Max Scherzer’s final line (if MLB’s GameDay has it right) wasn’t pretty (5.0 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 6 Ks, 2 HRs, 88 P, 58 S, 3/3 GO/FO), but he said he was fine with that, since he’s going to be dealing with tough innings and rough outings occasionally, once they start playing them for real next week.
“I got beat around a little bit,” the three-time Cy Young award winner told reporters in a Zoom call after he was done for the night, “... but that’s good. Have to work out of the stretch, have to make pitches in those type of situations.