The frustration could have been palpable. Max Scherzer, in his first start for the Mets since Sept. 3, was perfect through six innings on the road in Milwaukee, but his day was already done.
With the Mets hoping for a deep October run, Manager Buck Showalter pulled Scherzer from his bid at ending baseball’s decade-long streak without a perfect game. And Showalter did it despite Scherzer’s having thrown only 68 pitches.
It was the type of sensible but excruciating decision that tends to rile up fans. And the bid at baseball’s first combined perfect game unraveled immediately, as the reliever Tylor Megill allowed a leadoff double to Christian Yelich in the seventh and a two-run homer to Rowdy Tellez two batters later.