six days later, scherzer no-hit the pirates 6–0 at nationals park for his first career no-hitter. after retiring the first 26 batters, he came to within one strike of a perfect game, only to hit the 27th batter, josé tábata, who appeared to lean into the pitch. scherzer secured the no-hitter by retiring the next batter, josh harrison, on a fly ball. this was the 13th time that the 27th and presumably final batter disrupted a perfect game in progress. the game score was 97, the second occasion on the season where scherzer had achieved a game score of at least 97. it was a feat previously accomplished just twice, first by nolan ryan in 1990 and then pedro martínez in 2000.