Two starts ago the baseball world was buzzing during the dominant pitching performance by former Detroit Tigers ace Max Scherzer against the Pittsburgh Pirates. With two out in the ninth inning the Nationals were ahead 6-0, Scherzer had retired all 26 batters he faced, thrown 95 pitches, 75 for strikes and had only been behind in the count to six hitters, none deeper than 1-0.
Jose Tabata stepped into the box as the 27th Pirate hitter in the game With the count 2-2, Scherzer threw a slider that rode inside and hit Tabata on the elbow, sending him to first base and ruining the perfect game.