Subway goodtimes
They were 0-for-8 on Tuesday with runners in scoring position and 0-for-7 on Wednesday. Showalter and the Mets had to love what they saw on Wednesday night - though some batted ball luck surely helped - and conversely, the Yankees went home kicking themselves for the second night in a row. That’s good, because a lot of guys aren’t able to do that. He never fails to have a competitive edge, regardless of what the atmosphere is. “If he’s doing drills on a back field, he approaches it the same way. “If it’s 3,000 people at a spring training game, Max is the same guy,” Showalter said.
But with a player like Scherzer, the manager explained, there was no need to fret about how he’d handle his first Subway Series start. It hasn’t all been roses for Scherzer, who himself missed a month and a half with an oblique injury.
SUBWAY GOODTIMES FULL
The bullheaded veteran gave the Mets seven innings of vintage Scherzer, helping them get most of the way to a win.īefore the game, Mets’ manager Buck Showalter was asked about Scherzer, who has become the team’s de facto ace as Jacob deGrom inches his way back to full health. With the Mets needing a win to sweep a two-game series from the reeling Yankees, Scherzer lived up to his $43.3 million salary.
“That’s all I wanted for my birthday, so that’s what we got.” “You want to come to the park and get a win,” the birthday boy said. Before the pandemonium of a walk-off and the mini collapse that made it necessary in the first place, Max Scherzer had himself a pretty nice 38th birthday.