Greinke streak over

Well it had to happen eventually, but I think Greinke was hoping it wouldn't go down like this. The D.C. Bushslappers had enough and throttled Greinke to the tune of 7 runs in 5 innings to hand the youngster his first loss of the season. Vancouver went on to lose 14-4 after Billy Wagner let up 6 more runs in 2/3 of an inning. "Actually it's a huge monkey off my back" said Greinke after the game. "All those reporters and the paparazzi hanging around..."

Marietta and Blue Ridge played a marathon 16-inning match yesterday that took them into the wee hours of the night. Blue Ridge took the initial lead in the first inning on a Prince Fielder 2-run single, but Marietta came back in the 5th when Orlando Hudson tied it up with a 2-run single of his own. Derek Jeter gave the Mighty Men the lead in the top of the eighth, but his counterpart Edgar Renteria tied it up in the bottom half. Soon the teams were off to extra innings. Marietta was forced to go to starters Kyle Lohse, who pitched 3 scoreless innings, and Ervin Santana. Meanwhile Blue Ridge got a gutty performance out of reliever Tim Byrdak (4 IP, 1 H, 7 K). Derek Jeter once again broke the tie in the 15th with an RBI-single, but it was short lived as Dan Uggla scored on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 15th. Matt Diaz singled with the bases loaded in the top of the 16th and Blue Ridge escaped further calamity by inducing Derek Jeter into a strikeout-double play. Santana then finished off Blue Ridge for the win.