Max Scherzer closed out Game 5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ NLDS matchup with the San Francisco Giants this past Thursday, after pitching in the Wild Card game and Game 3.
The veteran right-hander talked about coming back to start last night’s series opener with LA in Atlanta, GA’s Truist Park, but the Dodgers decided to go with a bullpen day instead.
“It was something that we knew going in to use him in that game, obviously a leverage spot, there might be a cost,” manager Dave Roberts said of the relief appearance for Scherzer.