Los Angeles Dodgers ace Max Scherzer trotted out from the Oracle Park bullpen for the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday night, and of all the accolades, milestones and awards he had accrued throughout his Hall of Fame career, a professional save was not one of them.
Scherzer induced a lineout to left field for the first out and worked around a Justin Turner error at the hot corner with two consecutive strikeouts of LaMonte Wade Jr. and Wilmer Flores to clinch the NLDS for the boys in blue by a 2-1 final score.
The second punchout was marred with controversy, because to many, it did not appear that Flores’ check-swing broke the plane of home plate.