Max Scherzer struck out a Nationals-record 16 batters and threw a one-hitter, losing his perfect-game bid on a bloop single that barely fell in during the seventh inning Sunday as Washington beat the host Milwaukee Brewers, 4-0.
Carlos Gomez got Milwaukee’s only hit, leading off the seventh with a broken-bat looper to right field just beyond the outstretched glove of second baseman Anthony Rendon. Scherzer looked the other away after the ball dropped.
Scherzer set a career high for strikeouts and surpassed the previous Nationals mark, 14, set by Stephen Strasburg in his major league debut in 2010.