Scherzer Ejected, Claims He Did Nothing Illegal after Mets Win Over Dodgers

 Max Scherzer was ejected for having what Phil Cuzzi's umpiring crew deemed to be a foriegn substance on his pitching hand, yet the former Cy Young Award winner pleaded his case to the media afterwards that he did everything within the legal boundries of the rules.

Scherzer recounted to reporters that he cleansed his hands with alcohol after the second inning, and the only substance on his hands were rosin (which is a legal substance, pitchers can use it) and sweat. 

"I would have to be an absolute idiot to try to do anything in the fourth. I washed my hand with alcohol in front of  the official and grabbed rosin. When you use sweat and rosin your hand can get stickey," he said.


It will be interesting to see what baseball decides to do. If the umpires deemed it a violation, Scherzer could face a 10-day suspension.

Meanwhile, the good news for the Mets was they won the game 5-3 thanks in major part to a five-hit day from Brandon Nimmo. His two-run bomb gave the Mets a 2-1 lead in the fifth. Nimmo would later be one of two runners to score on a Mark Canha double in the ninth to blow the game open at 5-2.