NEW YORK -- Mets pitcher Max Scherzer is not happy with the strict enforcement of the pitch clock.
Before the fifth inning of Thursday's 4-2 victory over the Phillies at Citi Field, Scherzer got into an intense conversation with plate umpire Tripp Gibson over enforcement of the pitch clock. MLB rules state there is two minutes between innings for local broadcasts, with pitchers allowed eight warmup pitches. But with Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez making the last out of the bottom of the fourth, delaying his arrival behind home plate as he needed time to put on catching gear, Scherzer could not finish his warmup pitches before Gibson signaled for the start of the inning, prompting the…
