“The cortisone shot worked,” Max Scherzer told reporters, after the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros, 7-2, in Game 6 of the World Series, to send the series to Game 7 tonight in Minute Maid Park.
Scherzer, of course, was scratched hours before his planned outing in Game 5 of the series on Sunday in Nationals Park, when the 35-year-old starter’s neck locked up on him, leaving him unable to lift his right arm, much less compete in a World Series game.
After receiving the cortisone shot on Sunday and waiting for the nerve issue to subside, he was able to throw on Tuesday afternoon in the outfield in Houston, testing it out and telling his manager that he was good to go if the Nationals could win Game 6.