MLB | Forgotten Classics #33 - September 3, 2019 (NYM vs WSH)

Max Scherzer arguably the best starter in the game the three time Cy Young winner racking up 200 strikeouts for the eighth straight year in the other corner stands Jacob to ground the defending Cy Young champ baseball's lowest DRA since the start of 2018 two superstars go toe to toe postseason implications on a perfect night at Nationals Park. You feel like this one's all systems go you'll see Max Scherzer letting it rip from the first pitch of the game he's been building up for this one seventy one pitches two starts ago eighty nine pitches against the O's and he struck him out from three you know to strike out number two and number two oh two twenty eight start of the year for Jacob toss seven innings for the third consecutive time his last start August twenty ninth against the Cubs as a thought on the punt he's going to launch another one to right center and this ball at the scoreboard above the glove of Brandon Nemo and as Juba Cabrera has gone way long to that same gap twice in a row that ball drilled in the Nats will take the lead Soto rounding the bag big he's going to go for two and he is safe that's his ninety sixth RBI and a huge early run for the Nats swing and a miss on the change up one and two swing and a miss three swinging strikeouts in a row to two got him on the change to two para swings through the hook swing and a miss as the ground doubles up on the slider two hits in a row and now they have three hits in a row Ramos has a twenty six game hitting streak and this game is tied line to right center Robles not much of a chance to get behind it and he'll throw it a short to hit the cutoff man and the Mets take the lead right center Parra can only watch it and that ball is gone a two run homer by panic his first as a Mets and it's four to one Adams swings through the off speed strike three call par I thought it was up that's a strike out Matt Adams busting up an 0 4 19 with a good line drive to right and the Nats 2 1 1 out for Kurt Suzuki Suzuki pretty well hit out to deep left center to the wall it is off Nimmo and off the wall Soto scores and the runners will end up at first and second on one of the longest singles you will ever see but it's a 4 2 game and Kurt Suzuki missed tying it by a couple of feet target in Parra grounder and now because the runners were at first and second they turned the double play to end the inning Turner trying to drop one into center but it's carrying and Nimmo tumbles after a good running catch two down on two grams ninety fifth pitch and he strikes out Cabrera with a changeup up that ball is hit hard to right center over the scoreboard and the Mets lead five to two on McNeil's 18th of the year getting lefties out has been a problem for the left side of the Nats bullpen this year and he was all in on 2 1 0 and he's all out of here see you later number thirty two and the RBI total up to 98 it's a one run game he's dropped his arm because it's hurting him but he still went deep Nimmo in panic leading off top nine and that ball slapped hard to right center well those are heartbreakers right after you've scored a couple of runs Elias has faced two lead off men both lefties and they've both gone over the scoreboard six for New York man Frazier easy take he'll walk two on nobody out another fastball and there's the double play ball the Nats were hoping for Trey forgot how many outs there were yeah he was running off the infield and Trey Turner throws to first and what we thought would be a 6 4 3 inning ending double play base at Soto charging throwing home runner and the Nats are safe and the Mets have scored three runs here in the ninth to lead eight to four fastball away and Alonzo hammers it to left center and it's 10 to 4 that's his forty fourth of the year that ball was crushed ball ripped to deep short your man no chance to get that fastball hit hard into right center Trey Turner's going to plug the gap Victor Robles heading for third Bob Henley sends him home Turner makes it a 10 to 5 ballgame with his second hit of the night in his forty fifth RBI says that ball hit the gap I just watched Victor Robles man to one and that balls into center field Trey Turner has to hold and the Nats are making this interesting. Base hit Rendon RBI number one hundred twelve and now it becomes a safe situation with the tying run in the on deck circle Mickey Galloway on his way to the mound. Does he bring in his closer or is it a V1 for Soto. So you knew that the Graham Scherzer matchup would be 16 runs right. That's slow. Oh there's the 2 1 count. Check out those numbers. That's a base hit Cabrera held by Bob Henley and the Nats have the tying run in the batter's box now game on four consecutive hits and five in the inning. And look who's coming up Edwin Diaz twenty five saves. But as we noted last night he has five blown saves ten six now Zimmerman right center well hit and it's up against the scoreboard two runs will score held at third is Soto and it's ten to eight Kurt Suzuki see you let's have won it seven runs in the bottom of the night and now everyone dances unbelievable. Are you kidding me. Kurt Suzuki this ballclub is something else I'm telling you something special is going on in D.C. folks I have never seen anything like that ninth inning eleven to ten and he walks off the Mets unbelievable.