Max Scherzer allowed one hit over seven shutout innings as the Texas Rangers blanked the visiting Los Angeles Angels 12-0 on Monday night to open their three-game series.
Scherzer struck out 11 and walked one. The 39-year-old right-hander improved to 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 20 innings in three starts since he was traded from the New York Mets on July 30.
Angels starter Patrick Sandoval came in with a 2-1 mark and 1.86 ERA over his previous five starts, but he struggled against the Rangers.The Angels are 3-10 in August after entering the month with the best record in the AL since the All-Star break . A bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Martinez in the third extended the lead to 3-0. The Rangers reloaded the bases with two outs in the inning after Sandoval failed to cover first on a grounder to the right side. He then walked Semien, Sandoval's sixth walk of the game, to force in another run and give Texas a 4-0 lead.
The Rangers capitalized in the sixth when Corey Seager came home on a two-out double by Mitch Garver to make it 6-0. Semien blasted his three-run homer in the seventh to make it 9-0. It was his 19th homer of the season.The Angels put infielder Eduardo Escobar on the mound for the eighth and the Rangers tacked on another run on a double by Leody Taveras for a 12-0 lead.
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