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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Max Scherzer was not going to leave the game.

Scherzer, 41, let manager John Schneider have it when his skipper came to the mound to take him out of the game during the fifth inning of the team’s 8-2 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 4 of the ALCS on Thursday night at T-Mobile Park.

Scherzer, nicknamed “Mad Max” for his intensity during his starts, made his first start of the postseason on Thursday after being left off the ALDS roster with neck pain. Schneider got a firsthand taste of why Scherzer is nicknamed “Mad Max” during his mound visit.

“I thought he was going to kill me. It was great. He locked eyes with me, both colors, as I walked out,” Schneider said with a smile. “He has this Mad Max persona,

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