Authoring arguably his best start in a Blue Jays uniform on Saturday, this is the Max Scherzer the Blue Jays hoped to see when they signed the future Hall-of-Famer in the off-season.

The Mad Max experience is not lost on Blue Jays manager John Schneider: From the preparation to the professionalism, and from the intensity to the quirky.

TORONTO — The results speak for themselves. With a 7-4 extra-innings loss Sunday, the Toronto Blue Jays lost their sixth game in the last eight contests. Sandwiched around deadline chaos and sweltering Baltimore heat, this marks the team’s worst stretch since April.