Dodgers’ Scherzer gets 3,000th K, near perfecto vs Padres
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) - Max Scherzer got his 3,000th career strikeout and took a perfect game into the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 to complete a three-game sweep.
Scherzer retired his first 22 batters before Eric Hosmer doubled to deep right with one out in the eighth.
The crowd of 42,637 saluted Scherzer with a standing ovation after he finished the inning.
The 37-year-old All-Star reached 3,000 career strikeouts in the fifth when Hosmer went down swinging. Scherzer struck out nine overall on 92 pitches.
The three-time Cy Young Award winner threw an immaculate inning in the second with three strikeouts on nine pitches.
