After a gathering of the minds on the mound, Greene left the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a couple of (warm-up) pitches, I just felt my groin grab, just didn\u2019t feel like I\u2019d be at my best or, honestly, keep the team in it if I continued to throw and stayed in it,\u201d said Greene.<\/p>\n
Asked how bad he thought the injury is, he said, \u201cI have no clue, I\u2019m not a doctor, so I have to see what it is tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greene was a doctor of domination for his three innings after leadoff hitter TJ Friedl gave him a 3-0 lead with home runs in his first two at bats.<\/p>\n
Greene\u2019s fastball was an invisible blur to the Braves. Of the nine outs he recorded, six were via strikeouts, four on 100 miles an hour or more fastballs.<\/p>\n
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In the first inning he struck out Marcell Ozuna on three pitches, putting him away with a 100 miles an hour four-seamer.<\/p>\n
He struck out the side in the second, whiffing Matt Olson at 100 miles and hour and putting away Michael Harris II at 101.<\/p>\n
In the third he gave up an infield hit to Eli White and a solid single to Drake Baldwin with no outs. He struck out Nick Allen with a slider, then did away with Alex Verdugo with a 101 miles an hour freight train. His last out was a line drive to center by Austin Riley.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I\u2019m very strong in that area (groin),\u201d said Greene, adding that he\u2019s never had a groin injury before. \u201cA lot of us pitchers try to focus on our recovery after we pitch on our upper extremities, as opposed to our lower body. So being strong there sometimes it goes past our focus because we make sure our upper body recovers. That\u2019s my diagnosis on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the awesome beginning, having to shut it down isn\u2019t easy for a dogged competitor like Greene.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s part of the game,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing at the forefront of the rotation, obviously it\u2019s tough… me being super competitive out there. I\u2019ll make sure I put my best foot forward to put myself in the best position to get myself back out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The back end of the bullpen shut it down after the Braves crept to within 4-3 after six.<\/p>\n
Friedl led the game with a full-count home run, after falling behind 0-and-2. The ball landed in the Braves bullpen.<\/p>\n
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The Reds scored a second run in the first inning on a ground ball by Gavin Lux that scored Matt McLain from third.<\/p>\n
The significance of Friedl\u2019s home run was that it came off Atlanta starter Grant Holmes. He had pitched 102\u2153 innings during his career and never gave up a home run to a left-handed hitter.<\/p>\n
Just to make certain it was no fluke, Friedl hit another homer off Holmes in the third, once again into the Braves bullpen.<\/p>\n
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