In the second of four games in the nation’s capital, Chad Kuhl (3-1, 4.55) takes on the Nationals co-ace Max Scherzer (5-1, 1.62), who no-hit the guest Pirates in this same ballpark nearly three years ago.
Scherzer, who’s never missed a start in the majors since being promoted for good in 2009, is the two-time reigning National League Cy Young Award winner who did the same for the Tigers in 2013, and is working towards his fifth straight season of 250 or more strikeouts and seventh of 230 or more.
He does this with a fastball that he uses 55% of the time and which has dropped a tick to 93.