Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer would like a little flexibility when it comes to enforcing MLB’s pitch clock in-between innings.
During New York’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, Scherzer was not allowed to throw his eighth and final warmup pitch before the fifth inning due to the two-minute, 15-second clock running out.
New York Mets catcher Francisco Álvarez, left, and pitcher Max Scherzer walk back to the dugout during the sixth Inning of the game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in Flushing, New York, on Thursday. (Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Scherzer’s warmup pitches were delayed after catcher Francisco Álvarez made the last out of the fourth inning. BLUE JAYS' ANTHONY BASS BOOED IN FIRST GAME SINCE SHARING VIDEO ENDORSING TARGET, BUD LIGHT BOYCOTTS "Why do we need a pitch clock for that situation?" Scherzer asked reporters after the game. "If I throw one more pitch, I’m one second slower?
Why can’t the umpire have discretion in that situation to allow a pitcher to throw his eight normal warmup pitches? Scherzer said home plate umpire Tripp Gibson expressed to him that Major League Baseball would get "mad at him" if he allowed Scherzer to throw another warmup.