D-backs ace Greinke exits against Phillies after two innings

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale (3) watches as Arizona Diamondbacks Zack Greinke (21) throws after a stop in the game against the Philadelphia Phillies. (Matt York/AP)

PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zack Greinke left Tuesday night’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies after two innings.

The Diamondbacks said the reason for his departure was tightness in his left oblique.

Greinke drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second, and called the trainer after he went out on the field to start the third. After a conversation with the umpires, Greinke briefly went into the dugout, returned to throw a few warmup pitches from the mound, then left the game for good.

Greinke signed a six-year, $206.5 million contract with the Diamondbacks last off-season. He entered the game 10-3 with a 3.61 ERA and was 7-0 in his previous eight starts.

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