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Well, his stat line from tonight’s start certainly looks human.

6.2 IP 8 H 6 R 4 ER 2 BB 9 K

As evidenced by the 9 strikeouts, Greinke was dominant–well, as dominant as a performance with a 1.5 WHIP is–and was hurt horribly by the Royals’ lack of defense. With runners on first and second in the fourth inning, Greinke gave up a groundball to the right side to Miguel Montero. However, Alberto Callaspo’s lack of range prevented him from making the play, and when Jose Guillen finally got to the ball, he double clutched, making a horrible throw to the plate as Gerardo Parra scored from second, and Chris Young moved to third and Montero moved to second.

And on the next play, Chris Snyder hit a slow chopper to third, and Mark Teahen decided to come home with it. Teahen’s throw was in the dirt and inexplicably went through Miguel Olivo’s legs. As the ball skidded towards the backstop, Olivo was clueless about the ball’s location, and by the time that Greinke got to it, Montero scored from second.

Yes, he did give up a homer to Mark Reynolds–after striking him out their previous three matchups–in the seventh, but it was Greinke’s 115th pitch of the evening. And anyway, Greinke’s a flyball pitcher. It was astonishing that he went so long without giving up a homer in the first place.

So yeah, the ERA is up to an astonishing 1.96 and the WHIP is above 1. But don’t be fooled, Greinke had great stuff tonight. Besides, even I didn’t expect him to continue his torrid pace.