Zack Greinke has been scratched from his next start, on Friday night against the Mets, so that he can return to Los Angeles to be with his wife, who is about to give birth. Which means the high-powered Mets offense — just joking — will miss out on a chance to put an end to Greinke’s streak of 432/3 consecutive scoreless innings.
Could the Mets have broken through against Greinke, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ right-handed ace? Well, the last time they faced him, on July 4 at Dodger Stadium, they actually lit him up for four hits — one of which was a double — over the course of seven innings.