Greinke reaches 2,000-strikeout milestone

PHOENIX — D-backs starter Zack Greinke reached 2,000 career strikeouts in Wednesday’s 10-9, 11-inning win over the Braves, when he fanned Freddie Freeman to open the fourth inning.

“I guess I don’t really think about it at the moment, but it is a pretty big number,” Greinke said.

Greinke, the 78th pitcher in MLB history to reach the milestone, punched out five Braves over six innings. The right-handed ace’s strikeout of Freeman, his last of the night, was also his 113th of the season, which is his first with Arizona.

After Greinke got Freeman to …

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