Max Scherzer throws an immaculate inning, a breakdown
What Happened
Max Scherzer of the Los Angeles Dodgers is on the mound, locked in and dominating. In the bottom of the inning, Scherzer is facing the San Diego Padres' lineup, and he's about to make history. Scherzer starts by facing Fernando Tatis Jr., the Padres' star shortstop. He works the count to 0-2, then unleashes a devastating slider that freezes Tatis for the first strikeout. Next up is first baseman Eric Hosmer, and Scherzer continues his onslaught, blowing him away with a curveball and two fastballs to record the second strikeout. The final batter of the inning is Manny Machado, the Padres' third baseman. Scherzer attacks him with a fastball down the middle, then a nasty slider that leaves Machado flailing. On the final pitch, Scherzer rears back and fires a 97 mph fastball past Machado for the third strikeout, completing the immaculate inning. As Scherzer walks off the mound, he mutters to himself, "No one better effin' talk to me." The Dodgers' dugout remains silent, understanding the magnitude of what their ace has just accomplished. An immaculate inning - nine pitches, three strikeouts - is a rare feat, and Scherzer has executed it with ruthless efficiency. This dominant performance comes at a crucial time for the Dodgers, who recently acquired Scherzer in a blockbuster trade deadline move. The veteran right-hander has been electric since joining the team, helping solidify their rotation as they push for another World Series championship. Scherzer's command and stuff have been on full display, and this immaculate inning is just the latest example of his dominance. The Dodgers' decision to trade for him is looking more and more like a masterstroke with each dominant outing. As the Dodgers' dugout celebrates the historic achievement, Scherzer continues his march towards the postseason, determined to cement his legacy as one of the greatest pitchers of his generation.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentmax scherzer is an absolute psychopath
on the mound and really good at baseball
and he threw
an immaculate inning those are three
facts he's also about to become the best
trade deadline acquisition we've ever
seen the dodgers have won every single
start he started as a dodger so what you
do is you go to draftkings you download
the app the number one sports book use
promo code jombo you find when scherzer
is pitching next you probably only have
two more chances and you bet on the
dodgers to win why would you not it's
easy money the dude's crazy so let's
look at this immaculate inning tatis up
first he's going to open them up little
two-seam fastball it's got a little run
out here's oh what was that that's
a curveball and then o2 attacks him hard
with the slider one strike two strike
three strikes you're out if you don't
know what an immaculate inning is it's
nine pitches one strike two strike three
strikes strikeout one strike two strike
three strikes strikeout one strike two
strike three strike strikeout nine
pitches all strikes three strikeouts
let's take a look at this first oh licks
the hand a little bit got to here's the
first pitch it's a little two-seamer
runs in on his hands the next one a
nasty curve the next one a slider
the full arsenal check this out at this
point
he's just filling up the zone with all
three pitches they're all kind of right
there and then they go their separate
ways like fireworks falling down from
the sky so he says all right who's up
next chump here we go hosmer here's a
fastball just joking that's a curveball
come on
how do you hit anything here it is again
right boom off the planet just falls how
about that one yeah that's a fast ball
that's gonna stay high oh and two and
then
oh that's gonna stay in the zone that's
a fastball that's uh that's just a
little bit of heat there 93 on the last
fastball 96 on that one the one to tatis
was 93. i was just bored just right down
the middle try and hit it that's how you
know the pitcher's good he goes 02 and
he says why don't i throw a fastball
right down the middle
that's how you know a pitcher's just
dialed
scherzer is different so here he is
we're making faces i gotta try that face
when i pitch and then whip bam
you're out
all right who's the next chump let's see
what'd he do
first pitch another fastball kind of
right down the middle fouled back
filling up the zone then
that nasty pitch strike two
lick lick
lick lick
lick
lick
o2 what's he gonna go with this time he
shakes off he says nah don't want to
throw that yeah i want to throw that i
want to throw a fastball down the middle
again it seems like they can't hit my
fastballs down the middle gets it a
little high pumps it up to 97
celebrates according little whip around
yeah back
walks to the dugout starts muttering to
himself no one better effing talk to me
no one better effing talk to me
the one coach looks away at his piece of
paper
robert starts drinking his water
everyone's like yeah we won't talk to
you max we don't want to talk to you
okay ignore city and he's just going to
go to the bench and say uh good inning
catch so what you got to do is you got
to get draftkings you got to bet on max
sures or games dodgers will win them you
will bet them you will use code jomboy
when you download the draftkings app and
everything will be good in the world
unless you're not a dodgers fan that's
your podgers fan or giants fan or
whatever but i mean what scherzer's
doing crazy those pitches are insane