NEW YORK - All Max Scherzer had to do to make the Washington Nationals smile at the end of a trying season was throw one of the most dominant games in baseball history.
Scherzer joined a select club Saturday night, when he threw his second no-hitter of the season - a 17-strikeout, no-walk masterpiece - as the Nationals beat the New York Mets, 2-0, in the second game of a doubleheader at Citi Field.
Scherzer, who no-hit the Pirates on June 20, is the fifth pitcher to throw two no-hitters in a single season. Nolan Ryan achieved the feat in 1973.