TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer left Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after two innings because of forearm tendinitis.
The 41-year-old Scherzer, who re-signed with Toronto in February, allowed two runs and two hits.
Scherzer said he’s been sore for a couple of days and didn’t feel any worse after his abbreviated outing.
“I don’t think it’s a major issue, just something that needs to be addressed,” he said. “My mind is I’m going to be making my next start.”
Scherzer’s fastball averaged 93.4 mph in a March 31 start against Colorado. That dropped to 92.1 mph in Monday’s two innings against the Dodgers.
Teoscar Hernández homered off Scherzer in the first, driving in Kyle Tucker.
Left-hander Josh Fleming, who was selected from Triple-A Buffalo earlier Monday, took over in the third.
The Blue Jays already have four starters on the injured list, including right-hander Cody Ponce. Last Monday, Ponce left his first big league appearance since 2021 in the third inning after injuring his knee while pursuing an infield grounder.
Right-handers Trey Yesavage (shoulder), Jose Berrios (elbow) and Shane Bieber (elbow) are all working their way back from injuries and have yet to pitch this season.
Last week, the Blue Jays signed 36-year-old left-hander Patrick Corbin to a one-year contract. Corbin started for Single-A Dunedin on Saturday, allowing one run in five innings.
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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer works against the Los Angeles Dodgers during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
TORONTO (AP) — Dalton Rushing hit two solo home runs for his first career multihomer game and the Los Angeles Dodgers went deep five times to rout the Toronto Blue Jays 14-2 on Monday night in a rematch of the 2025 World Series.
Teoscar Hernández and Freddie Freeman each hit a two-run homer, and Shohei Ohtani added a solo shot.
Los Angeles beat the Blue Jays in last year's Fall Classic for its second consecutive championship, winning Game 7 at Toronto in 11 innings.
After scoring 31 runs in a three-game sweep at Washington, the Dodgers piled up 17 hits against the slumping Blue Jays. Rushing went 4 for 4 and also scored after he was hit by a pitch.
Rushing connected on Tommy Nance’s first pitch of the seventh, then went deep again off Spencer Miles in the eighth.
Hernández went 2 for 5 with a walk and drove in four runs, while Freeman was 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs. Kyle Tucker had a hit, walked and scored three times, and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Andy Pages had two hits, including a two-run double.
Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman came on to pitch the ninth and retired the side in order, Toronto’s only 1-2-3 inning of the game.
The Blue Jays lost their fifth straight and saw right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (1-1) leave after two innings. The 41-year-old allowed two runs and two hits, walked one and struck out a pair.
Hernández homered off Scherzer in the first. Freeman drilled a 438-foot shot off Josh Fleming in the third.
Ohtani homered off Joe Mantiply in the sixth, his third in four games.
Making his first start of the season, Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski (1-0) allowed one run and two hits in five innings.
World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-1, 3.00 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday against Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (0-0, 0.75).
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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer works against the Los Angeles Dodgers during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski pumps his fist after a fly ball hit by Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was caught during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) congratulates teammate Freddie Freeman (5) who comes in to score on his two-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during third-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández celebrates after scoring on a two-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Dalton Rushing (68) celebrates afte his second home run of the night with teammate Hyeseong Kim (6) during eighth-inning baseball game action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
