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Phillies broadcasters put the jinx on Max Scherzer's perfect game bid (Big League Stew)

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With Max Scherzer and the entire the Washington Nationals starting rotation on a historic roll entering play Friday night, the eyes of the baseball world focused on Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

Could Max Scherzer make history, joining Johnny Vander Meer as the only pitchers to throw consecutive no-hitters? Would the Nationals franchise record 41 1/3 scoreless innings streak from the starting rotation survive another night? Or would the Phillies 30th ranked offense somehow find a way to solve the mystery and debunk history?