Max Scherzer pitches with black eye after breaking nose day before
Max Scherzer won’t even let a broken nose keep him from taking the mound.
The three-time Cy Young Award winner made his scheduled start on Wednesday despite breaking his nose the day before.
Scherzer was practicing bunting during the Washington Nationals’ batting practice on Tuesday and a ball deflected off his bat and hit him in the face. He ended up with a broken nose but apparently is well enough to pitch.
He made a start in the second game of a doubleheader between his Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies, and was his usual dominant self, throwing seven scoreless innings for the win.
The area under his right eye was showing the effects from the damage:
Max Scherzer look like he spent the night at a fight club pic.twitter.com/wPbvvBV77Z
— Sung Min Kim (@sung_minkim) June 19, 2019
Somehow, Max Scherzer is even more intimidating now. pic.twitter.com/Y5C6S1LI3h
— Cut4 (@Cut4) June 19, 2019
That just made him look even more intimidating.
Scherzer entered the game 5-5 with a 2.81 ERA and NL-best 136 strikeouts on the season.