It’s all Max Scherzer as Marlins fall to Nationals ace for fifth time

Many believe the Cy Young Award is Jacob deGrom’s to lose. His irresistibly-low ERA is impossible to ignore.

But if the Marlins had a say in the matter, they’d likely cast their vote for Max Scherzer, who has carved them up all season and did so again on Tuesday in the National’s 9-4 victory.

With his latest lockdown job on them, Scherzer became the second pitcher to post five wins in a season against the Marlins, improving to 5-0 in their head-to-head meetings. The Mets’ R.A. Dickey also went 5-0 against the Marlins in 2012. Dickey won the Cy Young that year.

Scherzer even closed out Tuesday’s fine performance by whiffing Austin Dean for his 10th strikeout of the night and 300th of the…