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Max Scherzer gets 12 straight outs by strikeout in 15-K performance

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Max Scherzer was nearly untouchable Sunday against the Phillies.He was so difficult to hit, in 6 1/3 innings pitched (which is a total of 19 outs), the two-time National League Cy Young winner struck out 15 batters. That’s nearly 80 Jorge Posada Jersey percent of the outs he recorded.According to MLB.com, he is the first pitcher in MLB history to record 15 strikeouts with no more than 6 1/3 innings pitched.Max Scherzer with the first outing in MLB history in which a pitcher finished with no more than 6 1/3 innings but struck out 15 batters. Andrew Simon (@AndrewSimonMLB) https://www.yankeesedges.com/new-york-yankees/lou-gehrig-jersey May 6, 2018Even more impre sively, the 33-year-old struck out the side in the third, fourth and fifth innings and recorded 12 straight outs by way of the K from the second inning through the sixth.This is Max Scherzer’s 69th career game with 10+ Ks.(This is the part where you tell us he’s a https://www.yankeesedges.com/new-york-yankees/c-c-sabathia-jersey nice pitcher.) pic.twitter.com/I0auBjDmYV Washington Nationals (@Nationals) May 6, 2018He certainly would have had a chance to tally his second 20-strikeout performance of his career had he stayed in the game, but he was at 111 pitches in the seventh so manager Dave Martinez decided to take him out.

MLB playoffs 2015: Home-field disadvantage continues as Astros take Game 1 in KC

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Apparently, home teams just aren’t going to win any games this postseason.The Astros continued that trend Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium against the Royals,copying the same formula that worked for them in New York during the wild-card game score a couple runs Max Kepler Jersey early and hold on for the victory. This time, the final scorewas 5-2.MORE: Top ALDS photos | MLB postseason scheduleIt’s the same pattern that worked for the Cubs in their win in Pittsburgh in the NL wild-card game having that Jake Arrieta fellow on the mound didn’t hurt (in a 4-0 victory) and the same pattern that lifted the Rangers over the Blue Jays in Toronto on Thursday afternoon, in what ended as a 5-3 win for Texas.So what’s going on? Are the hometown starting pitchers just too nervous? Visiting teams have scored nine runs in the first four games of this postseason, which is something.Maybe.MORE: KC’s Young sets franchise mark for relief KsOn Thursday, the Astros loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning and scored on back-to-back RBI groundouts, then added a third run in the second on a double by Jake Marisnick and a single by Jose Brian Dozier Jersey Altuve. Solo home runs, by George Springer in the fifth and Colby Rasmus in the eighth, finished off Houston’s scoring. That was enough for Houston starter Colin McHugh, who allowed two runs in six solid innings, and four Astros relievers.Maybe it’s just #baseball, though, one of those things that’s hard to pin down. This much is certain, of course four games is not nearly enough of a sample size to draw any conclusions. It’s a curiosity, at this point.The Dodgers and https://www.twinsedge.com/minnesota-twins/phil-hughes-jersey Cardinals host NLDS Game 1s on Friday, and you can bet their fans are at least aware of what’s happened so far.