Brewers beat Scherzer, cap Texas sweep
ARLINGTON, Texas — Max Scherzer moved into 11th place on the majors’ career strikeout list just before an erratic stretch when he forced in two Milwaukee runs, and the National League Central-leading Brewers beat Texas 6-2 on Sunday to cap a three-game sweep.
No. 9 batter Tyrone Taylor had a two-run triple and scored three runs as Milwaukee kept its three-game division lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs.
Scherzer (12-5) had won his first three
Rangers starts since being acquired from the
New York Mets. He got his 3,343rd strikeout when rookie Brice Turang whiffed opening the third inning, the third of four strikeouts for the three-time Cy Young Award winner. Scherzer passed Hall of Fame knuckleballer Phil Niekro for 11th place.
That also was the start of 42-pitch inning for Scherzer, who issued four walks in 3⅔ innings. The Brewers scored their first run when Scherzer hit Willy Adames on the helmet with a fastball. Five pitches later, Scherzer walked Rowdy Tellez.
Two-out doubles by Taylor and Christian Yelich in the fourth made it 3-1 and chased Scherzer after 99 pitches. Milwaukee starter Adrian Houser (5-4) allowed one run while striking out seven over five innings.
■ Orioles 12, Athletics 1: At Oakland, Calif., Gunnar Henderson went 4-for-5 with a homer, a triple, two doubles and two RBIS to back Kyle Bradish (8-6), who allowed two hits and struck out eight in six shutout innings.
■ Red Sox 6, Yankees 5: At New York, Justin Turner a three-run homer in the seventh and a go-ahead RBI double in the ninth for Boston, which dealt New York an eighth straight loss for the first time since August 1995.
■ Twins 2, Pirates 0: At Minneapolis, Edouard Julien hit an RBI double and a sacrifice fly to back Dallas Keuchel (1-1), who took a perfect game into the seventh and ultimately allowed one hit in 6⅓ shutout innings.
■ Nationals 4, Phillies 3: At Williamsport, Pa., Keibert Ruiz hit a two-run double in Washington’s four-run first to back Trevor Williams (6-7), who allowed two hits in six shutout innings.
■ Blue Jays 10, Reds 3: At Cincinnati, Brandon Belt hit two of the five homers off Hunter Greene (2-5), who yielded nine runs over three innings in his first start off the injured list.
■ Giants 4, Braves 3: At Atlanta, Luis Matos and Wilmer Flores homered for San Francisco, which went ahead to stay when Kirby Yates (7-1) issued a bases-loaded walk in the ninth.
■ Mariners 7, Astros 6: At Houston, rookie Dominic Canzone had four hits for Seattle, which built a 6-0 lead by the third and capped a threegame sweep with its sixth win in a row.
■ Tigers 4, Guardians 1: At Cleveland, Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run homer in the first to back Eduardo Rodriguez (9-6), who allowed one run in 6⅔ innings.
■ Cubs 4, Royals 3: At Chicago, Seiya Suzuki and Miguel Amaya homered for Chicago to back Kyle Hendricks (6-5), who allowed one run in 6⅓ innings.
■ Cardinals 7, Mets 3: At St. Louis, Paul Goldschmidt went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and an RBI single for St. Louis.
■ White Sox 10, Rockies 5: At Denver, Lenyn Sosa capped Chicago’s seven-run eighth with a three-run homer.
PCL
■ Aces 7, Aviators 3: At Reno, Blaze
Anderson hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the second for Reno (68-52, 24-21 second half), which was outhit 8-7. Tyler Wade went 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Aviators (61-58, 27-18).