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Max Scherzer pulling hair out waiting for return to Washington Nationals’ rotation

Max Scherzer was pulling his hair out waiting for the cortisone shot he received four days back to do its work and provide some relief from the back issue he’s been dealing with in the last few weeks that landed him on the Injured List.

“When you get a cortisone injection,” the 34-year-old Nationals’ ace explained before the second of four for Washington in Atlanta’s SunTrust Park.

“Usually after Day 3 that’s usually when you feel your best, in my experience all my life, and so yesterday I was kind of pulling my hair out because it was Day 3 and it wasn’t better.