Tonight Zach Grienke will take the mound against the Toronto Blue Jays. He’ll try to run his record to 5-0. But more importantly and much more impressively, Grienke will try to keep his perfect ERA intact. That’s right, he has yet to give-up a run in his first 4 starts. That is unbelievable.

He’s pitched against some good teams too. He went 6 innings against the White Sox and then 5 innings against the Indians. Then he threw complete games against the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers.

I do wonder if Grienke will be able to take all the attention that he’s suddenly receiving. He’s been able to pitch in pretty much obscurity up until now. He also has the Sports Illustrated cover jinx to deal with. All those pesky reporters that are hounding him won’t help either. But if he comes out and throws another shutout tonight then he’ll reach a status that very pitchers have ever hit in the regular season.

But I feel like he’s due for a letdown. I actually like the Blue Jays to win tonight and I see Grienke getting hit around for at least 3 runs. I just don’t think he’s used to all the attention.

And these are the Blue Jays who just took back the lead in the American League East. Boston finally lost and the Blue Jays beat the Royals last night. So Toronto has a 1 game lead again.

In the NL East the Marlins finally got a win and broke their losing streak. But the Phillies won their 5th straight so the Marlins still only lead that division by a half game. The Detroit Tigers continue to lead the AL Central by a game. The Mariners and the Dodgers have 2.5 game leads in their division and the St. Louis Cardinals lead the National League Central by 3 games. That’s the largest lead in baseball.

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