on october 3, scherzer achieved his second career no-hitter, and second of the season, versus the mets, striking out a new career-high 17 batters with no walks. the only base runner permitted was via a throwing error by yunel escobar in the sixth inning. several baseball analysts and pundits debated the game as one of the greatest pitching performances of all time, and perhaps the most dominant no-hitter ever pitched, based on the number of strikeouts, lack of walks issued or hit batters, and sheer mastery of the opposing batting order the third time through the lineup. at one point, scherzer had struck out nine consecutive mets, just one shy of the major league record set by tom seaver in 1970. it tied nolan ryan for most strikeouts in a no-hitter, was the first no-hitter produced with at least 17 strikeouts and no walks, and made scherzer the sixth pitcher in mlb history to record multiple no-hitters in one season. with a game score of 104, it was the second-highest achieved on record, and made scherzer the first to achieve multiple game scores of at least 100 in the same season. that game was singled out for the 2015 esurance mlb award for best performance.