The one thing that stood between Hunter Greene and a perfect outing in a 7-0 victory Monday was a 55-foot bunt single that refused to roll foul near the third-base line in the first inning.
Daulton Varsho, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ leadoff hitter, dropped a bunt onto the infield grass on Greene’s fifth pitch of the evening. He was the last hitter to successfully reach first base against Greene on the rookie righthander’s most dominant start of the season.
Everyone knows the high-velocity version of Greene, capable of regularly hitting triple-digits on the radar gun. Monday was the version of Greene where he didn’t have to rely on his pure stuff as much as he just outpitched every batter.