Los Angeles Angels vs Texas Rangers Box Score on Aug 14, 2023

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 their 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 came in with a 2-1 mark and 1.86 ERA over his previous five starts, but he struggled against the Rangers.

Sandoval (6-9) gave up five runs (four earned) and four hits in 2 2/3 innings. He walked six and struck out six.

The Angels are 3-10 in August after entering the month with the best record in the AL since the All-Star break (11-5).

Semien had an RBI single in the second inning, and another run came home on an error by center fielder Mickey Moniak on the play to give Texas a 2-0 lead.

A bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Martinez in the third extended the lead to 3-0. The Rangers reloaded the bases with two outs in the inning after Sandoval failed to cover first on a grounder to the right side. He then walked Semien, Sandoval's sixth walk of the game, to force in another run and give Texas a 4-0 lead.

Griffin Canning entered and threw a wild pitch for a 5-0 lead. He then gave up leadoff doubles in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.

The Rangers capitalized in the sixth when Corey Seager came home on a two-out double by Mitch Garver to make it 6-0. Semien blasted his three-run homer in the seventh to make it 9-0. It was his 19th homer of the season.

Garcia hit a two-run homer later in the seventh, his 30th bomb of the season, to make it 11-0.

The Angels put infielder Eduardo Escobar on the mound for the eighth and the Rangers tacked on another run on a double by Leody Taveras for a 12-0 lead.

The Angels had runners on first and second with one out in the second against Scherzer, but Matt Thaiss lined into an inning-ending double play.

Scherzer then retired the next 15 batters in a row, striking out the side in the sixth and the final two batters of the seventh.

--Field Level Media