“I sent Scherzer the cards to see if he wanted them,” Hurdle said, via MLB.com. “And the message he sent back was, ‘I don’t need anything. I’ve got a whole bunch of stuff.’ So I asked, ‘If you don’t, would you sign one?’
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“He signed both. Very nice. [Nationals manager] Matt Williams even signed one, and I signed the other. I’ll probably auction it off for charity.”
Scherzer, 30, is proving to be worth every penny of the $210 million contract he signed in the offseason. The right-hander was just one strike away from a perfect game when he hit Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata on the elbow with an inside pitch.
Still, Scherzer struck out 10 Pirates over nine innings in a dominant no-hitter to hand Pittsburgh a 6-0 loss. He recorded at least 10 strikeouts in a game for the sixth time this season and tossed the second no-hitter in Nationals history.
