Today we have bad news and terrible news.
We’ll start with the bad news. The game.
The Astros #2 starter and possible future Hall of Famer Zack Greinke not only allowed three runs in 3.1 innings, but looked bad doing it. The command/control specialist allowed two walks in those three innings, and threw only 34 strikes out of 58 pitches. He left numerous pitches in batters’ sweet spots, resulting in seven hard hit balls (by Statcast calculations). His WHIP was an un-HOF 1.80. Dusty Baker saw enough with only one out in the fourth inning when he pulled the plug on his #2 starter.