The two highest Northwoods League draft picks to have advanced to the Major Leagues squared off head to head last night at Dodger Stadium. Jeff Weaver (Dubuque, ’95) made his first big league start since September 28, 2007 and made it against Max Scherzer (La Crosse, ’04) who continued the search for his first big league win. Weaver was the 14th overall draft pick in 1998 while Scherzer went 11th overall in 2006.

The veteran Weaver got the better of Scherzer on Tuesday in a 3-1 Dodger victory over the Diamondbacks. Weaver pitched five innings allowing five hits, one run, and striking out six to earn his 94th career victory. Scherzer went six innings, allowing three runs on four hits while striking out four to drop to 0-3 on the season and 0-7 in his brief career. Still Scherzer maintains a 3.16 career ERA despite the unbalanced career record.

Weaver had made one relief appearance since being called up from Triple-A.

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