MLB roundup: Max Scherzer, Rangers shut out Angels

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 a three-game series.

Scherzer (12-4) 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.

Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs for the Rangers, who have won 11 of 13. Adolis Garcia added a two-run homer and J.P. Martinez had two hits and three runs for Texas.

Angels starter Patrick Sandoval (6-9) came in with a 2-1 mark and 1.86 ERA over his previous five starts, but he gave up five runs (four earned) and four hits in 2 2/3 innings. He walked six and struck out six.

Royals 7, Mariners 6

Dairon Blanco's suicide-squeeze bunt in the ninth inning pushed Kansas City past visiting Seattle. The bunt escaped first baseman Dylan Moore's grasp as pinch runner Samad Taylor raced home.

After the Mariners scored six unanswered runs over the eighth and ninth innings to take a 6-5 lead in the top of the ninth, Salvador Perez tied the score in the bottom half with a sacrifice fly. It was his fourth RBI of the game, and it moved Taylor to third.

Julio Rodriguez drove in four runs for Seattle, which was held without a hit until the seventh inning. Royals starter Brady Singer was perfect until issuing a four-pitch walk with two out in the fifth, and Dominic Canzone singled with two outs in the seventh. Singer pitched 7 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits and a walk while striking out eight.

Marlins 5, Astros 1

Jorge Soler, Luis Arraez and Josh Bell hit home runs in consecutive eighth-inning at-bats as host Miami defeated Houston.

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