Sanchez had a 1-2-3 frame against the bottom of the Astros’ order, getting two strikeouts and a pop-out.
Greinke’s command problems have finally hurt him. He walked Ryan Zimmerman on seven pitches to lead off the inning. He jumped ahead of Zimmerman, 1-2, but missed with two change-ups. Two batters later, Victor Robles hammered a fastball down the heart of the plate into the left field corner for a triple. Zimmerman scored easily to trim the Nationals’ deficit to 2-1.
Greinke walked two batters over his final 43 2/3 innings in the regular season. He has walked three Nationals already in Game 3.