Sports briefly: Rick Porcello, Max Scherzer win Cy Youngs

Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox won the AL Cy Young Award by a narrow margin and Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals took the NL prize.

Porcello led the majors with 22 wins, and beat out Detroit's Justin Verlander and Cleveland's Corey Kluber in results announced Wednesday.

Porcello got just eight first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America while Verlander drew 14. But Porcello drew more support across the board and was listed by all 30 voters — Verlander was left off two ballots.

Scherzer became the sixth pitcher to win the Cy Young in both leagues, earning the NL honor by a wide margin. He led the majors with 284 strikeouts and topped the league with 20 wins, and beat out Chicago Cubs teammates Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks.

Scherzer won the AL honor in 2013 while pitching in a Detroit rotation with Porcello and Verlander, and joined Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord Perry and Roy Halladay as winners in both leagues.

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