Not A Happy Homecoming

Zach Greinke returned to his old stomping grounds in Kansas City last night and it did not go so well for Greinke and the Dodgers. Greinke was the losing pitcher in the 5-3 Royals win and he did not have one of his better efforts. He gave up all five Kansas City runs in 5 1/3 innings on 11 hits. He fell to 9-4 on the season. Hanley Ramirez drove in two runs from the Designated Hitter position and Adrian Gonzalez hit a solo homerun, his 13th, in the 9th inning and that was the Dodgers offense. The Dodgers played the game with a patchwork left side of the infield with a combination of Rookie Miguel Rojas and Jeff Turner at Third Base and Carlos Triunfel and Miguel Rojas at Shortstop. Triunfel played parts of 2012 and 2013 with the Seattle Mariners before being picked up by the Dodgers off waivers earlier this season for organizational depth. Triunfel is now Major League depth. He did hit his first career homerun last week.