Max Scherzer

2022 - 10 - 7

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Mets' Max Scherzer hears boos after allowing four home runs vs ... (CBS sports.com)

Max Scherzer is the 2nd pitcher in MLB history to allow four home runs and seven runs in a playoff game. Gene Thompson did it for the Reds against the Yankees ...

Unfortunately for Scherzer and the Mets, his didn't get the job done on Friday night. [New York Mets](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/NYM/new-york-mets/) ace [Max Scherzer](/mlb/players/1225651/max-scherzer/) was booed off the mound on Friday night at the end of what proved to be a disappointing start against the [San Diego Padres](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/SD/san-diego-padres/) in Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series ( [GameTracker](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gametracker/live/MLB_20221007_SD@NYM/)). Blame it on the oblique, an off night, or some combination thereof, but Scherzer's pitch characteristics were different on Friday night as compared to his seasonal norm. "You're taking the temperature of where you're at, paying attention to where the fatigue comes in. Scherzer had also never yielded more than two home runs before in a postseason game. Indeed, the most he'd ever given up was six runs, with that coming in a disastrous 2011 American League Championship Series start against the

Padres Tag 7 Runs Off Mets' Max Scherzer in Game 1 of Wild Card ... (Sports Illustrated)

Starting pitcher Max Scherzer had his worst start in a playoff game since 2011 Friday night, allowing seven runs off four home runs to the San Diego Padres ...

All season long, the Mets' starting pitching staff looked like it would give their team an edge in any postseason series. It was the first time in Scherzer's career that he allowed more than six runs in a postseason contest. Josh Bell hit a two-run home run in the first inning.

Max Scherzer relishing 'privilege' that is pressure of starting Game 1 ... (amNY)

New York Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer speaks during a news conference the day before a wild-card baseball playoff game against the San Diego Padres, ...

“I’m just thankful that I have another opportunity to pitch in a postseason game.” “You have to face your friends and go out there and beat them. I want to be competing for a World Series and you have to be on a good team to do that. The two won a World Series together back in 2019 before Scherzer was shipped off to the Los Angeles Dodgers last summer. I want to be competing for all the marbles. I want to be in these situations.

Max Scherzer achieves unwanted first in awful Wild Card start ... (Larry Brown Sports)

Oct 17, 2021; Cumberland, Georgia, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Max Scherzer (31) has his glove and hat inspected between innings against the ...

[notes that](https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1578560399510999043) it was the very first time in Scherzer’s career that he had given up seven earned runs in a playoff game. The New York Mets righty had a brutal outing against the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of their best-of-three Wild Card series. We have come to expect excellence during the postseason from the three-time Cy Young winner Scherzer.

Max Scherzer booed loudly after being pulled from disastrous outing (New York Post)

Mets fans dreamed of Max Scherzer pitching in these very moments. It finally came, but he was booed off the mound as it reached its painful end.

His previous high was six, in a 2011 ALCS loss while pitching for the Tigers. Profar’s three-run blast in the fifth inning made it 6-0, and Machado soon made it 7-0 not long after that. The outing marked the most earned runs Scherzer has allowed in his postseason career.

Steve Gelbs talks Game 1 starting pitcher Max Scherzer | Mets Pre ... (Yahoo Sports)

SNY Mets reporter Steve Gelbs chats with the Mets Game 1 starter Max Scherzer about relishing the "big moment" as a pitcher. He reflects on his first career ...

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Max Scherzer falls into nightmarish hole never seen in postseason ... (ClutchPoints)

Mets pitcher Max Scherzer has put together an elite career. He has been among the best in the MLB. But that was not the case tonight.

And the Mets may very well need an He has recorded three K’s while allowing just four hits, and one home run. The Mets put the ball in Scherzer’s hand in the best of three series. Max Scherzer lasted just 4.2 innings in the contest. Through five innings, they have recorded just four hits and one total run. But that was not the case tonight.