Max Scherzer allows four home runs as Padres demolish Mets

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Max Scherzer picked a bad time for his worst start of the season.

The San Diego Padres took the three-time Cy Young Award winner deep four times in their demolishing 7-1 win over the New York Mets.

The Padres had power from unlikely sources early. Josh Bell – who slugged just .271 since being traded to San Diego - put the Padres on the board early with a two-run blast off Scherzer. In the second inning, Trent Grisham took him deep for a solo homer. Grisham’s slugging percentage was just .193 in his final 39 games.

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Max Scherzer #21 of the New York Mets reacts after giving up a three-run home run to Jurickson Profar #10 of the San Diego Padres during the fifth inning of Game One of the NL Wild Card Series at Citi Field on October 07, 2022 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Scherzer settled down for a bit afterwards, but in the fifth, it all unraveled. Jurickson Profar hit a three-run homer off the foul pole, giving San Diego a 6-0 lead. Two batters later, Manny Machado added a solo homer, and Buck Showalter didn’t even wait for Machado to touch home plate before he came to get Scherzer. In all, he allowed seven earned runs, all via the homer, in 4.2 innings of work. Scherzer had not allowed more than four runs in a start all season, and despite being the Mets’ biggest free agency splash arguably ever, he was booed off the mound.

Jurickson Profar #10 of the San Diego Padres points to the crowd after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning of Game One of the NL Wild Card Series against the New York Mets at Citi Field on