Mets lose Scherzer to oblique injury

An MRI on Thursday confirmed a left oblique injury for New York Mets righthander Max Scherzer, MLB Network reported.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner likely is headed to the injured list and could be sidelined up to a month.

Scherzer, 37, exited after 5⅔ innings against the St. Louis Cardinals with discomfort in his left side Wednesday night. The right-hander earned the win to improve to 5-1 with a 2.54 ERA in eight starts.

Scherzer, facing likely fellow future Hall-of-famer Albert Pujols, made a throat slashing motion and appeared to say, “I’m done” after sailing a slider out of the strike zone. He departed after a brief consultation with pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, manager Buck Showalter and a trainer.

Scherzer signed a threeyear, Us$130-million contract with the Mets in November.

PREDATORS RE-SIGN COACH HYNES

Nashville Predators head coach John Hynes signed a two-year contract extension on Thursday.

Financial terms were not disclosed for Hynes, who owns a 92-64-10 record since replacing Peter Laviolette in January 2020.

The Predators (45-30-7, 97 points) were swept by the Colorado Avalanche in the first round of this season’s NHL playoffs.

Hynes, 47, had been signed through the 2021-22 season with a team option for 2022-23.

KERBER ON TO SEMIS IN STRASBOURG

No. 2 seed Angelique Kerber of Germany advanced to her first semifinal on clay since 2016 with a three-set win against No. 8 Magda Linette of Poland on Thursday at the Internationaux de Strasbourg tennis tournament in France. Her opponent in Friday’s final four will be unseeded Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin.

Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova will face unseeded Slovenian Kaja Juvan in the other semi.