Who Needs The Bullpen?

After losing two in a row to the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0 to Lefty Cliff Lee, and 3-2 when the bullpen lost it in extra innings, the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Zach Greinke to the mound to try to get back on track. Greinke pitched 7 innings and gave up 2 earned runs, struck out 11, and was pulled in the top of the eighth inning after giving up a leadoff homerun to Jayson Nix. J.P. Howell pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Kenley Jansen finished it off for his 8th save on the season. The Dodgers had 5 players with 2 hits a piece, led by Yasiel Puig who tripled and had 2 RBI's. Hanley Ramirez (his 3rd homerun in the bottom of the eighth inning), Matt Kemp, Scott Van Slyke, and Drew Butera also had two hits. Clayton Kershaw is getting close to returning with a planned minor league rehab start on Friday night and there have been no reported problems in any of his bullpen sessions.