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Mad Max demands 1 more out; skipper listens

Williams quickly went back in the dugout, while Scherzer stayed in the game and got Gordon to ground out to end the inning. Excited as he was, Scherzer was done for the night and gave his teammates high fives after the inning ended.

Yelling at a manager is nothing new for Scherzer. Ask Jim Leyland and Brad Ausmus, who managed Scherzer when he was in a Tigers uniform.

"I've done it to some pitching coaches, managers in Leyland and Ausmus in the past," Scherzer said. "So you have to have the belief in yourself when those situations arise.