MILWAUKEE (AP) Washington’s Max Scherzer was lifted after throwing 75 pitches over five innings, one inning after limping to first base in an at-bat.
A liner from Milwaukee’s Travis Shaw hit the 2016 NL Cy Young Award winner on his left leg in the first. In Scherzer’s fifth-inning plate appearance, he hit a grounder to shortstop, limped to first and was thrown out easily.
The right-hander pitched the fifth before being removed to open the sixth in a 1-1 game. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out two.
There was no immediate word from the Nationals about why Scherzer was pulled.
He was removed from a game at Miami on Aug. 1 with a neck injury, but didn’t miss a start.
Scherzer is 13-5 with a 2.19 ERA in 26 starts.
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