If that attitude seems a bit saccharine for the Nationals' best pitcher, consider the alternative of harping on the past. While Scherzer has pitched in a dozen prior postseason games, his October history is fraught with disappointment. Though Scherzer played a significant role in knocking the Yankees out of the 2011 ALDS, he was the losing pitcher later that month in Detroit's final American League Championship Series game. The following October, Scherzer's Tigers made it to the World Series, where the Giants swept them. Scherzer pitched Game 4.
The next two seasons brought more of the same. A 2013 ALCS loss to the Red Sox, with Scherzer losing Detroit's final game.