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With the Toronto Blue Jays losing to the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night, 8-6, the game featured a concerning outing from star pitcher Max Scherzer . As the Blue Jays are going through pitching injuries , Scherzer’s performance was uncharacteristically dreadful, as he speaks honestly about the outing.
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Scherzer would record the loss, as he pitched 2.1 innings, letting go of seven earned runs, six hits, and three walks. The 41-year-old pitcher spoke after the loss about the performance, expressing the need to take it on the chin and bounce back.
“It just stinks to lose this one. All of the other guys in the clubhouse did their job,” Scherzer said, according to MLB.com. “The offense fought. The bullpen came in and stepped up to cover some innings there. It stinks to have a clunker out there. I’ve got to watch the tape tomorrow and go back to work. That’s what you do. That’s part of the game. You get punched in the face, spit it out, wake back up, figure out what’s wrong, then go back out there and compete again.”
Blue Jays ’ Max Scherzer has “weird outing” against the Guardians
This is the fourth start for Scherzer since experiencing forearm tendinitis, which started in early April, and while it could be an easy point to blame the bad outing on, the pitcher isn’t using that excuse.
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“No, I would not characterize this start as the fault of my forearm,” Scherzer said.
Toronto manager John Schneider would even call it a “weird outing.”
“They were laying off some really good pitches, and they were taking really aggressive swings throughout the count,” Schneider said, via The Athletic. “Taking nothing away from them, but definitely got to go check your work. There are some guys over there that have played with Max in the past, too, so if you’re giving something away, you’ve got to fix it. But, yeah, that’s a weird outing.”
At any rate, Scherzer looks to bounce back in a huge way, as his next start is on Wednesday afternoon, April 29, when the Blue Jays take on the Boston Red Sox .
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