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62 of them were fastballs, and 50 of those went for strikes.

One game.ĩ6 of Scherzer's 119 pitches were strikes. Not in a single playoff series, not over the course of consecutive appearances out of the bullpen. Instead, let us revel in the fact that one man struck out twenty batters in a single game. Yet one runs the risk of splitting the frayed ends of a hair with that level of analysis. Scherzer's 87 Game Score is the lowest of any of the 20-strikeout games. Just those four men and those five games. Randy Johnson and Kerry Wood each did it once, and Roger Clemens did it twice. That's only happened four other times in a nine-inning game. He threw 119 pitches and allowed two runs. Max Scherzer would face the team for which he won the Cy Young award. Jordan Zimmermann was returning home to pitch against his old team.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Pat, and two sons and a daughter.On Wednesday night, 35,965 people saw the Nationals play the Tigers in Washington. George “The Animal” Steel died in hospice care due to kidney failure on Febru. Coincidentally, George was often mistaken for Tor early in his career.

Those who didn’t know George from wresting may also recognize him for his role in Tim Burton’s 1994 film Ed Wood where he played the role of another old school wrestler Tor Johnson. While George had many rivals in the ring, his most famous adversary was probably "Macho Man" Randy Savage during the mid 80′s when the Animal became smitten with Savage’s valet, Miss Elizabeth.įollowing a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease he retired from the ring in 1988 but continued to make an occasional appearance on WWF cards into the 2000′s. His new name would be taken from a rival high school’s wresting coach. Sammartino liked George’s style and persona as a wild man with incredible strength but wasn’t into the mask or the name he was using. After being scouted by Bruno Sammartino, he became part of the World Wrestling Federation line up in 1967. He began wrestling in the 1960s in the Detroit circuit under the stage name “The Student.” He wore a mask to protect his identity due to his day gig. His work in High School sport would eventually make him a member of the Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame. Whether it was chewing the padding off the turnbuckle before smashing his opponents face into it off showing off his green tongue to the audience, George “The Animal” Steele was a consummate performer in world of rasslin’ entertainment.īorn William James Myers in Detroit in 1937, George went on to a master's degree from Central Michigan University and became a teacher, amateur wrestling coach, and football coach at Madison High School in Madison Heights, Michigan.