Nationals ace Max Scherzer left his start vs. the Mets on Wednesday night in Washington after one inning.

The right-hander told reporters (including from,and ) after Kevin Newman Jersey the game that he was dealing with a hamstring tweak that occurred Tuesday Starling Marte Jersey while he was running. Scherzer saidthat he suffered a similar tweak last week, also while running, prior to his start vs. the Blue Jays.

He listed himself as day to day,and he expectsto take his next scheduled turn in the Nats' rotation.

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Scherzer John Jaso Jersey allowed just a run in his outing, on a sacrifice fly by Dominic Smith, but his fastball was only in the 92-94 mph range. According to Fangraphs, his average fastball this season has been 94.8 mph.

Erick Fedde replaced Scherzer for Guillermo Heredia Jersey the second inning after warming up in the bottom of the first. Prior to Wednesday, hehad started twice this season for the Nats,allowing three earned runs in 7 1/3 innings. He gave upa run Jose Osuna Jersey in three innings of long relief vs. New York, which won the game 3-1.

Washington was already down a starter with Stephen Strasburg nursing a nerve i sue in his pitching hand. For now, it appears as if it will not also lose Scherzer Dario Agrazal Jersey .

This article has been updated.