Nasty, just plain nasty.

Bouncing back from a rough outing is something every pitcher has to do, but Tyler Jay may not have been used to waiting around for his chance at redemption.

The Padres got all the offense they needed with one swing. Christian Bethancourt belted a solo home run to back Drew Pomeranz and lift San Diego to a 1-0 victory over Chicago in the second game of a split doubleheader on Wednesday night, handing the Cubs consecutive losses for the first time all season.

Wilson Ramos was behind the plate when Max Scherzer threw his two no-hitters last year, and he was part of history again in Wednesday’s 3-2 victory over the Tigers, during which Scherzer became the fourth pitcher in Major League history to strike out at least 20 batters in a nine-inning outing.

Here are the top GIFs from Wednesday’s games, courtesy of @MLBGifs.

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle and left fielder Starling Marte were ejected during the sixth inning of Wednesday night’s 5-4 win over the Reds at Great American Ball Park for arguing the result of a replay review.

After 2013 American League Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer stole the show with his 20-strikeout performance on Wednesday, today brings three more games featuring Cy Young winners, including two in which those pitchers will go head to head.

The Red Sox — fueled by the red-hot Jackie Bradley Jr. — belted the Athletics around for a third straight night and achieved some history along the way while completing a three-game sweep with a 13-3 thumping on Wednesday night at Fenway Park.

Wednesday night’s start at Wrigley Field against the red-hot Cubs served as something of a litmus test for Padres early-season ace Drew Pomeranz. Sure, he was off to a fantastic start. But this was a matchup with the Majors’ best team in a hostile environment.

We’re not even at the quarter-mark of the season yet, so we’re still in that nebulous area of All-Star voting in which you want to celebrate hot starts while not forgetting a little thing known as track record.

Inside pitches and hit batters? It must be a Reds-Pirates series. During Pittsburgh’s 5-4 win Wednesday, six players were hit by pitches, including four Pirates. The benches were warned and Reds reliever Ross Ohlendorf and manager Bryan Price were ejected.

For the last three nights at Fenway Park, the Red Sox were historic in the way they pounded the baseball against the Oakland Athletics, culminating with Wednesday’s 13-3 rout. This was the first time in Red Sox history they scored 13 or more runs in three straight games. Nobody in the Major Leagues had done it since the 1999 Indians.

For the first time in his 14-year career, Fernando Rodney was on the hill to record two saves in the same day Wednesday. And that meant Rodney was firing two arrows into the foggy Chicago sky — no matter what his former teammate Ben Zobrist did to try and stop him.

Max Scherzer ccomplished something even more rare than a perfect game on Wednesday night in Washington, striking out 20 Tigers in a complete-game victory. Naturally, the performance drew raves not only from Scherzer’s teammates but from current and former players throughout the league.

Using his poise and work ethic to his advantage, Jackie Bradley Jr. ripped two home runs and extended his hitting streak to a Major League-leading 17 games during the Red Sox’s 13-3 sweep of the Athletics on Wednesday night at Fenway Park.

Losing a family member is hard enough, but it becomes even more heartbreaking when that person is a child. One night after learning that his nephew passed away, Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton played in Wednesday’s 5-4 loss to the Pirates.

Although he might not have ended what was an odd and hectic day in perfect fashion, Williams Perez took full advantage of a surprise start and benefited from Freddie Freeman’s three-hit game as the Braves snapped an 11-game home losing streak with Wednesday night’s 5-1 win over the Phillies.