Greinke scratched to ‘recharge batteries’

Zack hasn’t been the same since TomKat split up.

The Brewers bumped right-hander Zack Greinke from a scheduled start against the Cardinals on Wednesday, and he will not pitch in the club’s subsequent series in Cincinnati, a club spokesperson said Monday.

General manager Doug Melvin and assistant GM Gord Ash were not immediately available to elaborate, but Melvin told FoxSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal there was nothing physically wrong with Greinke, who needed time, Melvin said, to “recharge his batteries.”

Brewers media relations director Mike Vassallo announced via Twitter that young right-hander Tyler Thornburg would start Wednesday’s series finale in Greinke’s place. The Brewers then go to Cincinnati, where Marco Estrada, Yovani Gallardo and Mike Fiers are scheduled to start.

Greinke pitched three consecutive team games last week, though the first lasted just four pitches before he was ejected, the second lasted just three innings and the third came on regular rest—an outing on Friday against the Pirates to begin the Brewers’ second half.