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Scherzer takes over 10th on career Ks list and Semien homers as

Rangers beat White Sox 2-1

By STEPHEN HAWKINS won their fifth game in a have won 12 of 16, moving they were 50-101 in 1948 and Texas reliever, worked two
AP Baseball Writer row to match their season- within a game of .500 for the are on pace for 120 losses, innings for second save in
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — best streak and completed first time since June 2. which would match he ex- seven chances.
Max Scherzer struck out a their first four-game sweep Chicago (27-78) has lost 11 pansion 1962 New York Mets Semien’s 15th homer led off
season-high nine to take at home since 2017, three games in a row and 17 of 20. for the most since the 19th the third against rookie right-
over 10th place on the ca- years before they moved The White Sox are 51 games century. hander Jonathan Cannon
reer list, Marcus Semien hom- into Globe Life Field. They under .500 for the first time David Robertson, the third (1-5) to tie the game at 1-1.
ered and the Texas Rangers The Rangers went ahead an
beat the Chicago White Sox inning later when Nathaniel
2-1 on Thursday. Lowe had a leadoff double
Scherzer pushed his career and scored when Leody Tav-
total to 3,400 after first pass- eras grounded into a force-
ing former teammate and out. Cannon scattered eight
fellow three-time Cy Young hits over six innings in his 10th
winner Justin Verlander with big league start.
his third strikeout of the game, Chicago led 1-0 after Brooks
after Eloy Jiménez took a 93.3 Baldwin drew a leadoff walk
mph fastball for a called third in the third and scored on a
strike in the second inning. double by No. 9 batter Ko-
Scherzer leads among ac- rey Lee.
tive pitchers. It was the major league-
Two days before his 40th high 30th time the White
birthday, Scherzer threw Sox scored first and lost. They
62 of 85 pitches for strikes have dropped 39 games
in his 464th game over 17 in which they led at some
big league seasons. He al- point.Texas designated hitter
lowed one run and walked Robbie Grossman, who had
one while pitching three-hit a pinch-hit homer Wednes-
ball over six innings. Texas Rangers starting pitcher Max Scherzer (31) delivers in the first inning of a baseball game day night, marked his 10th
The reigning World Series against the Chicago White Sox Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. year of major league service
champion Rangers (51-52) Associated Press with two hits. q