the 100th win of scherzer's career occurred on june 26 in a 5–2 victory versus the philadelphia phillies, where he allowed both runs over eight innings. it was his third consecutive start where he did not allow any baserunners for the first five innings. in june, scherzer's era was 1.79 during which he was named nl pitcher of the month for the second consecutive month. spanning his last three starts of june, he registered 24 consecutive scoreless innings, retired 52 consecutive batters without allowing a hit, struck out 33, and completed 26 of a possible 27 innings.