He's a win away from matching the best start by a pitcher switching leagues during the season in the last 90 years.

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Showalter has been keeping his starters away from AL East competition, and he'll import a minor league pitcher to start instead of LHP Wei-Yin Chen.

WSJ: Phelps strikes out 9 as Yankees beat Orioles 11-8

After yielding a third-inning home run to Jones, Scherzer didn't allow another runner to reach and was poised to become the first Detroit pitcher to start a season 8-0 since Jeremy Bonderman in 2007.

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