Alberto Callaspo went 3 for 3 and Alex Gordon drove in two of the Royals five first inning runs and that was more than enough for Zack Greinke as the Royals beat the Red Sox for the second game in a row, 5-1 Tuesday night at Kauffman.

Greinke grabs his 15 th win, going six scoreless innings allowing just two hits, three walks, while striking out five.  After looking at all of his numbers, there is no other American League pitcher who compares to what he has done.  He has to be the AL Cy Young winner.  His ERA for the season is 2.08, top by far.  Greinke is in the top five with wins, second in strikeouts, fourth in innings pitched, second in complete games and first in shutouts.  There is no other American League pitcher who has been more consistent. 

The Royals are also scoring some runs for him of late.  There was a stretch in the middle of the season where Greinke was losing 2-1, 1-0, etc.  Last night, the Royals wasted no time on Paul Byrd.  The first five batters reached base.   David DeJesus and Mitch Maier each singled, Billy Butler and Mike Jacobs walked and Alberto Callaspo singled.  They would all score.  KCRoyals.com had an interesting tidbit.  Having the first five batters reach base and score hasn’t  happened at the start of a game for Kansas City since Aug. 29, 2007, against Detroit.  That game too was started by Greinke, he pitched only the first four innings. At the time, Greinke was just coming back as a starter after spending most of the season in the bullpen. So he was pulled after 71 pitches and didn’t get the decision.