Opposing hitters were 0 for 17 with runners in scoring position against Max Scherzer in the 2019 postseason before the start of Game 1 of the World Series tonight, and 0 for 19 after two Ks with runners in scoring position in the bottom of the first inning in Minute Maid Park.
A two-out, two-run double by Yuli Gurriel in the home half of the first was the first hit off Scherzer with runners in scoring position this October, however, and it gave the Houston Astros a 2-0 lead early in the series opener of the 115th Fall Classic.