Madison Bumgarner, Max Scherzer looked a lot like their old selves

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San Francisco Giants starter Madison Bumgarner and Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer looked a lot like their old selves in their starts Sunday.

This was a theme around the majors, with some of the best in the game excelling. It was most evident in these two veterans.

Lowest Career ERA at Citi Field

Minimum 25 IP

Madison Bumgarner0.62Clayton Kershaw1.01Doug Fister1.05

Bumgarner continued his dominance of the Mets and mastery of Citi Field (which could loom large if the teams meet in postseason, as some have predicted they might). He’s 4-0 with a 0.62 ERA in that ballpark, the best ERA of any pitcher there. His win snapped the Mets’ eight-game winning streak.

Bumgarner’s fastball showed signs of having the life it has had in previous seasons. He averaged a season-high 90.9 mph with it (he did have one start in which he averaged 90.8). Mets hitters were 2-for-14 with four strikeouts against that pitch Sunday afternoon.

Bumgarner owned the outside part of the plate. Six of his seven strikeouts came on an outer-half pitch.

Scherzer had his best start of the season, seven scoreless …

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