In his last home start of the regular season, the question that must be posed is whether Wednesday night’s outing was the last for Max Scherzer as a Blue Jay.
For the second straight time, the veteran was shelled in the first inning.
Only this time, he managed to complete the inning but not before he yielded three runs on five hits.
The visiting Boston Red Sox, who are closing in on securing a wild-card berth, actually let the future hall of famer off the mat.
When Scherzer surrendered a leadoff homer in the fifth inning, it was the 10th hit recorded by the BoSox.
The Jays’ once deep and high-end rotation isn’t looking so promising and neither is the team’s overall fortunes heading into the final four games of the regular season.
Back-to-back losses to Boston dropped the Jays’ record