Injured Mets ace Max Scherzer confirms pitching hand was bitten by dog

• Scherzer's dog bites pitching hand, Mets ace says no worries
• Bizarre ailment follows Francisco Lindor's hotel door injury

Injured Mets ace Max Scherzer confirmed Saturday that his dog bit his pitching hand this week, but he says the wound won't slow his recovery from an oblique strain.

The New York Post reported Saturday that the right-handed Scherzer was bitten by a dog on his left hand, a second bizarre injury for New York this week after shortstop Francisco Lindor got his right hand caught in a hotel door and fractured the tip of his middle finger.