Scherzer in NL, Kluber in AL repeat winners of Cy Young

Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals coasted to his third Cy Young Award, winning Wednesday for the second straight year in the National League.

Scherzer breezed past

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, drawing 27 of the 30 first-place votes in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

“Yes!” Scherzer shouted, thrusting his arms up when the honor was announced on MLB Network.

Scherzer earned the NL honor last year with Washington and the 2013 American League prize with Detroit. He became the 10th pitcher with at least three Cy Youngs.

Scherzer, 33, was 16-6 with a career-best 2.51 ERA. The right-hander struck out a league-leading 268 for the NL East champion Nationals.

Kershaw, who has won three NL Cy Youngs, was the last pitcher to win back-toback. He was 18-4 with a league-best 2.31 ERA and 202 strikeouts.

Stephen Strasburg of the Nationals finished third.

Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians was the American League Cy Young winner; he’s a two-time winner. Kluber got 28 of the 30 first-place votes, with Boston’s Chris Sale second and Luis Severino of the New York Yankees third.

Kluber, who also won the award in 2014 with Cleveland, finished 18-4 and struck out 265.

Sale topped the majors with 308 strikeouts — he was the first AL pitcher to fan 300 since Pedro Martinez in 1999. Sale went 17-8 with a 2.90 ERA.