Longtime Twins fans could be forgiven if they felt a familiar feeling of dread Monday night.
The future Hall of Famer, a recurring nightmare for Minnesota while with the Detroit Tigers more than a decade ago, allowed four hits over six innings Monday at Rogers Centre, helping the first-place Blue Jays rout Joe Ryan and the Twins 10-4.
It was the Twins’ third consecutive loss and 11th in their last 14 games, dropping them to a season-worst 13 games below break-even at 59-72.
From 2011 to 2014, Scherzer started 13 games against the Twins for Detroit and the Tigers won 12 of them, with Scherzer credited with nine victories. He finally picked up No. 10 on Monday after an 11-year interim in which Scherzer won 129 other games for five different teams, two Cy Young Awards and a pair of World Series titles.
Haven’t missed him much, have you?