Scherzer said he was dealing with “just an ailment” and needed some rest. He threw one-hit ball over six scoreless innings against Minnesota five days earlier, but left after 88 pitches and later said he had some forearm tightness.
Scherzer (12-6) allowed a season-high seven runs, all on the homers, with four strikeouts and two walks while throwing 60 pitches over three innings. '" was pleasantly surprised and pleased to get some runs early and was able to kind of settle in after Semien’s leadoff homer and just go to work." “Going against Max, obviously, you think is probably going to be a tight one,” Verlander said. He struck out six and walked one with the only earned run he allowed coming when Semien hit his first pitch in the second deck of seats in left field. The 40-year-old Verlander (11-7), whose 255 career victories are the most among active pitchers, scattered four hits and two runs over seven innings. The right-handers were together with the Detroit Tigers from 2010-14, and this season with the New York Mets before both were traded right before the deadline to different AL West contenders. It was the 12th regular-season meeting of pitchers with at least three Cy Youngs apiece, and first time ever that two-time teammates Verlander and Scherzer pitched against each other in a game. They also remained percentage points behind Toronto (77-63) for the AL’s third and final wild-card spot after the Blue Jays also lost. They put it to us, and there’s no getting around that."Īfter being alone or tied for first place 148 of the season’s first 149 days, the Rangers are third in the AL West, a season-high three games off the division lead.
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“We just didn’t execute pitches, left a lot up throughout the series and we paid for it. “Obviously, it was not a good series, wasn't a lot we did well,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. Marcus Semien hit two solo homers and had an RBI single to drive in all three runs for Texas (76-63), which lost for the 15th time in 19 games. Yordan Alvarez and Michael Brantley also went deep against Scherzer, and Houston tacked on two more homers in the ninth, with Chas McCormick going deep right after Abreu's second long ball to match his career high with seven RBI. Houston hit 16 homers against the Rangers - its most ever in any three-game span - while outscoring them 39-10 in their final head-to-head matchup this regular season.
The sweep put the reigning World Series champion Astros (80-61) in sole possession of the AL West lead for the first time all season, a game ahead of Seattle. "You love to see your offense come alive like that. It was more about winning games and trying to get into first place,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said.
“It really wasn’t about making a statement. José Abreu's grand slam in the third inning was Houston’s third homer against Texas starter Max Scherzer, who was done soon after that, and Abreu added a three-run blast as the Astros went on for a 12-3 victory over the slumping Rangers on Wednesday night to complete a sweep in the pivotal three-game AL West series. Our offense made it pretty easy on us this series,” Verlander said. “As a starting pitcher, your job is to carry the momentum. Houston had already hit the first of its five homers and gone ahead to stay before Verlander even threw his first pitch against the Texas Rangers. Abreu hits grand slam and 3-run shot, Astros complete sweep with 12-3 win over RangersĪRLINGTON, Texas - The way the Houston Astros have been hitting, Justin Verlander certainly had a clear advantage going into a matchup against another three-time Cy Young Award winner.
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