{"id":21447,"date":"2019-06-27T02:12:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T06:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=21447"},"modified":"2019-06-27T02:12:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T06:12:32","slug":"greinke-walker-pick-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/06\/27\/greinke-walker-pick-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Diamondbacks: Zack Greinke and Christian Walker Pick Each Other Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zack Greinke<\/a><\/strong> ran into trouble early Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>. In the top of the first, the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> right-hander gave up three runs on four hits. With how the Dodgers had been swinging the bats recently, it looked like another blowout was on its way.<\/p>\n

In the top of the sixth, with nobody out and Cody Bellinger<\/a><\/strong> on first, Diamondbacks first baseman\u00a0Christian Walker<\/a><\/strong> had a rocket hit at him by Max Muncy<\/a><\/strong>. He fielded it on one hop and fired to second. In the third inning, Muncy one-hopped into a 3-6-1 double play, and it looked like he was going to have it happen for the second straight at-bat. Walker\u2019s throw, however, went wide, and everyone was safe. With Chris Taylor<\/a><\/strong>, Kike Hernandez<\/a><\/strong>, and Austin Barnes<\/a><\/strong> coming up, it looked like a big inning was on its way.<\/p>\n

Zack Greinke and Christian Walker Pick Each Other Up<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Neither situation turned out badly for the Diamondbacks. When Greinke ran into trouble in the first, Walker figuratively picked him up off the ground, dusted him off, and walked away from the mess with him. When Walker made his bad throw in the sixth, Greinke did the same.<\/p>\n

Walker Erases Three-Run Deficit<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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