Hollywood Blvd. News – Los Angeles Dodgers Edition
- Updated: July 27, 2015
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Yesterday during the Dodgers game, Mets staring pitcher Jacob deGrom grounded to Adrian Gonzalez, which scored Kurt Nieuwenhuis and gave the New York Mets a 1-0 lead, thus ending Zack Greinke‘s streak at 45 2/3 scoreless innings.
Greinke’s streak is the sixth longest scoreless innings streak in Major League history and the record is currently held by our own Dodgers’ great, Orel Hershiser, at 59 innings in 1988.
ESPN.com reported more on the story:
“Did the Mets hit the ball hard off him? No. But the streak is over, maybe to the relief of the media-shy Greinke, who joked after the game and drew a laugh from reporters when he said, “Now I won’t have to talk to you guys about it.”
Greinke said the disruption to his schedule wasn’t an issue. He had flown back to Los Angeles on Thursday — his wife, Emily, gave birth to Bode Nicholas, the couple’s first child — and then he flew back to New York. “It wasn’t as distracting as you’d think,” he said. “I felt strong today. Started off pretty good, but the second and third time through wasn’t as good.”
He’s a man of many pitches but few words. He said the fastball to Nieuwenhuis wasn’t that bad but Nieuenhuis was up on the plate. With Conforto, he didn’t want to throw the same pitch as the previous one but just pulled another fastball, hitting him on the elbow.
All along, Greinke had said luck was a factor in something like this. And maybe rules changes as well. Grandal insisted that under the old rules where the catcher could set up permanent residence in front of home plate, Nieuwenhuis doesn’t score. “No way he’s getting to the plate,” he said.”
The Dodgers will return to play tomorrow as they take a day off to hopefully make some trade rumors a reality!
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