Early in the season, Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals was almost unhittable. On Monday, the Tampa Bay Rays proved that Greinke is indeed human.
Coming into the game with a 2.08 ERA, Greinke gave up ten hits, six earned runs and three walks in only five innings. The loss gave Greinke a 10-7 record on the season and his ERA jumped to 2.36.
The star at the plate for the Rays was All-Star MVP Carl Crawford. He finished with three hits in five at-bats to go along with three RBIs, one run and his 49th stolen base. DH Willy Aybar …read more

Zack Greinke continued his amazing start to the 2009 baseball season. The Kansas City Royals hurler was marvelous once again on Monday. His pitching performance allowed the Royals to win 3-0 against the Chicago White Sox and improve to 15-11 on the season.
Pitching all nine innings, Greinke needed only 104 pitches to allow six hits, no walks and no earned runs while striking out ten batters. He has won all six of his starts and his ERA is a microscopic 0.40 and his WHIP is an equally as impressive 0.84.
In his first four starts of the season, Greinke didn’t allow …read more

Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals has set a high standard so far in the 2009 baseball season. Greinke won his fifth game in his fifth start on Wednesday, however his streak of innings without giving up an earned run was snapped. In seven innings, Greinke gave up five hits, two earned runs and two walks, while striking out eight batters.
His streak of 43 consecutive innings without giving up an earned run ended in the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. With two outs in the first inning, Vernon Wells hit a single that scored Marco Scutaro from …read more