Luis García started last night’s game 4 for 8 with a home run off one-time teammate Max Scherzer in their respective careers, and he finished the game 6 for 11 against the Hall-of-Fame-bound pitcher, doubling the first time up against the New York Mets’ starter, before hitting one out in his third trip to the plate, in a 2 for 3 showing against the three-time Cy Young award-winner.
Unfortunately for Washington’s Nationals, García’s home run off Scherzer accounted for the club’s only run in a 5-1 loss on the road in Citi Field.
Scherzer held Nats’ hitters to a run on six hits and two walks, striking out seven of 28 hitters he faced in a seven-inning, 103-pitch outing.