Cruise left unwell on the left side and left early, and the Nationals called up rookie Hassel to the league

The Nationals lost two big players in a three-day losing streak, with Dylan Crews exiting Tuesday against the Warriors with left torso discomfort and Jacob Young leaving early three days ago with left shoulder pain. The Nationals decided to bring in No. 11 rookie Robert Hassell III from triple-A Rochester to fill the void, which according to sources will be his major league debut.

Cruise said after the game: "I'm having tenderness in the lower back/flank/oblique area that has been bothering since last week's Atlanta series. The examination showed that the muscle strength was acceptable, and the specific condition will wait for the results of the MRI on Wednesday. He hit a lead shot in the second game (seventh of the season), was aggravated by a check swing in the fifth game against Spencer Strider on a five-ball escort, and was replaced by shortstop Nasim Nuñez in the sixth inning.

"He's being treated every day, but the complexity of the injury is worrying," said head coach Dave Martinez. Nunez made another cameo appearance in the midfield after replacing Young on Saturday, sliding in seven games to dismiss Eli White's flat fly ball, and his hat was still smiling when his hat came off in the defense. "It's like just enjoying the game as I did when I was 12," says Nunez, who has only two outfield games in his career.

Yang was originally scheduled to start on Tuesday but temporarily withdrew due to a failure to pass the pre-game swing practice and was absent for two consecutive games. "He said he felt better than the previous two days and needs to continue to observe," Martinez revealed.

Hassel will become the fourth rookie to land in the Major League Nacional in the 2022 Juan Soto trade. The 23-year-old left-hander has played 43 games in triple-A this season, hitting 0.288/0.337/0.405 with 4 hits and 9 thieves, and his 0.951 attack index during spring training has performed well. As the eighth pick in the first round of the 2020 Padres, Hassel was named to the 40-man roster last November.