Sweat and rosin.

No, it’s not the name of a failed country music duo, it’s what Max Scherzer insisted was all he had on his hand when the Mets ace was ejected from his start against the Dodgers in a dramatic scene Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Scherzer faces a 10-game suspension resulting from the ejection, which came before the bottom of the fourth inning. The previous inning, crew chief Phil Cuzzi — a documented stickler for sticky-substance enforcement — had inspected Scherzer’s glove and ordered him to change it due to excessive rosin.

“I’d have to be an absolute idiot to try to do anything when I’m coming back out for the fourth,” Scherzer said after the game, which became a 5-3 Mets win. “I don’t get how I get ejected when I’m in front of MLB officials doing exactly what you want and being deemed that my hand’s too sticky when I’m using legal substance. … I said, ‘I swear on my kid’s life, I’m not using anything else. This is sweat and rosin, sweat and rosin.’ I keep saying it over and over.”