Max Scherzer made his return from the injured list last night, and he was fantastic. The rest of the Mets, however, were not. The team was blanked by the Reds and lost 1-0 on a walk-off sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
Scherzer threw six scoreless innings, struck out eleven, didn’t walk anyone, and gave up just two hits. He needed just 79 pitches to do all of that, and while the outcome of the game itself was bad, seeing him look that sharp in his return from the injured list remains an encouraging development from it.