It was a historic night in Phoenix. C.C. Sabathia faced off against Zack Greinke, creating the highest strikeout total between opposing pitchers since 2008. C.C. Sabathia added to his Hall of Fame resume by making John Ryan Murphy his 3,000th strikeout victim. Despite that, Zack Greinke had the stronger night, going 7 2⁄3 with seven strikeouts and allowing only one run. Arizona’s offense did just enough to give him a lead and Greg Holland tallied his sixth save of the season.
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