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Nationals’ Max Scherzer, Boston’s Rick Porcello win Cy Young Awards

FILE - Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer will miss the World Baseball Classic because of an injured finger on his pitching hand. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associatd Press)
FILE - Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer will miss the World Baseball Classic because of an injured finger on his pitching hand. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associatd Press)
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NEW YORK – Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox has won the A.L. Cy Young Award by a narrow margin and Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals has taken the N.L. 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 become the sixth pitcher to win the Cy Young in both leagues, earning the N.L. 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 A.L. honor in 2013 while pitching in a Detroit rotation with Porcello and Verlander, and has now joined Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord Perry and Roy Halladay as winners in both leagues.