Max Scherzer tossed six scoreless innings in his 2018 debut last Friday in Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park, working around five hits and a walk and striking out 10 of the 24 batters he faced in what ended up a 2-0 season-opening win.
As the right-hander explained it after the game, he and catcher Matt Wieters went in with a solid game plan and executed it.
“I thought we just had a really good game plan of what pitches to throw,” Scherzer said, “and how to sequence guys.”
“We had a really good plan, and Wieters did a great job behind the plate, just calling, mixing between in and out, hard and soft, and just did a good job of not making any mistakes and working on the edges and avoiding a big inning.