The Parkway Central and Mizzou product is a three-time Cy Young Award winner who has been an All-Star seven consecutive seasons.
In his eight starts against the Cardinals since he signed his seven-year, $210 million contract with the Nationals, Scherzer has a 2.67 ERA and an opponent batting line of .209/.256/.284. He has 70 strikeouts to 42 hits and 11 walks allowed. He's pitched six or seven innings every time.
That's a 0.90 ERA in 20 innings pitched. That's 14 more strikeouts than hits allowed. Cardinals hitters are slashing .221/.241/.273 against Scherzer in these three games. He's on the mound Wednesday, facing off against Cards starter Adam Wainwright.