What It Means:

This was a matchup of two of the game's best pitchers. Greinke gave up five hits and a walk while fanning five. He now owns a comically-low 1.59 ERA. Bumgarner allowed just two runs on eight hits and a walk over seven innings, striking out eight.

Greinke's FIP sits at 2.61, which ranks fifth among starting pitchers. Bumgarner's FIP sits at 2.78 and checks in ninth, as does his 2.37 nERD. We have Bumgarner posting a 3.43 ERA and 1.07 WHIP the rest of the way. Greinke is slated for a 3.01 ERA and 1.08 WHIP.