Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer was in dominant form in Friday's victory over the San Diego Padres, racking up a season-high 13 strikeouts over 8 2/3 innings of one-run ball.
The right-hander scattered three hits and a pair of walks in the contest. The only damage against him came on a solo homer off the bat of Ryan Schimpf in the fourth inning. He made a bit for his first complete game of the season, but he was lifted after hitting Ryan Schimpf to load the bases with two outs in the inning. Scherzer now boasts a 2.77 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 89/18 K/BB ratio across 68 1/3 innings on the season. He'll do battle against the Giants his next time out on Wednesday in San Francisco.
Scherzer holds a 2.77 ERA (2.84 SIERA), with a 33.3 percent strikeout rate and 6.7 percent walk rate across 68 1/3 innings on the season.
Source: Rotoworld.com