Mets’ Scherzer out 6 to 8 weeks
Mets pitcher Max Scherzer is expected to miss six to eight weeks with a strained oblique muscle in his left side, the latest blow to a pitching staff already missing ace Jacob deGrom.
Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, removed himself from Wednesday night’s game against the Cardinals with two outs in the sixth inning after feeling soreness on his left side.
The 37-year-old right-hander is 5-1 with a 2.54 ERA in eight starts.
In Thursday’s game action, Pete Alonso kept the host Mets rolling with a tworun homer in the 10th inning for a 7-6 win over the Cardinals.
Paul Goldschmidt tied the score 5-5 with two outs in the ninth off Mets closer Edwin Diaz with his fourth RBI of the game. Albert Pujols hit a runscoring double-play grounder in the 10th of the Cardinals’ first-extra inning game this year.
Guardians’ Ramirez injured; Francona out Friday
Guardians star third baseman Jose Ramirez will undergo X-rays and other tests after fouling a ball off his shin in the eighth inning in the 4-2 loss to the visiting Reds.
Meanwhile, manager Terry Francona, who just returned after being out with COVID-19, will miss Friday’s series opener against the Tigers to have a minor surgical procedure.
In Reds news, first baseman Joey Votto will rejoin the team against the Blue Jays after missing 16 games following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
In game action, Tyler Naquin homered in the fifth inning and scored on Kyle Farmer’s go-ahead single in the eighth, leading the Reds to a series sweep.
Story’s 3 HRs, 7 RBI lead Red Sox past Mariners
Trevor Story had three homers, four hits and seven RBI to help the host Red Sox rally from a four-run deficit to beat the Mariners 12-6.
Story slugged a pair of two-run homers in the second and third innings and a three-run shot in the eighth, and he also singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth with the help of a wild throw.
Jackie Bradley Jr. added an RBI double in the sixth as the Red Sox won for the fifth time in seven games.
Darvish pitches 7 sharp innings in Padres’ win
Yu Darvish escaped a sixth-inning jam and retired $179 million of offense in Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos in a key spot, pitching seven shutout innings as the Padres took two of three from the host Phillies with a 2-0 win.
Darvish (4-1) allowed six hits, struck out five and walked none. The Padres have won each of Darvish’s last six starts since April 17 and he’s 4-0 over that span.