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Scherzer aims to improve location, limit HRs
- Updated: May 6, 2016
CHICAGO — Max Scherzer has allowed the most home runs in the Majors this season.
That surprising fact comes after Scherzer surrendered four home runs (matching a career high) against the Cubs in Friday afternoon’s 8-6 loss at Wrigley Field, leaving him and the Nationals looking for answers as to why his home run total stands at nine through his first seven starts.
Scherzer’s issues with the long ball date back to the second half of last season. He ended up allowing 27 homers in 228 2/3 innings. He was not sure whether he could attribute this season’s homer issues to the same problem, but it was something he would reflect on between outings.
Scherzer did feel he was too predictable in his pitch sequence Friday and missed locations when he did have the right pitches.
“Obviously, I’m catching a little too much plate, but at the same time, maybe I was a little too predictable in what I was doing,” he said. “That’s something for me to just chew on for the …
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