RHP Max Scherzer (3-0, 2.50) vs. RHP Miles Mikolas (1-0, 1.76)
Max Scherzer has earned the win in each of his first three starts to begin the season…He is the first Mets hurler since Jorge Sosa (2007) to start and win his first three games with New York…He 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA (five earned runs/18.0 innings) with seven walks and 23 strikeouts…It is the first time in his career that he has won each of first three starts…He is seeking to tie a Mets record of winning each of his first four appearances with the Mets…In 1966, Bob Shaw notched victories in each of his first four career games…He won each of his first four appearances after he was acquired by the Mets from the Giants on June 10, 1966…Courtesy of Sportsradar
Scherzer has not suffered a loss in any of his last 22 starts…That is tied for the 15th-longest streak of starts without a loss in modern MLB history…Roger Clemens (30 straight) holds the all-time mark…The last pitcher before Scherzer and Logan Webb to have a streak this long was Walker Buehler, whose 23-start unbeaten streak lasted from 2019-2021.
Scherzer was born in St. Louis and attended Parkway Central HS in nearby Chesterfield, Missouri…He has pitched well throughout his career in his hometown, owning a 1.74 ERA (nine earned runs/46.2 innings) in seven starts here, including one postseason start (Game 2 of 2019 NLCS, in which he took a no-hitter into the seventh inning)…In his last start here, he allowed just one unearned run in 8.0 innings with 13 strikeouts and no walks…He has racked up at least 11 strikeouts in each of his last four starts here, including that playoff start…He has faced his hometown team 15 times in his career overall (including postseason) and is 5-6 with a 2.53 ERA (27 earned runs/96.0 innings) in those games.
cherzer entered the 2022 season as the active leader in strikeouts…He ranks 18th on MLB’s all-time strikeout list and is within striking distance of several pitchers above him this season…He needs 42 strikeouts to pass John Smoltz…
Vulgar Pete: Last Game: 1-5, K
