ARLINGTON, Texas -- Max Scherzer was roughed up again by the Houston Astros, this time in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series.
The three-time Cy Young Award winner lasted four innings in his first start in more than a month, leaving with a five-run deficit in an 8-5 loss to the Astros on Wednesday night that cut the Texas Rangers' series lead to 2-1.
Scherzer gave up three runs in the second on a wild pitch and Martín Maldonado's two-run single, then allowed Jose Altuve's leadoff homer in the third.