Nationals history: Scherzer is almost perfect

Brad Mills-Imagn Images When Max Scherzer signed with the Nationals for seven-years $210 million, it was seen as an overpay. However, Scherzer quickly dispelled that notion in a dominant first season. Today, we will talk about his no-hitter that somehow left a sour taste in Nationals fans mouths.

The date was June 20th, 2015, and Max Scherzer was coming off the best performance of his career. He had struck out 16 Brewers in a one hit, one walk performance, where he flirted with a no-hitter. He found a way to one up himself against the Pirates.

Scherzer was mowing down Pirates hitters. While he didn’t quite match his 16 strikeouts from the previous start, he struck out 10, and only allowed 11…