Scherzer overcomes rough start for strong Rangers debut

ARLINGTON – Things didn’t look promising early on, however Max Scherzer earned a win in his debut with the Rangers as they rallied for a 5-3 victory over the White Sox to finish a three-game collection sweep on Thursday afternoon at Globe Life Field.

Scherzer labored by means of a three-run, 37-pitch first inning after which labored round three singles in a 19-pitch scoreless second inning. But, he finally settled in and turned in a high quality begin. He wanted simply 49 pitches to get by means of his ultimate 4 innings, retiring 12 of 13 batters in that stretch.

Scherzer completed his day permitting three runs on seven hits with two walks and 9 strikeouts over six innings. The 9 strikeouts are the fifth-most ever by a Ranger of their debut and probably the most since Jamie Moyer had 13 strikeouts in 1989.

Offensively, the Rangers confirmed why they’re MLB’s highest-scoring lineup in overcoming the early three-run deficit. They scored single runs within the second and third innings, after which had solo house runs by Mitch Garver and Marcus Semien within the fourth to take a 4-3 lead.

Garver supplied an insurance coverage run with an RBI single within the eighth.

Texas has now swept seven collection this season.