LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers face another tough test in the middle game of their series with the Nationals, with reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer toeing the rubber on Tuesday for Washington.
The Dodgers have scored just 15 runs in their last six games — including four losses — and 10 of those 15 came in one game, on Saturday in Milwaukee. They will have their hands full on Tuesday night against Scherzer.
Since the start of the 2013 season, Scherzer has one of the strongest pitching resumes in baseball — most strikeouts (1,152), most wins (79), most innings pitched (969), second in ERA+ (139) to Clayton Kershaw (192), the latter with a minimum of 600 innings.