Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke made his final tune-up start of the spring Saturday, against the cross-town rivals the Angels.
Greinke threw 81 pitches in the outing and looked to be in fine form, limiting the Angels to just three hits in five innings. He allowed one run, while striking out five and walking one. He lowered his spring ERA to 5.53, and seems to be showing no signs of the elbow inflammation that slowed him earlier in camp.
Greinke's elbow issue did slow him down enough in camp that he has been bumped down in the rotation. Rather than open as the team's No. 2 starter, Greinke will make his start in the team's fourth game of the season, against the Pirates Friday. The Pirates jumped on Greinke for five runs in five innings in his lone start against them a year ago.