Gordon (lat) struck out three and allowed three runs on four hits and one walk over three innings Tuesday in his return to action after being activated from Triple-A Sugar Land's 7-day injured list.

Gordon is on the 7-day injured list at Triple-A Sugar Land with a lat strain, Jim Callis of MLB.com reports.

Gordon, who was promoted to Triple-A Sugar Land from Double-A Corpus Christi on Aug. 7, has posted an 8.80 ERA, 2.19 WHIP and 14:9 K:BB in 15.1 innings through his first four starts in the Pacific Coast League.