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Max Scherzer offered "kudos" to Jose Tabata for HBP that ended bid for perfect game

We promise* this is the last time we'll write about this topic, but until this morning we hadn't heard Max Scherzer's comments from MLB Network Radio on the HBP on the Pirates' Jose Tabata that ended his bid for a perfect game. *=Promise not binding.

Matt Williams was asked for his reaction to the hit-by-pitch on Pittsburgh Pirates' pinch hitter Jose Tabata that ended Max Scherzer's bid for a perfect game with two out in the ninth inning of Saturday's matchup in the nation's capital immediately after the game.

"The slider just kind of slipped -- not slipped -- but I just didn't finish the pitch and it backed up on me and clipped him.