NEW YORK -- There was little chocolate sauce waiting for Max Scherzer this time, just a clubhouse full of howling Nationals teammates and a beer shower to commemorate one of the most dominant no-hitters in Major League history.
Shortly after Scherzer carved through the Mets' lineup Saturday in a dominating, captivatingly karmic 2-0 win at Citi Field, the celebratory mob moved to the visitors' clubhouse. There, the Nationals doused, danced around and head-slapped Scherzer into baseball immortality, leaving behind some of the sting from what was a disappointing September. They left just empty cans and fizzing rug stains in their wake.