Zack Greinke reaches 200 wins

OAKLAND – As they had done for teammate Justin Verlander almost a year ago, in the same evening at the Coliseum, the Astros have toasted another member of the club's 200 wins Sunday afternoon taking a few moments to greet the departing pitcher Zack Greinke.
Greinke became the

OAKLAND – As they had done for their teammate Justin Verlander almost a year ago, in the same evening at the Coliseum, the Astros have toasted another member of the club's 200 wins Sunday afternoon in taking a few moments to greet the departing pitcher. Zack Greinke.

Greinke became the third active pitcher to reach 200 wins and, more importantly for his team-mates, ended the Astros five-game losing streak by forcing the A's to one inning and four hits in seven. sleeves of a 4-1 win in the final of the road trip to Houston.

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"I would not say that there are a lot of pitchers who would say [wins] are the most important statistic for them, but if you and your team wins, this is the most important, "said Greinke. "It does not necessarily mean that you are launching the best, but that it is the most important."

Greinke joined CC Sabathia (251) and Verlander (219) as the only active pitchers to cross this course. He is the 115th pitcher in Major League history to win 200 games. Since joining the Astros after his July 31 deal against the D-backs, he has been 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA in all three starts.

"I think Zack did a great job to stop the bleeding tonight," said third baseman Astros Alex Bregman, who scored a three-run homer in the fifth inning. "We finished a long road trip with a win. We have a lot of work to do to accomplish what we want, but today it was a step in the right direction. "

Greinke set the tone for the Astros by sending the first nine batters he faced, needing only 25 shots to complete three perfect innings. Marcus Semien scored in fourth, but the A's failed to reach third.

"They swayed early, and he made good shots and he had all his outs," said Astros manager AJ Hinch. "I was more impressed by the fact that he got a zero after a round in which we scored. It was not easy this trip.

The A sank early, which was a sign that they were expecting Greinke to be around the plate. He had struggled with his fastball drive in his first two starts with Houston, but the right-hand man controlled Sunday's match perfectly. He mixed four lengths, ranging from a gearshift to 67 mph to a fastball to 92 mph.

"It's not his velocity," said A manager Bob Melvin. "It does it a little differently than many beginners. He paints with his fastball. Her speed of change is almost the same as that of her fastball, but she dives off the table and continues down. Curveball for hunting, curveball for the strike, sliders to the right, it really does not give you much to hit. "

Greinke is still adapting to his new teammates and he discovered in the seventh inning on Sunday that Carlos Correa had a powerful arm stop when he first covered and performed a laser relay to complete a double Thu.

"I was not prepared for that and I did not see really good," Greinke said. "It was a bit dangerous."

The Astros wrapped up their longest road trip of the season with a 4-6 record with a well-deserved win behind Greinke and Bregman (4 vs. 4), who delivered one of his biggest hits of the season. the season with two goals, Homer in the fifth inning to give the advantage to the Astros, 3-1. He is the first Astros player to have played 30 consecutive seasons since Lance Berkman in 2006-07.

"It was good to take advantage of an additional opportunity, since we had beaten the bats in those big situations earlier in the game," Hinch said. "Finding a big circuit with three innings was the key. Yuli's [Gurriel] swinging the next round to get the extra score was the key. Not an easy trip for us. We played three series in three different time zones. No apologies, but it's good to end with a win and get a happy flight. "