For the second straight game the Mets ace was very unace-like and the offense was not equal to the task as the team fell to Atlanta 4-2. Just like Jacob deGrom before him, Max Scherzer was bitten by the long ball when Dansby Swanson hit a two-run home run to put the Braves ahead for good in the fifth inning. Matt Olson added on with a solo shot of his own an inning later and Scherzer’s night was done shortly afterwards.
He was not himself and gave up nine hits and four runs in five and two-thirds innings.