scribner confidence that he’d gotten out of Monday’s game before doing serious injury to his lat muscle turned out to be misplaced.
The A’s announced Wednesday the right-handed reliever had torn the lat, technically known as a latissimus dorsi, and won’t pitch again this season.
Scribner, who lost three months to a similar injury while with the Padres in 2011, took the news hard.
“I really wanted to finish the season strong,’’ he said. “I’ve never had a full season in the big leagues, and I was hoping this would be the one.’’
Instead, he gets to rest and rehabilitate his right shoulder and prepare for the 2016 season.