LOS ANGELES -- Max Scherzer of the Los Angeles Dodgers has become the 19th player in major league history with 3,000 strikeouts.
The 37-year-old right-hander fanned Eric Hosmer of the San Diego Padres in the fifth inning Sunday at Dodger Stadium.
The crowd gave the three-time Cy Young Award winner a standing ovation, and Scherzer doffed his cap. He threw the keepsake ball into the dugout. Hosmer went down on six pitches, retired on a swinging strike.
Scherzer also has a perfect game through six innings in a game that also included an immaculate inning.