Greinke, who's scheduled to start Saturday's Game 2 for Los Angeles (9 p.m. ET on TBS), usually spends the night before he starts watching left-hander Clayton Kershaw dominate lineups filled with right-handed batters in often-futile attempts by opponents hoping to gain a platoon edge. In fact, Kershaw faced 688 righties compared to 202 lefty swingers during the regular season. This does little for Greinke, who as a right-hander faces a much higher percentage of left-handed batters than Kershaw does.
This time was different. Greinke, who'll oppose Noah Syndergaard, had the privilege of watching three left-handed hitters who'll probably start Game 2 for the Mets: Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda.