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The Rangers completed a four-game sweep and
have won five straight games overall. The struggling White Sox,
in turn, have dropped 11th consecutive contests.
Scherzer enjoyed a bounce-back performance after a rough start
against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, when he was pulled
after giving up four runs on five hits in just two innings. Just
two days before his 40th birthday, Scherzer (2-3) limited the
White Sox to one run on three hits.
Along the way, the three-time Cy Young Award winner surpassed
former teammate Justin Verlander and moved into 10th place on
the all-time MLB strikeout leaders list. He overtook Verlander
with his third punch-out of the day, when he got Chicago's Eloy
Jimenez swinging in the second inning.
Scherzer, who pitched his 464th career game over 17 seasons,
also now leads all active MLB pitchers with 3,400 career
strikeouts after Thursday's performance.
David Robertson closed out a strong effort by the Rangers
bullpen by striking out two batters over two innings to notch
his second save of the season.
Chicago's Jonathan Cannon (1-5) was saddled with the loss. He
gave up two earned runs and eight hits over six innings. He
struck out one batter and walked two.
The Rangers had 10 hits as a team, but only scored two runs and
both came early.
After Korey Lee had a RBI double to give the White Sox a 1-0
lead in the top of the third, Marcus Semien responded with the
game-tying homer in the bottom half of the inning. It was his
second homer of the series and 15th of the season.
The Rangers followed up with another run in the fourth inning,
when Leody Taveras gave his team the lead with a RBI after
grounding into a fielder's choice.
The White Sox had five hits and left runners stranded on second
base in the third, fifth and seventh innings.
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