Mets place Baty on 10-day IL with oblique strain, season in doubt

The New York Mets placed infielder Brett Baty on the 10 day injured list Saturday after he left Friday night’s 6-2 loss to the Miami Marlins with a right oblique strain, a setback that could end his regular season and complicate the club’s race for the National League’s final wild-card berth. The move came ahead of Saturday’s must-win game in Miami, where New York and the Cincinnati Reds enter the final two days tied at 82-78 with Cincinnati holding the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Baty exited in the second inning after appearing to tweak his right side while swinging through a pitch from Sandy Alcantara in the first. He grimaced after the at-bat but remained in the game and recorded an out; after making a throw across the diamond to end the inning he again showed discomfort and was replaced on the field by Ronny Mauricio. Manager Carlos Mendoza said the team tested Baty Saturday, including a trip to the cages, but he continued to feel pain once he began swinging. The club said Baty will undergo an MRI in the coming days to assess the severity of the strain.

At minimum, the Mets said, Baty will miss the final two regular-season games and would not be available until at least partway...