Tuesday night, Max Scherzer’s comeback from a nearly seven-week absence due to injury went about as perfectly as the Mets could have planned.
However, it appears that Scherzer’s teammates mistook him for Jacob deGrom because to an identity confusion.
Mets waste ace’s fantastic performance in exchange
That meant canceling out the zeroes Scherzer put against the Reds on the scoreboard by providing him with no run assistance.
The Mets lost 1-0 at Great American Ball Park thanks to a sacrifice fly by Mike Moustakas in the ninth inning.
In the ninth inning, Seth Lugo, who was pitching for the second consecutive night, had the bases loaded and no one out when Moustakas finished it with a drive to medium center field.
Later, Buck Showalter claimed that he chose Lugo because Adam Ottavino, who threw last on Sunday, was not available.
