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Won FIRST WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP It is no coincidence that in Scherzer’s first 12 seasons, his teams went to the post season seven times. For Scherzer, the seventh time was the charm. Scherzer went 3-0 in the 2019 post season, including 1-0 in the World Series against Houston. He posted a 3.60 ERA with 10 strikeouts over 10 total innings, including a Game 1 win. It was a seven game series in which the road team won every game, an MLB first. Scherzer was most effective in the NLDS against the LA Dodgers and the NLCS against St. Louis, where he gave up a total of one run in a combined 15 innings to lead the Nationals to the World Series. He picked up 21 strikeouts in those 15 innings. Washington made the post season as a wild card team, and faced the Milwaukee Brewers in a one-game playoff to advance to the NLDS. Manager Dave Martinez elected to go with

Scherzer as his starter for this critical game, which the Nationals won 4-3. This was the first World Series championship for a Washington D.C.-based team since the 1924 Washington Senators.

Scherzer misses out on a perfect game in a June 20, 2015, effort against the Pittsburgh Pirates but takes comfort in winning his 100th career game.

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