No opponent can touch Max Scherzer, who dominated the Reds in a 5-1 Dodgers win
In the early innings Scherzer wasn’t particularly sharp, by his standards, against a potent Reds lineup. His command was off. The door was cracked open for the Reds to crash his Dodgers honeymoon and become the first team to pound Scherzer since he wasBut Scherzer didn’t yield. He relied on his curveball, historically his fourth-best pitch, to put hitters away and keep the Reds off the scoreboard.
That was five starts ago. Since then, he has compiled 48 strikeouts, against three walks and one hit by pitch. Opponents have batted .114 during the stretch. In nine starts as a Dodger, Scherzer has a 0.78 earned-run average with 79 strikeouts and seven walks. His ERA over that span has dropped from 2.76 to a major league-best 2.08. He is, undoubtedly, at 37 years old, the front-runner to win his fourth career National League Cy Young Award. , who accompanied Scherzer in the trade from Washington. “And, for me, this is as good as I can remember him.”
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