Rangers 6, A’s 1
- That almost looked easy, didn’t it?
- Max Scherzer cruised through the Oakland lineup. He didn’t give up a hit until the top of the fourth, when he gave up a leadoff homer to J.J. Bleday. He allowed just three hits and two walks in seven innings of work, with only one other baserunner getting past first base.
- And he needed just 89 pitches to do it. It’s the type of performance that the Rangers were hoping to get when they traded for Scherzer.
- Brock Burke finished things off with two easy innings, needing just 16 pitches to get through the eighth and the ninth.