MIAMI -- Zack Greinke is not your average pitcher. A tennis prodigy at age 8, he turned to baseball, and when he was playing Rookie-level ball, he was a shortstop in addition to a pitcher. Suffice to say, he's a good athlete.
Greinke put that athleticism to good use in the second inning on Thursday. After delivering a one-out single up the middle, he stunned the Marlins by taking off for second base and sliding safely with his second steal of the season.
In addition to putting himself in position to eventually score on Paul Goldschmidt's RBI single, the D-backs' pitcher also broke the streak of Miami catcher Bryan Holaday, who had thrown out nine consecutive baserunners attempting to steal -- the longest streak in Marlins history.