Max Scherzer perfect through six innings, has 11 Ks

— -- Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer is perfect through six innings Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers.

GameCast:  Washington at Milwaukee 

Scherzer has 11 strikeouts after striking out the side in the bottom of the sixth.

He has thrown 67 pitches. The Nationals lead the game, 4-0.

The closest that the Brewers had come to a hit was a hard bounceout up the middle by pitcher Taylor Jungmann to end the third.

Scherzer had reached base by himself more than the Brewers with a single in the fourth.

Scherzer is 6-5 with a 1.99 ERA in his first season in Washington after signing a seven-year, $210 million contract in the offseason.