Greinke gave up seven hits and a pair of walks over 5.2 innings Thursday in Coors Field, but limited the Rockies to three runs. He struck out four.
This wasn't Greinke's most efficient outing, but expectations are low for a Coors Field start; by the standards of that ballpark, this was a perfectly good pitching performance. After a rocky start to the year, the D-Backs have now won Greinke's last eight starts, and he's been the winning pitcher in all of those but Thursday's. It'd be nice to see his strikeout rate tick up a bit, but Greinke's settled in as a reliable high-end starter, albeit not a guy who invites comparison to his 2015 self.