Max Scherzer struggles in return from IL despite entering 3,500 strikeout club

TORONTO — One night after Dylan Cease returned to the mound off the injured list and delivered one of this season’s most dominant performances, it was Max Scherzer’s turn to return in Wednesday’s series finale against the Philadelphia Phillies — but it was a drastically different outcome.

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