Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer aims to take another step forward Monday night and help the host Toronto Blue Jays gain on the first-place New York Yankees. Scherzer (0-0, 5.63 ERA) is scheduled to start the opener of a four-game series for the third-place Blue Jays, who are three games behind the Yankees in the American League East. After lasting only three innings in a March 29 start, Scherzer returned on Wednesday to pitch five innings against the Cleveland Guardians, allowing three runs, six hits and three walks with four strikeouts in a no-decision.