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Rogers allowed seven hits on the evening and didn’t walk a batter. The 28-year-old southpaw navigated the first four innings without any issue, but the Pirates strung together two singles, a ground out and another single to push a pair of runs across in the fifth inning. Rogers got 11 swings and misses on 82 pitches on the night — six of those on his slider — while posting a CSW of 30 percent. He finishes the spring with a stellar 2.51 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and a 16/1 K/BB ratio across 14 1/3 innings. His next assignment will come on Opening Day against the Twins.

Pérez will get the nod after throwing three innings against the Nationals. The 35-year-old left-hander would be a risky streaming option for that start, and there are no guarantees that he’ll make another one if it doesn’t go s well.

Snell worked just one inning and threw 32 pitches in his rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Wednesday. The left-hander will look to get deeper in this outing, and likely will make at least one or two more rehab starts before being an option for the Dodgers in May.

Dotel will follow Mason Montgomery, who likely will get an inning or two before giving way. The 23-year-old has made two appearances since being recalled from Indianapolis with a 3.38 ERA and 1/3 K/BB ratio over 2 1/3 innings.

Julien doubled and scored the go-ahead run to open the sixth. An interesting thing happened earlier in that at-bat, when Julien challenged a 2-1 cutter off the plate and had it briefly turned into a ball, only for the Mets to appeal down to the third base ump afterwards and have it ruled that he swung at the ball. Julien is hitting .282/.363/.394 in 80 plate appearances as the Rockies’ second baseman against righties. That’s solid, but his defense there remains a problem and he’s not really showing enough to be at attractive option at first base or DH. He’s still a fringy major leaguer at this point.

He fared so well against Juan Soto that the Rockies left him in to retire him a third time to start the sixth before lifting him. Quintana had five strikeouts, which is one more than in his first three starts combined, and lowered his ERA from 6.23 to 4.91. Next up for him is a home start against Atlanta.

Vodnik, last seen giving up five runs against the Padres in a blown save Thursday, struck out Marcus Semien and MJ Melendez to finish a 3-1 game. He’s now 4-for-6 in his save chances, but he’s still not a great use of a roster spot in mixed leagues.

Following a Mark Vientos error, McLean left a 1-1 game with the bases loaded and none out in the sixth. Fortunately, Huascar Brazoban came in and stranded two of the runners, with the one to score being an unearned run for McLean. Still, that was enough to tag McLean with the loss in another low-offense game for the Mets. McLean is just 1-2 in spite of a 2.55 ERA in six starts. McLean will face the Angels next time out.