May 21
Scherzer had one of his best outings in Sunday's win over Pittsburgh.
Advice: Scherzer allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out a career-high 15, increasing his average to 11.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
May 21
Scherzer was dominant against the Pirates on Sunday, striking out 15 batters over seven innings to pick up his third win of the year.
Recommendation: The quality of the competition has to be noted here - the Pirates are struggling at the plate, and other pitchers have set season and career highs in strikeouts against them. Nonetheless, it demonstrates Scherzer's upside that he can put the lineup away like that. All 15 strikeouts were swinging.
May 21
RHP Max Scherzer said his changeup was the key to his 15-strikeout game Sunday. "I threw it a lot more and had very good command of it," Scherzer said. "I could throw it for a strike or just out of the zone and make it look like a strike. That helped a lot. I was able to generate missed swings with it. Strikeouts are nice, don't get me wrong. They're fun. But I was just looking to get quick outs." Scherzer equaled the Tigers record for most strikeouts by a right-handed pitcher (Paul Foytack, 1956) and was one shy of the most ever by a Detroit pitcher (LHP Mickey Lolich, twice).
