Max Scherzer tossed seven scoreless on 106 pitches in the second of four with the Arizona Diamondbacks in Nationals Park, and Washington’s 36-year-old starter passed Hall of Fame hurler Cy Young for 22nd on MLB’s all-time strikeout leaders list with the 8th of his 10 Ks on the night in what ended up a 1-0 win for the home team when Kyle Schwarber hit a one-out bomb in the bottom of the ninth. Schwarbomb?
Scherzer vs AZ: Max Scherzer held the LA Dodgers to a run on three hits in six innings of work in a 91-pitch effort on the mound in Chavez Ravine, with the one run scoring on a fly ball to left-center that was lost in the sun.