Go inside the numbers and matchups that will decide Sunday night's showdown between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET), and then vote on the most clutch player in baseball.
Inside the pitching matchup
When Max Scherzer is on the mound: The 2016 Cy Young winner is off to a great start for the Nationals, with 24 strikeouts and a .152 average allowed through three starts. Remember, last year he was plagued by home runs early in the season, with 15 allowed the first two months, but he's yet to surrender one in 2017.