NEW YORK — On the mound for the Mets in the opening game of the NL wild-card series Friday at Citi Field stood Max Scherzer, the man who can cut down October lineups like a weed whacker. The seemingly unflappable goliath, armed with a wrecking-ball resume. The debate for many coming into the best-of-three against the underdog Padres was whether the best pitcher in the series would be Scherzer or equally dominant and decorated Jacob deGrom. There was a giant, turnpike-sized hole in all that verbal jousting lurking behind Curtain No. 3: Padres starter Yu Darvish, one of the best in the NL. Darvi…
