Raising Arizona

I had to take the title of this blog from the movie of the same name but it was the best I could do. The Dodgers improved to 8-1 on the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 7-0 win last night and are a perfect 4-0 against them at Chase Field AKA "the old swimmin' hole". Zach Greinke continued his Cy Young type of start to the season by pitching 8 scoreless innings against the Diamondbacks, striking out 6, and giving up only 5 singles. Greinke improved to 7-1 on the season and lowered his ERA to 2.03. Last year's Silver Slugger also had two hits and doubled in a run. Maybe the Kansas City Royals should have let him hit when he pitched there? Greinke has also only allowed 2 or fewer runs in 21 straight starts, the longest such streak since at least 1914 for all you stat geeks (such as myself) out there. Yasiel Puig extended his hitting streak to a career best 15 games with 3 hits including his 8th homerun. Scott Van Slyke continued to use Diamondbacks starter Wade Miley as his personal batting practice pitcher by hitting his 4th homerun (3 against Miley) and he is 6 for 9 against him on the season, and all 6 hits are for extra bases.