Max Scherzer had a four-run lead in the sixth inning and everything was rolling right along for the Mets — same as all season.
Until the three-time Cy Young Award winner signaled to the dugout he was done.
Scherzer pulled himself from a start Wednesday night with discomfort in his left side before the Mets finished off an 11-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. He plans to get an M.R.I. on Thursday.
“I don’t think this is a major strain,” Scherzer said. “I was kind of tight and then all of a sudden it went.