Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Greinke gets a harsh welcome at Dodger Stadium

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke bolted for the desert last off-season, signing a huge contract to join the D-Backs and break up the one-two punch of Kershaw and Greinke.

So there was a little nostalgia and emotion on tap when Greinke took the mound against his old team on Labor Day.

Greinke didn't finish the fifth inning.

The former Cy Young Award winner gave up eight runs on nine hits, including five round-trippers by the Dodgers.

The big blowup came in the fifth inning when the Dodgers clubbed four dingers with Joc Pederson, Cory Seager, Justin Turner and Yasmani Grandal teeing off against Greinke.

Here was a pitcher who went 19-3 last year with a 1.66 ERA. He was 17-8 in 2014 and 15-4 in 2013. He used to own Dodger Stadium.

They say you can't go home.

Zack Greinke sure couldn't.

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