By Jon Weisman
It didn’t get very much press in 2014, but Zack Greinke had an absolutely dominant season against the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.
Greinke made five starts — going 5-0 — against the Giants with a 1.59 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 34 innings, while allowing 32 baserunners. All five victories came immediately after a Dodger loss.
San Francisco had 39 total bases in those 34 innings, and did not steal a base. He had nine strikeouts for every walk.
Best remembered is the monster 17-0 victory on September 13, when Greinke pitched six shutout innings and also doubled, walked and homered. (Greinke had a .462 on-base percentage against San Francisco in 2014.)
But Greinke was at his most dominant on the mound July 25, when he threw seven shutout innings, striking out 10 — including four in the third inning — while surrendering only four singles and a walk. One Giants baserunner made it past first base, in the first game of a three-game sweep that took the Dodgers from second place in the National League to first.
Add in a six-inning, one-run outing against the Giants in 2013, and Greinke has made six starts as a Dodger against San Francisco without ever allowing more than two runs.
oldbrooklynfan
Greinke’s performance against the Giants this year is one of the reasons I think the Dodgers are more than capable of going all the way in ’15. They just got to believe it themselves.
Larry Kingery Fojtik
Professional Hitter too!!