In his return to the nation’s capital for the first time as a member of the New York Mets’ staff, Max Scherzer went six strong on the mound in what ended up a 6-3 win for his new club in his first start against the Washington Nationals since he was traded last July and signed with the Nats’ NL East rivals as a free agent this winter (taking a 3-year/$130M deal from NY).
Going into the game, Nats’ GM Mike Rizzo said it was nice to have Scherzer back in D.C., but after welcoming him home, they were going to put emotions aside and do their best to beat him.