Michael McGreevy strikes out six in win vs. Cubs

McGreevy allowed a back-to-back hits to start this one, with the second hit being a double by Brice Turang that drove in Garrett Mitchell to put the Brewers up 1-0. McGreevy would allow a walk and a single to start the fourth inning, which was followed by a fielder’s choice by Luis Lara that brought Yelich home from third to put the Brewers up 2-1. McGreevy would be pulled with two outs in the fifth inning after allowing three hits and a third run to score before being pulled, but would be credited with a fourth earned run after Bryce Mautz allowed an inherited runner to score. McGreevy’s season ends with a 7-9 record and a 3.95 ERA.

McGreevy gave up five hits, walked one and struck out one. He had won two of his last three starts. McGreevy was removed after four innings and 88 pitches. He has a 3.84 ERA this year. McGreevy is lined up to face the Brewers on the road next weekend.

He struck out six, matching his second highest total of the year. McGreevy has won three straight decisions, though his ERA has climbed some; he was 4-9 with a 3.57 ERA at the end of July but is 7-9 with a 3.83 ERA now. He’ll likely face the Nationals on Saturday.

McGreevy allowed six hits, walked two and struck out four in his 15th quality start this season. It went as his 13th no-decision to go along with a 6-9 record and a 3.92 ERA. He’s in line to face the White Sox on Sunday.

McGreevy tossed two scoreless innings before the Dodgers got to him for three runs in the third, with all three runs scoring on a bases-clearing double by Mookie Betts. After a clean fourth inning, McGreevy gave up a fourth run on three hits in the fifth. He’d end his day after five at 90 pitches with four strikeouts and in line for a win. The 26-year-old right-hander will take a 3.97 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, and a 102/40 K/BB ratio across 147 1/3 innings into a start against the Rockies in Colorado on Sunday.

McGreevy survived a five-run first and a two-run second to finish up with three solid innings and give the Cardinals a chance to get back into the game, which they did before eventually losing 8-7. It’s the first time in five starts this month that the Cardinals lost with McGreevy on the mound. He’ll take a season-high 3.86 ERA into next week’s start against the Dodgers.

McGreevy allowed just one hit and one walk through five. All of the runs came after he was replaced by Ryne Stanek with the bases loaded and one out in a 4-0 game in the sixth. Stanek went on to give up a single and a grand slam make it a 5-4 game. The Cardinals did ultimately prevail and improve to 4-0 in McGreevy’s starts this month. McGreevy, though, has collected just one of those wins. He’ll take a 5-9 record and a 3.54 ERA into his next start against the Orioles.

This was looking like a quality start and a win for McGreevy until Willi Castro doubled and Brett Sullivan homered with two outs in the sixth. McGreevy was lifted then with a 4-3 lead that ended up being blown in the eighth. McGreevy has now gone four outings with a quality start and five without a win, keeping him 4-9 with a 3.64 ERA. He’ll face the Cubs next week.

McGreevy walked one and struck out five, but threw just 58 percent of his pitches for strikes. He posted a 10 percent swinging strike rate, which was above his season average, but had just 14 percent called strikes in a game where his command really struggled. He’ll take a 3.59 ERA into a meeting against the Phillies next week.

Yikes. McGreevy gave up two in the first on a two-run double by Ian Happ, and then was charged for five more in the second in a disaster of a start for the 26-year-old. The right-hander allowed eight hits, and while none of them left the park, he gave up six hard hits, so he was not dinked and dunked to death. After giving up 11 runs in his last two outings, McGreevy now has a still-solid 3.57 ERA, but you see what can happen when you have nowhere close to an elite fastball. He’ll try and get rolling again versus the Blue Jays on Sunday.