Until the Mets decided to give him an extra day’s rest and start him against the Yard Goats on Wednesday instead. Scherzer, owner of three Cy Young Awards and author of over 3,000 strikeouts (20 of them in one game) and a pair of no-hitters, was due to start for the Rumble Ponies on Tuesday night. From that standpoint, that was good, as well.”ĭunkin’ Donuts Park was sold-out on Wednesday night, just as it had been the night before. I just wanted to work the sequences, work the pitches and attack. “I knew I was going to have more in the tank tonight than I did in the previous (rehab outing),” he said. He threw his entire arsenal of pitches, sitting at 94-95 MPH on his fastball and pumping it up to 96 a few times. He allowed four hits and three runs (two earned). Scherzer struck out eight and walked one over 4 2/3 inings. That’s why the lead is where it is, and not even lower.” What Dave Peterson’s been able to do, what Trevor Williams has been able to do, they’ve really held down the fort and pitched well and given the team quality starts and innings. We’ve had great contributions up and down the lineup, and on the mound, specifically. “I can only get back when I can get back. They still sit atop the NL East standings, but that once big lead is now down to just 3 1/2 games over the defending world champion Atlanta Braves. The Mets lost to Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros on Wednesday, 2-0. I’m excited to go back with the team officially now and get things going.” “But, with the off-days and the pitching schedule and how it was set up, that wasn’t going to happen. Indeed, Scherzer who went on the injured list about a month ago with an oblique injury, ultimately admitted that he needed this second rehab outing with the Rumble Ponies - even though he believes he could have started for the Mets on Wednesday.

It wasn’t going to be more than that, so I knew it.” I was at 65 pitches, they basically had an 80-pitch count. As you work your way back from this injury, specifically, of not going too far beyond where you were previously. This is where you have to be careful with this. “I had another hitter or two in me,” he said afterwards. And yet, when manager Reid Brignac came out to get the future Hall-of-Famer with two outs in the fifth inning after 80 pitches, Scherzer didn’t want to leave.

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