Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke delivered a big performance in a potential elimination game Wednesday, giving up just two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four in seven innings as the Dodgers won Game 5 of the National League Championship Series against the Cardinals, 6-4.
Greinke's win shifts the series back to St. Louis, where the Dodgers will have to win Game 6 and Game 7 in order to advance to the World Series. Greinke has given up exactly two earned runs in each of this three postseason starts while posting a 17:2 K:BB ratio in 21 innings. Should the Dodgers advance, Greinke would likely be called upon to pitch Game 1 or Game 2 of the World Series on the road.