Max Scherzer had the adrenaline flowing during his outing in this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday.
Scherzer was selected by National League manager Dave Roberts to start the game, which was held in Scherzer’s home ballpark. The three-time Cy Young Award winner recorded strikeouts of Mookie Betts and Jose Altuve in the first inning. During the top half of the frame, Scherzer actually threw his four fastest pitches of the 2018 season.
Scherzer threw his four fastest pitches of 2018 in the first inning tonight. Think he's pumped up to start the #AllStarGame at Nationals Park?
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 18, 2018
Those pitches were clocked at 98 mph.
Scherzer was his usual dominant self in the first inning. However, in the second inning, Aaron Judge got the best of him by hitting a solo home run to left field.
ALL RISE IN THE ALL STAR GAME.
Aaron Judge goes YARD off Max Scherzer. pic.twitter.com/O7KsG13Tx4
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 18, 2018
Some people think players don’t take the All-Star Game seriously, but the velocity recorded by Scherzer on his pitches say otherwise.
