on may 30 versus the oakland athletics, scherzer accumulated 14 strikeouts in innings pitched. it was the fourth time in his career that he had 10 or more strikeouts in a single game. he allowed two hits, four walks, and hit a batter on his last pitch. that mark was tied for the most strikeouts in comerica park history with jeremy bonderman, and tied for second in franchise history behind mickey lolich, who had 16 strikeouts in one game. on july 26, scherzer and tampa bay rays pitcher matt garza dueled for a no-hitter into the sixth inning. after hitless innings, scherzer lost the no-hit bid, shutout, and game after serving up a grand slam to matt joyce. meanwhile, garza opportunely secured the no-hitter in a 5–0 tampa win. scherzer struck out eight.