Greinke’s adjustments returning him to form

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ST. LOUIS — Zack Greinke paused when asked if Sunday’s eight-inning masterpiece in the D-backs’ 7-2 win over the Cardinals was his best outing of the season.

“Last game was good,” Greinke said of his outing last week against the Yankees. “Today and the San Fran game [on April 20] are the three best. San Fran, I thought I pitched really, really good. It’s going to be tough to do much better than that one.”

Maybe so, but Greinke had to come close on Sunday as he held the dangerous Cardinals offense in check. The right-hander allowed five hits and fanned seven with the lone run St. Louis scored off him coming on Brandon Moss’ fourth-inning homer.

“He was moving the ball around,” D-backs manager Chip Hale said. “I know he had good sink on his ball. I think the one pitch to Moss that he hit out, he was trying to go in, and it just ran back across the plate. But other than that, his changeup was good and he threw a lot of breaking balls. He had more I think than …

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