Scherzer joins 3,000-K club
LOS ANGELES — Max Scherzer got his 3,000th career strikeout and took a perfect game into the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
Scherzer retired his first 22 batters before Eric Hosmer doubled to deep right with one out in the eighth. The crowd of 42,637 saluted Scherzer with a standing ovation after he finished the inning.
The 37-year-old All-Star reached 3,000 career strikeouts in the fifth when Hosmer went down swinging.
Scherzer struck out nine overall on 92 pitches in eight innings.
Corey Seager and Mookie Betts hit solo homers, and Justin Turner added a three-run blast in the seventh to back Scherzer (14-4).
BLUE JAYS 22, ORIOLES 7: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Teoscar Hernandez each hit a grand slam, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. slugged his 44th homer, and Toronto crushed host Baltimore, finishing two runs shy of the franchise record.
GIANTS 6, CUBS 5: Wilmer Flores homered and drove in three runs, and visiting San Francisco hung on to edge Chicago for a season-high seventh straight win.
WHITE SOX 2, RED SOX 1: Leury Garcia hit a gameending home run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift host Chicago over Boston.
TIGERS 8, RAYS 7 (11): Robbie Grossman drew a bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning, Jeimer Candelario homered twice, and Detroit won at home.
METS 7, YANKEES 6: Francisco Lindor broke an eighth-inning tie with his third homer and the Mets beat the Yankees in a heated Subway Series finale. While rounding the bases on his second homer, Lindor put a hand in front of his mouth, turned to the Yankees and made movements as if to whistle. That referenced the Mets’ belief that the Yankees had been whistling on Saturday in an attempt to tip their batters to Taijuan Walker’s pitches. The Yankees lost for the 12th time in 15 games and dropped one game behind Boston and Toronto, who led for the two AL wild cards.
BREWERS 11, INDIANS 1: Eric Lauer no-hit Cleveland into the sixth inning and his teammates belted five homers as Milwaukee won at Cleveland.
ROCKIES 5, PHILLIES 4: Garrett Hampson homered twice and knocked in all five runs as visiting Colorado dealt another blow to Philadelphia’s playoff hopes.
RANGERS 4, ATHLETICS 3: Isiah Kiner-Falefa had three hits and two RBIs, Taylor Hearn won his fourth straight start and the Texas put another dent in Oakland’s playoff hopes with a win at Oakland.
CARDINALS 2, REDS 0: Nolan Arenado homered for the second game in a row and five pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout to help host St. Louis blank Cincinnati.
BRAVES 5, MARLINS 3: Ozzie Albies, Freddie Freeman and Eddie Rosario homered as Atlanta won at home.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, MARINERS 4: Tyler Gilbert gave up two hits in another sharp outing, Ketel Marte homered and Arizona won at Seattle.
NATIONALS 6, PIRATES 2: Patrick Corbin working seven strong innings as Washington won at Pittsburgh.
ROYALS 5, TWINS 3: Kyle Isbel drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the eighth in Kansas City’s road win.