Mizzou Baseball in the Majors

■ For Max Scherzer, Toledo seems far away (DetroitNews.com)

Whatever demons were afflicting Max Scherzer before his brief stint at Triple-A Toledo appear to have been exorcised.

He gave the Tigers a solid outing for the fourth straight time and dropped his ERA from 7.29 on May 14 to 5.26. He's allowed just four earned runs and 14 hits in his last three starts. He's also now struck out 49 batters in his last 36 2/3 innings.