You could say Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer was feeling it on Wednesday night during his latest tuneup for 2023.
New York faced Team Nicaragua as they continued to prepare for the World Baseball Classic. The right-hander tossed three innings against the squad and recorded nine (!) strikeouts. Check them out below.
This is the result of Scherzer’s first inning:
Max Scherzer strikes out the side in his first inning of work vs. Nicaragua pic.twitter.com/rQ4U5U2sv5
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 8, 2023
Here’s the second inning:
Max Scherzer strikes out 3 more vs.