Mets' Max Scherzer leaves game after 6 perfect innings, team clinches playoff spot

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New York Mets starter Max Scherzer returned to the mound on Monday night and was perfect through six innings. But manager Buck Showalter pulled him before Scherzer could take a crack at history. 

The Mets have never had a perfect game in the history of their franchise, and Scherzer was doing a fantastic job to change that. However, he was on a pitch count, having just returned from the IL for his start in Milwaukee against the Brewers. 

So, despite having just 67 pitches through six innings and cruising, Scherzer’s night was over. He finished with no hits, no walks and nine strikeouts.

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Max Scherzer #21 of the New York Mets throws a pitch in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on September 19, 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (John Fisher/Getty Images)

The Mets’ bullpen had a chance to make it a combined perfect game, but Tylor Megill, who was also activated off the IL on Monday after dealing with a shoulder injury, gave up two runs on two hits in his inning of work. 

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Scherzer does have two no-hitters under his belt, but he’s never thrown a perfect game in his career. The closest he came was last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he took one into the eighth inning. With one out, Eric Hosmer of the San Diego Padres lined a double to right field to break it up. 

Scherzer also collected his 3,000-career strikeout in that win over the Padres last year. 

Max Scherzer #21 of the New York Mets flips the ball into the air while taking the mound in the fifth inning against the Milwaukee