Max Scherzer Leads Mets to Double-Header Sweep

The Mets had used four relievers in the opener, giving Scherzer a goal and an urgency to meet it. Before Tuesday, only one pitcher in the majors, Nathan Eovaldi of the Boston Red Sox, had thrown 100 pitches in a game this season. Showalter set an even higher pitch limit for Scherzer: 110.

He would not need that many to reach his destination. Scherzer finished seven innings in 102 pitches, allowing just one hit, a two-out, run-scoring single by Darin Ruf in the sixth inning. Scherzer walked three, struck out 10 and won, 3-1, for his third victory in three starts.

“He’s Max Scherzer — it’s the same thing you see every time he goes out there,” said Giants starter Logan Webb, who lost for the first time in 23 starts. “I didn’t know it was his home debut, so I was like, ‘Man, he’s going to probably do something pretty cool.’”

Webb witnessed something pretty cool last October — from Scherzer’s perspective, anyway — in the final game of the Giants’ division series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Scherzer, who had started twice in the previous eight days, came out of the bullpen to clinch the series with his first career save.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/sports/baseball/max-scherzer-mets-giants.html